MOSCOW. Chairman of Synodal Information Department of the UOC Participated in Expert Seminar “Scholarly-Theological View of Modern Information Society”

The expert seminar was organized by the Synodal Information Department of the Russian Orthodox Church. The meeting of the church and secular specialists in the information sphere was opened by the prayer service at the relics of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh in the Holy Trinity Church of St. Sergius Holy Trinity Lavra. The seminar was conducted at the lesser assembly hall of Moscow Theological Academy. 
 
Contributing to the seminar were first deputy chairman of the Education Committee of the Russian Orthodox Church archimandrite Kirill Hovorun, vice-rector of the all-church Postgraduate and Doctorate Study archpriest Vladimir Shmaliy, head of the DECR communication service of the Moscow Patriarchate priest George Zavershinsky, Secretary of the Academic Council of Moscow Theological Academy, editor-in-chief of the web-site "Boroslov.ru" archpriest Pavel Velikanov, chairman of the Synodal Information Department  of the UOC and the pres-secretary for the UOC Primate archpriest George Kovalenko, assistant director of the Institute of Philosophy of the RAS Oleg Genisaretsky,   chairman of the department of Global Informational Resources  of the Moscow State University of Foreign Affairs Andrey Korotkov, chairman of the philosophy department of the  Moscow State University of Foreign Affairs Alexy Shestopal; executive editor of the Moscow Patriarchy Journal Sergey Chapnin, editor-in-chief of the internet-portal "Orthodoxy and the World" Anna Danilova,  the «Russian Newsweek» reviewer Ilya Arkhipov and other. Presiding at the expert seminar was chairman of the Synodal Informational Department of the Russian Orthodox Church Vladimir Legoyda.  

The following reports were presented for the seminar participants' discussion:  "Dialogue as a way of human life" by Rev.George Zavershinsky, "Technical and humanitarian aspects of formation o fthe glocal information society" by A.V.Kortotkov, "Axiological Rhetoric of the Church's presence in Information Society" by O.Henisaretsky, and "Theological Perspective of Information Society" by archimandrite Kirill Hovorun. 

In the course of discussion archpriest George Kovalenko expressed opinion that "the modern media  of information and communication may serve as instrument of realization of the Churc's conciliarity, as well as the domain of its missionary activity and responsibility".  



Photos by S.Chapnin