St. Paisiya Velichkovsky

At the conference in Chernigov, for the first time, unknown letters were presented by St. Paisiya Velichkovsky to the ataman of the Zaporozhye army Petru Kalnyshevsky "Russia and Athos: a millennium of spiritual and cultural ties" - under this name was held on November 28-29, 2014 in the city of Chernigov, an international scientific conference dedicated to the 1000th anniversary of the ancient Russian monasticism on Mount Athos and the 220th anniversary of the revelation of St. Nicholas. Paisiya Velichkovsky, "Religion in Ukraine" reports with reference to Afonit . На конференции в Чернигове впервые представили неизвестные письма св. Паисия Величковского к атаману войска Запорожского Петру Калнышевскому "Russia and Athos: a millennium of spiritual and cultural ties" - under this name was held on November 28-29, 2014 in the city of Chernigov, an international scientific conference dedicated to the 1000th anniversary of the ancient Russian monasticism on Mount Athos and the 220th anniversary of the revelation of St. Nicholas. Paisiya Velichkovsky, "Religion in Ukraine" reports with reference to Afonit . The opening of the forum took place on November 28 - the day of the repose of St. Paisiya Velichkovsky (+28 November 1794), from the moment of his death this year turned 220 years old. Thus, the organizers and participants of the event honored the memory of the outstanding Athos ascetic, church-cultural figure and writer who left an indelible mark on the spirituality and culture of the peoples of the Orthodox East (Greece, Russia, Ukraine, Romania and Moldova). About 80 scientists from different countries took part in the international conference. In particular, scientists from Ukraine, Greece, Russia, Great Britain, France, USA, Germany, Poland, Romania, Moldova and other countries presented their reports at the scientific forum. In addition, the conference also provided for the correspondence form of participation, thanks to which more than 30 correspondence participants could also submit their poster presentations. At the opening of the conference, a greeting was sent to the participants on behalf of the Prince of Wales Charles Honorary Chairman of the Friends of Mount Athos International Society (Great Britain), and on behalf of the President of the International Friends of Athos Society Metropolitan Kallist (Ouera) of Dioclet. На конференции в Чернигове впервые представили неизвестные письма св. Паисия Величковского к атаману войска Запорожского Петру Калнышевскому At the plenary session, the presentation of the latest publishing projects of Athos St. Panteleimon Monastery was dedicated to the 1000th anniversary of the ancient Russian monasticism on Mount Athos. The presentation was conducted by the head of the archives, the library and the museum of the Panteleimon monastery, Father Ermolai (Chezhia). In particular, he presented to the audience the books published by the monastery: 1) "Catalog of Slavic-Russian manuscripts", stored in the archives and library of Athos St. Panteleimon Monastery; 2) "The Athos period of the life of Archbishop Basil (Krivoshein) in documents" (contains archival materials that have not yet been published from the Archbishop's personal archive fund); 3) "The Spiritual Heritage of the Athonite Elder Jerome (Solomentsov)" (contains unpublished diaries, letters, instructions stored in the archives of Athos St. Panteleimon Monastery). The blessed Christopher, the honorary metropolitan of the Czech lands and Slovakia, the doctor of theological sciences, the professor of the Orthodox theological faculty of Presov University (Presov, Slovakia) and the Archbishop of Zaporozhye and Melitopol Luke, the candidate of theology, the chairman of the Synodal Department of the UOC for pastoral care of the Cossacks and spiritual and physical education of youth, teacher of the Zaporozhye State Medical University. At the conference, the letters of St. Petersburg unknown to the public were first presented. Paisiya Velichkovsky to the Ataman ataman of the Zaporozhye army Petru Kalnyshevsky, found in Ukrainian archives by specialists of the International Institute of Athos Heritage in Ukraine. Also, based on the materials of the Ukrainian archives, information was first presented on the little-known Athos Cossack monastery "Black Vyr" and attempts to recreate the new Rusik at the Zograf monastery in the 18th century. A report on this topic was made by Sergey Shumilo, Director of the International Institute of Athos Heritage in Ukraine. Valuable information about the lost archives of Athos Saint Ilyinsky monastery was presented by the curator of copies of this archive Dr. Nicholas Fennell, a member of the University of Winchester (Research Fellow, University of Winchester). The work of the conference was divided into eight sections: Athos traditions in culture and art; Athos outside Afon: connection of the Holy Mountain with the Orthodox oikoumena; Athos in the life and history of monasticism; The influence of Athos on writing and the literary process; Life and work of St. Paisiya Velichkovsky; Athos in the history of Ukraine; Athos in theology and philosophy; Traditions of pilgrimage to Athos. The conference was initiated by the International Institute of Athos Heritage in Ukraine in conjunction with Chernigov National Pedagogical University. T.G. Shevchenko and Afon information portal Afonit.Info (www.afonit.info). The co-organizers of the conference also featured the Institute of Literature. T. Shevchenko National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, UNESCO Chair on Comparative Studies of Spiritual Traditions, Specifics of Their Cultures and Interreligious Dialogue, Center for Byzantine History and Civilization, Collège de France (Paris, France), Friends of Mount Athos ", Oxford, Great Britain), Association" Insieme per Athos "(" Together for the sake of Athos ", Italy), Research Center for the Study of the History of Religion and the Church named after the Archbishop. Lazar Baranovich (Chernigov, Ukraine), Theological-Historical Research Center (Mukachevo, Ukraine). Based on the results of the work, it is planned to publish a scientific collection of conference materials. 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