Teachers of the Biblical Studies Department took part in the seminar “Biblical Didactics in the Orthodox Tradition”
On March 3, the Synodal Department of Religious Education and Catechism held a scientific and practical seminar “Biblical didactics in the Orthodox tradition. Experience and prospects». The seminar was held in a blended format both face-to-face and on the Zoom platform.
The event was organised by representatives of the Synodal Department for Religious Education and Catechism and the Synodal Biblical and Theological Commission.
The list of participants:
- Metropolitan of Yekaterinburg and Verkhotursk Eugene, Chairman of the Synodal Department of Religious Education and Catechism;
- Hegumen John (Rubin), acting Deputy Chairman of the Synodal Department of Religious Education and Catechism;
- Hieromonk Pavel (Cherkasov), Secretary of the Synodal Biblical and Theological Commission;
- Archpriest Alexander Timofeev, Head of the Bible Study of the Moscow Theological Academy;
- Archpriest Andrey Rakhnovsky, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Biblical Studies at the Moscow Theological Academy;
- Hegumen Serapion (Mitko), Dr. of Theology, Professor, Deputy Director of the Higher School of Law and Administration at the Higher School of Economics;
- Archpriest Gennady Fast, Dean of the Equal-to-the-Apostles Constantine and Helena Church in Abakan;
- Priest Stefan Domuschi, Associate Professor of the Moscow Theological Academy, Dean of the Missionary Faculty of the Russian Orthodox University;
- V.A. Seregin, Head of the working group at the Synodal Department of Religious Education and Catechesis;
- A.I. Solodkov, a lecturer at the Sretenskaya Theological Academy;
- V.A. Androsova, a lecturer at the Nikolo-Ugresh Theological Seminary;
- A.V. Lozhkin, a lecturer at St. Tikhon’s Orthodox Humanitarian University;
- D.D. Kochkina, an expert at the sector of parish education of the Synodal Department of Religious Education and Catechism;
- A.V. Rakushin, an expert at the sector of parish education of the Synodal Department of Religious Education and Catechism;
- D.B. Osipov, an expert of the Department of Religious Education and Catechism in Yekaterinburg Diocese;
- V.S. Strelov, Head of the Heritage Bible College;
- I.V. Privalova, a project manager of a website "ekzeget.ru";
- Andrei Rachnikov, a fourth-year student of the Nikolo-Ugresh Seminary;
- Dmitry Volobuev, a fourth-year student of the Nikolo-Ugresh Seminary;
- Egor Zaichenko, a third-year student of the Nikolo-Ugresh Seminary.
С приветственным словом к участникам семинара обратился митрополит Екатеринбургский Евгений. Иеромонах Павел (Черкасов) передал приветствие председателя Синодальной библейско-богословской комиссии митрополита Волоколамского Илариона.
Hegumen John (Rubin) was a moderator of the seminar.
The participants touched upon various issues related to teaching and interpretation of Bible within the framework of missionary activity, as well as presenting the Holy Scripture in the information space.
The presented topic turned out to be extremely relevant and caused a lively discussion. In particular, Archpriest Alexander Timofeev suggested creating a publicly available Orthodox Explanatory Bible. The idea was supported by other participants.
A video recording is available on YouTube channel .
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