The Basis of the Social Concept of the Russian Orthodox Church: Problems of Bioethics and Ecology

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https://doi.org/10.15290/elpis.2020.22.12

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Social Concept of the Russian Orthodox Church, orthodoxy and bioethics, orthodoxy and ecology, doctrine of the Orthodox Church, Church and contemporary problems

Abstract

The foundations of the social concept are one of the most important normative acts issued by the Russian Orthodox Church. The unanimous adoption of this document by the Holy Council of Bishops of the Russian Church, which took place on August 13-16, 2000 in Moscow, was not only a local event, but a significant fact on the scale of the entire Orthodox Church worldwide. For the first time in history, one of the autocephalous Orthodox Churches decided to formulate an official position on current social, economic, economic and cultural issues, as well as define the Church-state relationship in the conditions of historical reality in which it found itself at the threshold of the third millennium. The promulgation of the Foundations of the Social Concept has become a powerful impulse for the renewal of spiritual life, greater involvement of the Orthodox clergy in social life, the development of institutional and non-institutional forms of mission and evangelization, and the multidimensional dialogue of Orthodoxy with the world of science, politics and economy. The aim of this publication is to familiarize the Polish reader with the content of chapters twelve and thirteen of the document, which relate to bioethical and ecological issues. It is worth noting that this is their first translation into Polish. The translator hopes that they will contribute to a better understanding of the Orthodox Church’s position on issues that are currently among the most discussed social topics.

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2020-11-12

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Aleksiejuk, A. (2020). The Basis of the Social Concept of the Russian Orthodox Church: Problems of Bioethics and Ecology. Elpis, (22), 95–105. https://doi.org/10.15290/elpis.2020.22.12

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