Research project and scientific committee

What does this way of looking at creation teach us today?

Monks and nuns have often sought solitude in surroundings that were inhospitable: the desert and the forest populated by savage beasts. What do saints’ lives teach us about stillness in the heart of a man of God who spreads peace around him? How and why have monks in both East and West worked to develop harsh natural surroundings so as to make them fit for prayer and work?

Monastic asceticism is a manifestation of the asceticism and sobriety that by baptism is required of every Christian. What do asceticism and poverty teach us today in a society of consumers, us who are often incapable of respecting the earth that gives us a home, of sharing its gifts with all men?

Liturgical celebration intimately includes the cosmos in the Church’s praise and adoration. Everything that lives and breathes, everything that exists, trees, stones, the sun and the moon, praise the Lord. Above all, the eucharistic celebration is a sacrifice of praise offered to the Father, in which the assembly of believers draws all of creation and all human history after it.

How can this great spiritual wealth be translated today into an ethics of creation? How can contemporary Orthodox theology respond to the challenges that derive today from technology and science?

All this leads us in conclusion to pose a fundamental question: how to speak to day about creation.

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE:

Enzo Bianchi (Bose)
Lino Breda (Bose)
Sabino Chialà (Bose)
Lisa Cremaschi (Bose)
Hervé Legrand (Parigi)
Adalberto Mainardi (Bose)
Antonio Rigo (Venezia)
Luigi d'Ayala Valva (Bose)
Michel Van Parys (Chevetogne)

 

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