Memory and hope: horizons and ways of thinking

This collection of reports of the annual conference "Assumption Readings", held in Kyiv in 2009, is dedicated to understanding the paradoxical combination of fundamental categories of memory and hope for Christian culture. The reader will find here the texts of speeches of Metropolitan of Kyiv Volodymyr (Sabodan) and Bishop of Pereyaslav-Khmelnytsky Oleksandr (Drabinko) on the "Kyiv idea", reflections of the Apostolic Nuncio Archbishop Ivan Yurkovych on theological dimensions of hope, Archpriest Mykola Makar Bianchi and the inhabitant of this monastery Adalberto Maynardi. A number of reports tell about those who can be called "witnesses of hope" today: Brother Roger from Taizé tells about Brother Richard, about Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople - Yuri Chornomorets, about Archbishop Vsevolod (Maidansky) - priest Andrew Dudchenko. Philosophers Serhiy Krymskyi, Viktor Malakhov, Andriy Baumeister and Oleksandr Filonenko, historians Antoine Arzhakovsky, Volodymyr Burega and Nadiya Nikitenko, literary critic Iryna Bagration and others share their views on philosophical and culturological aspects of memory and hope. Socio-moral dimensions of the topic are considered in the reports of Archpriest Georgy Kovalenko and Fr. Didier Bertie. In addition to the conference materials, Yuri Vestel's article on St. Clement of Rome and the Kyiv Center of St. Clement's "Communication and Dialogue of Cultures" and a section from the memoirs of Marina Novikova.

This collection of reports of the annual conference "Assumption Readings", held in Kiev in 2009, is dedicated to understanding the paradoxical combination of fundamental categories of memory and hope for Christian culture. The reader will find here the texts of speeches of Metropolitan of Kiev Vladimir (Sabodan) and Bishop of Pereyaslav-Khmelnytsky Alexander (Drabinko) on the "Kiev idea", reflections of the Apostolic Nuncio Archbishop Ivan Yurkovich on theological dimensions of hope, Archpriest Bianchi and a resident of this monastery Adalberto Maynardi. A number of reports tell about those who can be called "witnesses of hope" in our time: Brother Roger from Taizé tells about Brother Richard, about Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople - Yuri Chernomorets, about Archbishop Vsevolod (Maidansky) - priest Andrei Dudchenko. Philosophers Sergei Krymsky, Viktor Malakhov, Andrei Baumeister and Alexander Filonenko, historians Antoine Arzhakovsky, Vladimir Burega and Nadezhda Nikitenko, and literary critic Irina Bagration share their thoughts on philosophical and culturological aspects of memory and hope. Socio-moral dimensions of the topic are considered in the reports of Archpriest Georgy Kovalenko and Fr. Didier Bertie. In addition to the conference materials, Yuri Vestel's article on St. Clement of Rome and Kiev Center of St. Clement's "Communication and Dialogue of Cultures" and a section from the memoirs of Marina Novikova.