The secretary of the Vyborg diocese gave a series of lectures at advanced training courses for clergytranslated

From October 6 to 8, at the Konevsky Nativity of the Theotokos Monastery, as part of the first stage of advanced training courses for clergy of the Vyborg diocese, a series of lectures was held by the secretary of the diocese, Archpriest Igor Aksenov.

The classes were devoted to the Fundamentals of the social concept of the Russian Orthodox Church, issues of modern theology, church-state relations and bioethics:

— “Church, nation and state”;

— “Christian ethics and secular law. Church about human rights";

— “Labor and its fruits. Own";

— “War and Peace in the Orthodox Worldview”;

— “Crime, punishment and correction”;

— “Issues of personal, family and public morality”;

— “Biopolitics of modernity”;

— “Progress and bioethical problems. Ethical problems of assisted reproductive technologies";

— “Problems of modern theology”;

— “Modern church-state relations. Modern documents of the Russian Orthodox Church";

— “Church and Politics.”

The first stage of advanced training courses took place on Konevets Island from October 4 to 9 and brought together the clergy of the Vyborg diocese for an in-depth study of issues of pastoral ministry,…