The Secretary of the Vyborg Diocese spoke at the II Agricole Scientific Readingstranslated

On October 14, the international conference “II Agricole Scientific Readings” began in Vyborg, which takes place from October 14 to 17 at the sites of the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul and the Intersettlement Library of the Vyborg District.

The secretary of the Vyborg diocese, candidate of philosophical sciences, Archpriest Igor Aksyonov, took part in the plenary meeting. He made a presentation “The Resurrection of Christ and the technological theosis of the transhumanist project.”

Agricole scientific readings bring together theologians, historians, philologists and researchers of religious and cultural history. The conference program includes theological, philological, historical and musical-liturgical sections, as well as round tables dedicated to the legacy of Michael Agricola, the history of the Reformation, translations of the Holy Scriptures and the history of Vyborg and the Baltic region.

Among the organizers of the conference are the St. Petersburg Institute of History of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Vyborg United Museum-Reserve, the Evangelical Lutheran Parish of Saints Peter and Paul of the city of Vyborg of the Russian Lutheran Church, the Intersettlement Library of the Vyborg District and the St. Petersburg Martin Luther Society.