Metropolitan Juvenaly of Krutitsy and Kolomna addresses the students of the Presidential Academy of Civil Service
9.12.2001 · English, Архив 2001
METROPOLITAN JUVENALY OF KRUTITSY AND KOLOMNA ADDRESSES THE STUDENTS OF THE PRESIDENTIAL ACADEMY OF CIVIL SERVICE
Metropolitan Juvenaly of Krutitsy and Kolomna addressed on November 29, 2001, the students of the Presidential Academy of Civil Service. He spoke on Church and Culture.
His Eminence explained the audience how the celebrations held in 1988 to mark the Millennium of the Baptism of Russia initiated the “second baptism” of our people. He informed the students about the developments that took place in the life of the Church for the last decade, defining this period as a time of “spiritual enlightenment”. He also spoke about the manifold activities carried out by the Moscow diocese in the fields of education, culture and charity. He noted that the Church and the state, including the Ministries of Culture and Education, established relations of mutual understanding and cooperation. Not all the problems have been solved, but it is important that steps towards their solution have been made. Among vivid manifestations of this constructive interaction are annual celebrations on the occasion of the Day of Slavic Literature and Culture observed on the Commemoration Day of Sts Cyril and Methodius. This is the only church-state holiday in our country.
Answering questions from the audience, Metropolitan Juvenaly emphasized the importance that the Basic Social Concept of the Russian Orthodox Church has for understanding the Orthodox attitude to problems arising in the life of society today. He expressed the conviction that with time all differences between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia would be overcome for the benefit of church unity. Speaking on the coverage of religious themes in the mass media, he expressed regret that people who rejected atheistic worldview and chose the way of faith were made object of ridicule, though nobody had the right to interfere in their affairs of their conscience.
Present during the address was the Academy’s rector, V. Yegorov.
(Publishing Department of the Moscow diocese)
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