Man. History. The news

The collection presents the materials of the annual international conference "Assumption Readings", which took place in 2005. in Kiev. This time the theme of the readings was determined by a combination of three words: “Man. History. News". Well-known theologians, thinkers, scientists, writers - Metropolitan of Minsk and Slutsk Filaret, prof. Georges Niva, Fr. Vladimir Zelinsky, Fr. Michael Van Pareis, Archbishop. Job (Gecha), Fr. Mykola Makar, Fr. Leonid Griliches, Fr. Andriy Dudchenko, Vilen Horsky, Viktor Malakhov, Maryna Tkachuk, Nadiya Nikitenko. The publication of the conference reports is complemented by the works of well-known researchers - Yaroslav Pelikan, Paul Vallier, Eugene Rashkovsky and others. In the section "From the Spiritual Heritage" the reader will find unpublished letters of Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh, articles by Prot. Boris Bobrinsky and Elena Bobrinskaya about the outstanding figure of the Russian abroad Lev Zander, little-known articles by Sergei Averintsev. It is no exaggeration to say that the millennial paths of humanity's spiritual and intellectual pursuits have led great modern thinkers to believe that the mysteries of the world begin with the mystery of man. The mystery of the individual, of freedom, as never before, is the most pressing issue. But man does not live beyond history. Understanding the historical dimension of life is one of the most astonishing discoveries of the last turbulent century. How do people meet the coming millennium - by turning away from the One whose Personality and the deeds concerning them determine our history in one way or another, or by rediscovering the meaning of the two-thousand-year-old Good News? How can and should this News sound today, in such a seemingly distant world as the world of the XXI century? The collection will be interesting and useful for specialists in various fields of humanities, teachers and students of secular and spiritual schools, as well as a wide range of readers.

The collection presents the materials of the annual international conference "Assumption Readings", which took place in 2005 in Kiev. This time the theme of the readings was determined by a combination of three words: "Man. History. News". Famous theologians, thinkers, scientists, writers - Metropolitan of Minsk and Slutsk Filaret, prof. George Niva, Fr. Vladimir Zelinsky, Fr. Michael Van Pareis, Archbishop. Job (Gecha), Fr. Nikolai Makar, Fr. Leonid Griliches, Fr. Andrei Dudchenko, Vilen Gorsky, Viktor Malakhov, Marina Tkachuk, Nadezhda Nikitenko. The publication of the conference reports is complemented by the works of famous researchers - Yaroslav Pelican, Paul Vallier, Eugene Rashkovsky, etc. In the section "From the spiritual heritage" the reader will find unpublished letters of Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh, articles by Prot. Boris Bobrinsky and Elena Bobrinskaya about the outstanding figure of Russian abroad Lev Zandera, little-known articles by Sergei Averintsev. It is no exaggeration to say that the millennial paths of spiritual and intellectual search for humanity have led major modern thinkers to believe that the mysteries of the world begin with the mystery of man. The mystery of the individual, of freedom, as never before, is the most pressing issue. But man does not live outside of history. Understanding the historical dimension of being is one of the most amazing discoveries of the last turbulent century. How do people meet the coming millennium - by turning away from the One whose identity and deeds they have in one way or another determines our history, or by rediscovering the content of the 2,000-year-old Good News? How can and should this Message sound today, in such a seemingly distant world as the world of the 21st century? The collection will be interesting and useful for specialists in various fields of humanities, teachers and students of secular and spiritual schools, as well as a wide range of readers.