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The Patriarchal Council for Culture chaired by the Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' by the decision of the Holy Synod of Russia Orthodox Church March 5, 2010 ().
In competence Patriarchal Council issues of dialogue and interaction with state cultural institutions, creative unions, public associations of citizens working in the field of culture, as well as other similar organizations in the countries of the canonical space of the Moscow Patriarchate are included.
Regulations on the Patriarchal Council for Culture by the decision of the Holy Synod of May 31, 2010 (). Also, by the decision of the Synod of May 31, 2010, it was formed under the Patriarchal Council (magazine No. 47).
With the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill, in 2011 the head of the European Institute for Democracy and Cooperation N.A. Narochnitskaya and director of the State Bolshoi Theater G.P. Ansimov.
By the decision of the Holy Synod of March 15, 2012 (), the Patriarchal Council for Culture is included among the synodal institutions of the Russian Orthodox Church.
By the decision of the Holy Synod of July 15, 2016 (), the Patriarchal Council for Culture was reorganized into the religious organization "Patriarchal Council for Culture" (with the status of a synodal department), the charter of the organization was approved; Appointed Chairman of the Council (previously Executive Secretary of the Council; since 2018 Metropolitan of Pskov and Porkhov).
Composition of the Patriarchal Council for Culture
1. His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus', presiding
2. Metropolitan Yuvenaly of Krutitsy and Kolomna, Deputy Chairman
3. Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, Chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate
4. Metropolitan Jonathan of Tulchinsky and Bratslav
5. Metropolitan Tikhon of Pskov and Porkhov, Chairman of the Patriarchal Council for Culture, Executive Secretary of the meeting
6. Archbishop Mark of Berlin-Germany, First Deputy Chairman of the ROCOR Synod of Bishops
7. Bishop Seraphim of Bobruisk and Bykhov
8. Archpriest Leonid Kalinin, Rector of the Church of the Hieromartyr Clement, Pope of Rome, Moscow, Chairman Expert Council in Church Art, Architecture and Restoration, Ancient Keeper of the Moscow City Diocese
9. Burlyaev Nikolai Petrovich, People's Artist of Russia, theater and film actor, film director, President of the Golden Knight International Film Forum of Slavic and Orthodox Peoples
10. Aleksey Nikolaevich Varlamov, writer, publicist, historian of Russian literature, Chief Editor journal "Literary Studies", rector of the Literary Institute. A.M. Gorky
11. Vyazemsky Yury Pavlovich, Honored Worker of Culture of the Russian Federation, writer, philosopher, TV presenter, Ph.D.
12. Gagarina Elena Yuryevna, art critic, general director of the State Historical and Cultural Museum-Reserve "Moscow Kremlin"
13. Viktor Gavrilovich Zakharchenko, People's Artist of Russia and Ukraine, folk song researcher and choir conductor, artistic director and general director of the Kuban Cossack Choir
14. Ilkaev Radiy Ivanovich, physicist, member Russian Academy Sci., Scientific Supervisor of the Russian Federal Nuclear Center - All-Russian Research Institute of Experimental Physics
15. Sergey Pavlovich Karpov, Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor and President of the Faculty of History of Moscow State University
16. Yury Mikhailovich Kublanovskiy, poet, publicist, member of the Union of Russian Writers
17. Legoyda Vladimir Romanovich, Chairman of the Synodal Department for Church Relations with Society and the Media, journalist, teacher, candidate of political sciences, professor at the Department of International Journalism and the Department of World Literature and Culture, MGIMO (U) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia
18. Liepa Andris Marisovich, People's Artist of Russia, ballet soloist, theater director, producer
19. Lupan Viktor Nikolaevich, journalist, writer, publisher, documentary filmmaker, head of the editorial board of the newspaper "Russian Thought"
20. Mazurov Alexey Borisovich, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor, Rector of the Moscow State Regional Social and Humanitarian Institute
21. Narochnitskaya Natalia Alekseevna, politician, doctor of historical sciences, head of the European Institute for Democracy and Cooperation (Paris), chairman of the Historical Perspective Foundation
22. Nesterenko Vasily Igorevich, People's Artist of Russia, member of the Russian Academy of Arts
23. Alexey Puzakov, Honored Artist of Russia, conductor of the Moscow Synodal Choir, member of the board of the Russian Orthodox Choral Society
24. Lyubov Timofeevna Rakhmanina, head of the Helsinki National Ballet School
25. Rybnikov Alexey Lvovich, People's Artist of Russia, composer
26. Sokolov Alexander Sergeevich, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, musicologist, teacher, Doctor of Arts, professor and rector of the Moscow State Conservatory. P.I. Tchaikovsky, Chairman of the Council of Rectors of the Conservatories of the CIS Member States
27. Vladimir Teodorovich Spivakov, People's Artist of the USSR, violinist, teacher, artistic director and chief conductor of the National Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia and the Moscow Virtuosos State Chamber Orchestra, President of the Moscow International House of Music
28. Tolochko Petr Petrovich, member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, foreign member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, archaeologist, Doctor of Historical Sciences, professor, director of the Institute of Archeology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, chairman of the Ukrainian Society for the Protection of Historical and Cultural Monuments, member of the Presidium of the International public organization"World Russian People's Cathedral"
29. Tukhmanov David Fedorovich, People's Artist of Russia, composer
30. Khotinenko Vladimir Ivanovich, People's Artist of Russia, film director, actor, screenwriter, teacher, professor of directing department of the All-Russian state university cinematography them. S.A. Gerasimov
31. Sergei Alexandrovich Shargunov, writer, journalist, public figure, radio and TV presenter, editor-in-chief of the Free Press website
32. Shvidkovsky Dmitry Olegovich, Honored Art Worker of the Russian Federation, architectural historian, Doctor of Art History, Professor and Rector of the Moscow Architectural Institute, Vice President of the Russian Academy of Arts
33. Shumakov Sergey Leonidovich, film and television producer, film critic, director, teacher, candidate of art history, director and editor-in-chief of the television channel "Culture"
34. Yampolskaya Elena Alexandrovna, journalist, writer, theater critic, chief editor of the newspaper "Culture"
Honorary Members of the Patriarchal Council for Culture
35. Dobronravov Nikolai Nikolaevich, songwriter, laureate of the USSR State Prize
36. Kalyagin Alexander Alexandrovich, People's Artist of the RSFSR, theater and film actor, director, chairman of the Union of Theater Workers of the Russian Federation, member of the Public Chamber of Russia
37. Kovalchuk Andrei Nikolaevich, People's Artist of Russia, sculptor, Chairman of the Board of the Union of Artists of Russia, member of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Arts
On March 9, 2016, under the chairmanship of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus', an expanded meeting of the Patriarchal Council for Culture was held, dedicated to the establishment of the Society of Russian Literature.
Representatives of the Russian Orthodox Church, prominent figures of culture and art, philologists, linguists, experts in the field of teaching the Russian language and literature, among which was Larisa Alexandrovna Tropkina, director of Lyceum No. 5 named after. Yu. A. Gagarina, head of the Volgograd branch of the Association of Teachers of the Russian Language and Literature.
Opening the meeting, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill addressed the audience with an introductory speech, in which he announced the creation of the Society of Russian Literature and his decision to head this society.
“A few months ago, the President of our country, Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, approached me with a proposal to create a Society of Russian Literature and subsequently head its work. I accepted this proposal precisely because we are talking about the humanitarian dimension of our life, personality, society, state, and the humanitarian dimension is part of the spiritual responsibility of the Church, - said, in particular, His Holiness. - Humanitarian side human life is included in what we call the pastoral care of the Church, and it is as a pastor who, along with so many, is responsible for the spiritual state of the people, I decided to lead this society. I won't talk about what it was. tough decision, taking into account the agenda of the Patriarch. And, nevertheless, I think that the Patriarch should also pay more attention to the topic just outlined, because it is about something very important, related to the life of our entire people and our entire society.”
Then His Holiness Patriarch Kirill delivered a report on the creation of the Society of Russian Literature.
During the meeting, reports were presented by:
- Verbitskaya L.A., President of the Russian Academy of Education, Doctor of Philology, Professor - “Russian language from M.V. Lomonosov to the present day";
- Zinin S.A., Doctor of Pedagogy, Professor, Chairman of the Federal Subject Commission on Literature in the Unified State Examination System - “Literary Education at School: Future Scenarios”;
- Fedorov A.V., candidate of philological sciences, teacher of the Russian language and literature of the highest category - "Cunningly interpreting freedom: the school literary canon and the problem of variability";
- Kazakova E.I., Doctor of Pedagogy, Professor, Director of the Institute of Pre-University Education, St. Petersburg State University - “Approaches to the formation of a subject program”;
- Prokhorov Yu.E., Doctor of Pedagogy, Doctor of Philosophical Sciences, Professor, Chairman of the Coordinating Council of the Association of Teachers of Russian Language and Literature of Higher Education - “Quality training of teachers of Russian language and literature is the basis of the future cultural level of generations”;
- Uzhankov A.N., Doctor of Philology, Professor, Vice-Rector for Research of the Literary Institute named after A.N. A.M. Gorky - "The problem of textbooks, teaching aids for schools and universities”;
- Lubkov A.V., Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor, Advisor to the Rector of the Moscow Institute of Open Education - "Pedagogical staff training: current state, problems and assessments."
According to a number of meeting participants, some trends in modern Russian education have the consequence of limiting the most important role of the Russian language and literature in the upbringing of the younger generation and therefore must be rethought and corrected.
Discussing the possible principles of the activities of the Society of Russian Literature, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill noted: “If we talk about the methodology of our work, then, of course, we should think about holding some forums in order to have a direct and feedback with the people, to hear the voice of the people and to respond, among other things, to the questions, disappointments and hopes of the people. I think this is a very important way to exchange views.”
At the same time, according to His Holiness, in order to develop specific documents, it is desirable to create “ working group specialists who are able to work with materials that are the subject of our concern, professionally, so that we can receive texts that can then be discussed in a wider representation of the scientific and pedagogical community.
The Primate of the Russian Church called for real steps to be taken in both directions in the near future: “These two directions are the social work of our organization and the transmission to large audiences, including our thoughts, ideas, our understanding of how to go on the way of implementing these decisions, and, on the other hand, the creation of a professional expert group capable of working with texts and preparing our recommendations accordingly.”
The meeting participants approved the creation of a professional expert group and the holding of forums for the preparation of decisions and documents and their further broad discussion.
In conclusion, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill thanked those present for their active participation in the work of the meeting.
According to the press service of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus'
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The Patriarchal Council for Culture, chaired by the Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus', was formed by the decision of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church on March 5, 2010 (Journal No. 7).
The competence of the Patriarchal Council includes issues of dialogue and interaction with state cultural institutions, creative unions, public associations of citizens working in the field of culture, as well as with sports and other similar organizations in the countries of the canonical space of the Moscow Patriarchate.
The regulation on the Patriarchal Council for Culture was approved by the decision of the Holy Synod of May 31, 2010 (magazine No. 46). Also, by the decision of the Synod of May 31, 2010, the Commission for Interaction of the Russian Orthodox Church with the museum community was formed under the Patriarchal Council (magazine No. 47).
The Holy Synod by decision of July 26, 2010 (journal No. 77) approved the composition of the Patriarchal Council for Culture.
With the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill, in 2011 the head of the European Institute for Democracy and Cooperation N.A. Narochnitskaya and director of the State Bolshoi Theater G.P. Ansimov.
By the decision of the Holy Synod of March 15, 2012 (Journal No. 3), the Patriarchal Council for Culture was included among the synodal institutions of the Russian Orthodox Church.
By the decision of the Holy Synod of July 15, 2016. (Journal No. 57) The Patriarchal Council for Culture was reorganized into the religious organization "Patriarchal Council for Culture" (with the status of a synodal department), the charter of the organization was approved; Bishop Tikhon of Yegorievsk (previously Executive Secretary of the Council) was appointed Chairman of the Council.
management
Chairman: Patriarch Kirill, Deputy Chairman: Met. Yuvenaly (Poyarkov). Responsible Secretary: Bishop Tikhon (Shevkunov).
members
- Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk (since 2010)
- Metropolitan of Tulchinsky and Bratslav Jonathan (since 2010)
- Archbishop of Berlin-Germany and Great Britain Mark (since 2010)
- Bishop Seraphim of Bobruisk and Bykhov (since 2010)
- Archpriest Leonid Kalinin (since 2010)
- Burlyaev Nikolay Petrovich (since 2010)
- Varlamov Alexey Nikolaevich
- Vyazemsky Yuri Pavlovich (since 2010)
- Gagarina Elena Yurievna (since 2010)
- Dobronravov Nikolai Nikolaevich
- Zakharchenko Viktor Gavrilovich
- Ilkaev Radiy Ivanovich (since 2010)
- Kalyagin Alexander Alexandrovich
- Karpov Sergey Pavlovich
- Kinchev Konstantin Evgenievich (since 2010)
- Kublanovsky Yuri Mikhailovich (since 2010)
- Vladimir Legoyda (since 2010)
- Liepa Andris Marisovich (since 2010)
- Lupan Viktor Nikolaevich (since 2010)
- Mazurov Alexey Borisovich (since 2010)
- Natalia Narochnitskaya (since 2011)
- Nesterenko Vasily Igorevich (since 2010)
- Pakhmutova Alexandra Nikolaevna (since 2010)
- Puzakov Alexey Alexandrovich (since 2010)
- Rakhmanina Lyubov Timofeevna (since 2010)
- Rybnikov Alexey Lvovich (since 2010)
- Sokolov Alexander Sergeevich (since 2010)
- Spivakov Vladimir Teodorovich (since 2010)
- Tolochko Petr Petrovich (since 2010)
- Tukhmanov David Fedorovich (since 2010)
- Fedoseev Vladimir Ivanovich (since 2010)
- Khorkina Svetlana Vasilievna (since 2010)
- Khotinenko Vladimir Ivanovich (since 2010)
- Shvidkovsky Dmitry Olegovich
- Shargunov Sergey Alexandrovich
- Shumakov Sergey Leonidovich
- Yampolskaya Elena Alexandrovna
- Bokov Andrey Vladimirovich
- Ganichev Valery Nikolaevich
- Glazunov Ilya Sergeevich
- Kovalchuk Andrey Nikolaevich
- Kudryavtsev Alexander Petrovich
- Mikhalkov Nikita Sergeevich
- Tsereteli Zurab Konstantinovich
- Shilov Alexander Maksovich
Until 2015, Fr. Vsevolod Chaplin, Fr. Nikolai Sokolov, Sergei Bezrukov, Alexei Nemov, Alexei Petrenko, Alexander Povetkin, Vladislav Tretiak.
ecumenical activity
The Patriarchal Council is involved in cultural ecumenism.
With the Catholics, “we are united by our common Christian civilization. Therefore, the true path of our common service and the most fruitful cooperation is the humanitarian sphere. The basic Christian values of culture, family, relationship to man as the image of God, moral values are our common heritage. All of this is being reviewed modern world. It is our common task to prevent not only the disappearance, but also the distortion of Christian values, morality and culture. Together we must preserve a Christian Europe... The Patriarchal Council for Culture has been interacting with the Pontifical Council for Culture for several years precisely on the issues I spoke about. And here we have really serious prospects. If in many fundamental theological issues - it just so happened - we are far from unity, then in upholding common Christian moral values, I am deeply convinced that we not only can, but must act together.
sources
- Patriarchal Council for Culture // Patriarchy.ru. - 2016. - June. – Date of access: 11/28/2016
- Composition of the Patriarchal Council for Culture // Patriarchy.ru. - 2010. - July 26. – Date of access: 11/28/2016
The Patriarchal Council for Culture, created by the decision of the Holy Synod last week, is called upon to help the Church and museum workers together solve the problem of returning church property and prevent culture from turning into a destructive anti-culture. Metropolitan Volokolamsky, a permanent member of the Holy Synod, chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, told RIA Novosti why exactly today and why the council was created Hilarion.
– Your Eminence, what caused the decision of the Holy Synod to establish the Patriarchal Council for Culture? How is it related to the dispute about the return to the Church of those values that are kept in museums?
– I consider the decision to establish the Patriarchal Council for Culture to be very wise and timely. After all, the question of the relationship between the Church and culture today is very acute.
Many of us remember the time when a blank wall was erected between the Church and culture, when people were taught that culture and art serve progress, and the Church is a cesspool for losers and old women "seeking solace in religion."
Today, we seem to be far enough away from that. But the wall has not yet been completely destroyed, the relapses of the old disease from time to time make themselves felt, and that muddy ideology on which the opposition between the Church and culture Soviet time, has not yet been exhausted.
Today, some are asking the question: will the Church be able to preserve those cultural values, those ancient icons and church utensils that are kept in museums?
I will answer with a question: why not? Didn't the Church create these values? Hasn't she been their careful guardian for centuries? Were they not created for her, but for museums and repositories?
The temple should be a temple, not a museum. The icon's place is not in a museum, but in a functioning church. The place of the Eucharistic chalice or diskos is on the throne, and not on a stand under glass.
This does not mean that ancient temples, which are architectural monuments, cannot simultaneously serve as museums, and that icons, being in a temple-museum, cannot be protected.
The Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God is located in the church of St. Nicholas in Tolmachi, but the St. Nicholas Church itself is part of the museum complex of the Tretyakov Gallery, and the icon is under round-the-clock supervision by specialists. So there are positive examples of interaction between the Church and museum workers. But there should be many more such examples.
It is important that the Church and museum workers work together to solve the problem of preserving church property. Exchange open letters and mutual accusations is unlikely to contribute to an effective solution to this problem. A more constructive approach would be expressed in a direct dialogue between the Church and museum workers. Such a dialogue can be carried out within the framework of the Patriarchal Council for Culture.
– Obviously, the theme of the relationship between religion and culture is not limited to the issue of church values. In what other directions will the council work?
- It is by no means exhausted. Today a wide field is opening up for interaction between the Church and musicians, painters, writers, poets, architects, actors and directors. The world of culture and art is open to the Church and seeks her attention and participation. Direct dialogue with representatives of this world, the opportunity for them to communicate with the patriarch, discuss joint projects with him - all this will become a reality within the framework of the Patriarchal Council for Culture.
It seems to me that within the framework of the Patriarchal Council for Culture there will be several independent areas, and a fairly wide range of topics will be discussed. In particular, the topic of restoration of monuments of church architecture, as well as icons and works of applied art, will apparently take a significant place on the agenda of the newly created council.
The Council will be able to pay attention to such areas of culture as literature and poetry, painting and applied arts, architecture (cult and secular), cinema and television. Each of these areas has its own problems, and everywhere the involvement of the Church can bring tangible benefits.
One of the very important directions seems to me the participation of the Church in the musical life of the countries of the post-Soviet space. From one-time joint events, such as festivals or individual concerts, we must move to the systematic planning of such events. The Church should promote the popularization of those musical works that carry a positive spiritual and moral charge, paying special attention to the national musical tradition, and support the work of young composers and performers.
In addition to spiritual culture, the council will pay attention to physical culture.
One of the council's activities will obviously be cooperation between the Church and the world of sports. Such cooperation is of particular relevance today.
- Until now, there were no “Patriarchal Councils” in the Russian Church. Why did the primate lead this new structure? And how will the composition of the cultural council be formed?
– It is quite logical that the council will be headed by a patriarch, since any other level today would not correspond to the scale of the tasks facing the Church in her dialogue with the world of culture.
The composition of the council will be approved at the next meeting of the Holy Synod. Obviously, the council will include representatives of creative professions, as well as those church leaders who are in one way or another connected with the world of culture.
Archimandrite Tikhon (Shevkunov), a film director by his first education, was appointed secretary of the council.
– What would you say to those who suspect that the Church, by creating the Patriarchal Council for Culture, seeks to take culture under control, to perform the functions of a censor or an ideologue?
“It's not about control or censorship. We are talking about constructive interaction between the Church and those representatives of the world of culture who themselves wish it.
The Church never imposes anything on anyone - the Church only offers her participation and help to those who want it.
The Church has no "ideology" of its own, except for the fact that it is called upon to save people, to make their life better, purer and brighter. And this is impossible without a strong spiritual and moral core.
Culture is not neutral spiritually and morally. It can carry both a positive and a negative moral charge, it can act constructively, or it can destroy. If the Church does not take part in the development of the cultural life of the country, the culture runs the risk of turning into an anti-culture, as happened many times in the past.
We must avoid the mistakes of the past and finally destroy the wall between the Church and culture that was created in the Soviet era.
At the same time, we must create a model of relations between the Church and culture that would in no way hamper the development of culture, but, on the contrary, would create additional potential for its comprehensive development and prosperity.
Interviewed by Olga Lipich
