Orthodoxy and Science: History, Modernity, Future

  1. Lemma
  2. Православие и наука: история, современность, будущее
  3. Russian
  4. Saprykin, Dmitry
  5. Various approaches to the problem of correlation between science and theology
  6. 2017
  7. SOW [Organizer]. Orthodoxy and Science: History, Modernity, Future
  8. Татьянин день
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    1. The International Seminar "Orthodoxy and Science: History, Modernity, Future" was held in Moscow on September 18, 2017 at the St. Tatiana Church of Moscow State University named after MV Lomonosov. The program included lectures by Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Alexey Parshin "Science and Faith in Our Time: Together or Not?", and by Ph.D. in Philosophy, Professor of the Moscow Theological Academy Nikolay Gavryushin "Physics and Religious Metaphysics in Eastern Christian Culture", as well as a public discussion. There was also organized a photo exhibition dedicated to Russian scientists, whose fate had been connected to Moscow University and the Academy of Sciences.

      Greetings to the seminar participants were sent by the Chairman of the Russian Orthodox Church Training Committee, the Moscow Theological Academy Rector Archbishop Evgeny of Vereisk. "I am confident that with respectful and interested dialogue, secular and ecclesiastical scientific schools can not only find common points of contact, but also enrich each other with centuries-old achievements," he noted.

      Prot.Vladimir Vigilyansky, the St. Tatiana Church Dean, recalled that 16 Moscow University graduates were canonized as saints by Russian Orthodox Church, and even more than 45 – suffered for their faith in the 20th century. "Moscow University by its existence has been denied the myth of impassable contradictions of faith and science," - Father Vladimir summarized.

      On behalf of the Greece National Research Foundation, the seminar participants were welcomed by the Institute of Byzantine Studies’ director, Professor Criton Chrisohoidis, who noted that the relationship between science and faith is the subject of research by many modern scientists. At the same time, the autocephalous Orthodox Churches today follow different national traditions, and as a consequence, the relations of science and religion in Orthodox countries can be very different. The goal of the "Orthodoxy and science in the world" project - to trace existing problems, to collect the necessary information and to create on its basis a complete picture of the situation.