Interreligious Council of Russia

The Interreligious Council of Russia (.. Russ Meschreligiosny sowet Rossii / Межрелигиозный совет России (МСР); scientific transliteration Mežreligioznyj sovet Rossii . Also Mezhreligioznyy sovet Rossii; English Interreligious Council in Russia) brings together leading representatives of the four largest denominations in the country: the Russian- Orthodox Church , Islam , Judaism and Buddhism .

history

The Interreligious Council of Russia was formed on December 23, 1998. It consists of the chairmen of the Moscow Patriarchate , the Russian Muftirate , the Central Spiritual Administration of Muslims in Russia , the Congress of Jewish Religious Organizations and Associations in Russia, and the Buddhist Traditional Sangha of Russia.

The initiative to build the organization came from the Russian Orthodox Church. Self-declared goals are the implementation of joint activities, the fight against the exploitation of religious feelings to fuel intra-ethnic conflicts as well as the dialogue with state Russian and foreign authorities.

composition

Honorary Chairman of the Board of Management:

• Cyril , Patriarch of Moscow and all of Russia

Members of the Presidium:

• Hilarion (Grigory Valeryevich Alfeyev) - Metropolitan of Volokolamsk, Chairman of the Department of External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate
• Rawil Gainutdin , Mufti, Sheikh, Chairman of the Russian Mufti Council
• Talgat Tajuddin , Grand Mufti , Sheikh-ul-Islam , Chairman of the Central Spiritual Administration of Muslims in Russia
• Hajji Ismail Berdyev , Mufti, Chairman of the Coordination Council of Muslims in the North Caucasus
• Berel Lazar , Chief Rabbi of Russia
• Adolf Solomonowitsch Schajewitsch , Chief Rabbi of Russia
• Damba Ajuschejew , Hambo Lama Pandido, head of the Buddhist Traditional Sangha of Russia

Former members

• Vsevolod Chaplin , Archpriest, (former) Chairman of the Holy Synod Department of the Moscow Patriarchate for Church-Society Relations

References and footnotes

1. ↑ en: Congress of the Jewish Religious Organizations and Associations in Russia , ru: Конгресс еврейских религиозных организаций и объединений в России
2. ↑ ru: Буддийская традиционная сангха России
3. ↑ interreligious.ru ( Memento of the original from June 10, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. - accessed on November 28, 2016  
4. ↑ According to juedische-allgemeine.de, the big Jewish umbrella organizations in Russia include : Father Putin: Ten days before the presidential election: The Jewish community is divided (Christian Jahn, February 23, 2012):
   • Federation of Jewish Congregations of Russia ( FEOR ), Berel Lazar , Chief Rabbi of the strictly Orthodox Hasidic Movement Chabad Lubavitch established as an umbrella organization .
   • Russian Jewish Congress ( REK )
   • Congress of Jewish Religious Organizations and Associations of Russia ( Keroor )
   • Moscow Jewish Religious Community (Mero)

literature

• Jekaterina Novikova: Islam in Russia in the context of European and Russian integration , from OWEP 1/2004

Web links

• Interreligious Council of Russia (interreligious.ru)
• April 3, 2014 16:26 mospat.ru: Meeting of Interreligious Council of Russia takes places in Moscow
• de.sputniknews.com: Russian Interfaith Council regrets publication of Silantiev's book on Islam
• irf.ac.at
• sputniknews.com: Author of Islam Book Released as Executive Secretary of the Interfaith Council

Interreligious Council of Russia (alternative names of the lemma)
Interreligious Council of Russia; Межрелигиозный совет России (МСР); Meschreligiosny sowet Rossii; Mežreligioznyj sovet Rossii; Interdenominational Council of Russia; Interreligious Council in Russia; Russian Interfaith Council