PUBLISHING DEPARTMENT, PUBLISHING COUNCIL, PUBLISHING HOUSE OF THE MOSCOW PATRIARCHY

Publishing Council of the Russian Orthodox Church

Publishing department of the Russian Orthodox Church

Jurisdiction: Russian Orthodox Church

Year founded:
1945
Place:
Moscow, Russia
Leaders: Alexy (Simansky), Kliment (Kapalin), Nikodim (Rotov), ​​Nikolay (Yarushevich), Pitirim (Nechaev)… see further Members of the organization: Alexy (Simansky), Andronik (Trubachev) ), Balashov Nikolay Vladimirovich, Ignatius (Punin), Hilarion (Alfeev)… see further Directions:
Church reform, modernism, ecumenism, world studies
of the Organization

Publishing department of the Russian Orthodox Church

(1945) - one of the Synodal departments of the Moscow Patriarchate. Organ of Church Reform.

story

The modern Publishing Council of the Russian Orthodox Church was the legal successor of the publishing department of the Russian Orthodox Church, created on the basis of the “Regulations on the management of the Russian Orthodox Church” adopted in February 1945 at the Local Council of the Russian Orthodox Church in 1945. This department was entrusted with the responsibility for publishing the “Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate,” church calendars, holy scriptures, liturgical literature, manuals for clergy and clergy, and other books necessary for church life. In 1956, the Publishing Department published the Bible in the country for the first time since 1918[1].

At the Council of Bishops in 1994, the issues and problems facing the Russian Orthodox Church in the field of publishing were considered and the following decision was made:

...instead of the Publishing Department of the Moscow Patriarchate, create the Publishing Council of the Moscow Patriarchate as a collegial body consisting of representatives of synodal institutions, theological schools, church publishing houses and other institutions of the Russian Orthodox Church[2].

Publishing functions, which previously lay with the department, were assigned by the decision of the Holy Synod of February 22, 1995 to the newly created Publishing House of the Moscow Patriarchate. By the determination of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church on October 6, 1999, the Publishing Council was given the status of a synodal department.

Awards[ | ]

The award of the Publishing Council is the medal of the first printer, Deacon Ivan Fedorov. It is a form of encouragement for the clergy and laity for significant contributions to the work of the publishing council - the work and merits incurred in the development of Orthodox authorship and publishing activities, spiritual and educational, scientific and theological, administrative and church-social work, the implementation of charitable and social projects. The medal was established on the basis of the regulations on awards of the Russian Orthodox Church. The medal has two degrees; when awarded, a medal and a certificate are awarded. The medal is worn on the left side of the chest.

tasks of the Council

Coordination of publishing activities, evaluation of published manuscripts and submission of publishing plans for approval by the Holy Synod[2].

By definition of the Council of Bishops in 2000, the council was assigned additional functions:

The Publishing Council is required to take care of the theological, scientific, spiritual and aesthetic level of literature produced by dioceses and other canonical church units, which, in turn, must strictly submit to the Council their publishing plans and copies of published books, magazines and newspapers.[3] .

In addition, the council determined that all editions of liturgical literature must be approved by the publishing council.

The 2004 Council of Bishops, in its definition “On issues of the internal life of the Russian Orthodox Church,” Fr. For this purpose, the publishing council was granted the right to “put on such publications the stamp “Approved for printing by the Publishing Council of the Russian Orthodox Church””[4]

On December 25, 2009, by decision of the Holy Synod, the publishing council was entrusted with the mandatory review of all publications intended for distribution through the church (diocesan, parish, monastic) bookselling system[5]

The tasks of the council include coordinating the activities of Orthodox publishing organizations, providing methodological, legal, organizational and other assistance to both church and secular publishing houses[6].

Activities for reviewing publications[ | ]

According to an employee of the Publishing Council, Hegumen Evfimy (Moiseev):

Not all publishers and authors have a theological education, so the main task of the review board <…> is to identify the conformity of the content of a particular publication with Orthodox dogma. Some books have to be sent for revision, some even have to be refused a stamp - many publishers are very dissatisfied with this. But the board proceeds in its work from the fact that the Church bears full responsibility for the spiritual safety of its children. Therefore, any person who buys a book in a temple must be sure that this book, at a minimum, will not cause him spiritual harm, and, ideally, will serve his spiritual growth[13].

At meetings of the publishing council, it was decided to consider it impossible to distribute books[14] through the church (diocesan, parish, monastery) book network, since they contain statements that contradict the doctrine of the Orthodox Church.

managers

1. Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' Alexy (Simansky) (1945 - 1947)
2. Metropolitan Nikolai (Yarushevich) (1947 - 1960)
3. Metropolitan Nikodim (Rotov) (1960 - 1963)
4. Metropolitan Pitirim (Nechaev) (May 23, 1963 - December 3, 1994)
5. Ep. Tikhon (Emelyanov) (July 16, 1995 - December 28, 2000)
6. O. Vladimir Silovyov (December 28, 2000 - March 31, 2009)
7. Metropolitan Kliment (Kapalin) (from March 31, 2009)

Alexy (Simansky), Kliment (Kapalin), Nikodim (Rotov), ​​Nikolai (Yarushevich), Pitirim (Nechaev), Silovyov Vladimir Andreevich, Tikhon (Emelyanov),

members

Alexy (Simansky), Andronik (Trubachev), Balashov Nikolay Vladimirovich, Ignatiy (Punin), Hilarion (Alfeev), Ioann (Roshchin), Komarov Konstantin Mikhailovich, Longin (Korchagin), Lorgus Andrey Vadimovich, Luchenko Ksenia Valerievna, Mercury (Ivanov) , Nikodim (Rotov), ​​Nikolay (Yarushevich), Pitirim (Nechaev), Silovyov Vladimir Andreevich, Speranskaya Elena Sergeevna, Tikhon (Emelyanov), Tikhon (Shevkunov), Filaret (Bulekov), Tsypin Vladislav Alexandrovich, Chaplin Vsevolod Anatolyevich, Chapnin Sergey Valerievich , Breev Nikolay Yuryevich, Vasechko Valentin Nikolaevich, Vedernikov Anatoly Vasilievich, Vikenty (Morar), Grozov Vladimir Vsevolodovich, Gulichkina Galina Guryevna, Danilenko Boris Olegovich, Ivanov Nikolay Pavlovich, Kochkina Natalia Petrovna, Kravets Sergey Leonidovich, Lebedev Lev Alekseevich, Lebedev Valentin Vladimiro HIV, Malyagin Vladimir Yurievich, Mitrofan (Shkurin), Peter (Pigol), Parmenov Alexander Georgievich, Polishchuk Evgeniy Semenovich, Savva (Mikheev), Sitnikov Mikhail Nikolaevich, Tikhon (Zatekin), Feodora (Lapkovskaya)

compound

According to clause 3.1 of the Charter of the Publishing Council, the composition of the Council is approved by the Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' and the Holy Synod on the proposal of the chairman of the Council.

composition 2016-2018

• Metropolitan Vincent (Morar);
• Metropolitan Longinus (Korchagin);
• Ep. Agapit (Horacek);
• Ep. Nicodemus (Vulpe), Chairman of the Publishing Council of the Orthodox Church of Moldova;
• Ep. Molodechnensky and Pavel Stolbtsovsky, Chairman of the Publishing Council of the Belarusian Exarchate;
• O. Alypiy (Kastalsky), editor-in-chief of the Patriarchal Publishing and Printing Center of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra;
• O. Boris Danilenko, director of the Synodal Library named after Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' Alexy II;
• O. Vladimir Vorobyov, rector of the Orthodox St. Tikhon's Humanitarian University;
• O. Vladimir Savelyev, Chairman of the Publishing Department of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church;
• O. Alexander Zadornov, vice-rector of the Moscow Theological Academy for scientific and theological work;
• O. Mitrofan (Shkurin), Deputy Chairman of the Synodal Department of Religious Education and Catechesis;
• O. Igor Davydov, employee of the Missionary Department of the Russian Orthodox Church;
• Konstantin Antipov, rector of the Ivan Fedorov Moscow State University of Printing Arts;
• Nikolai Breev, director of the Nikeya publishing house;
• Alexey Golovin, executive director of the Orthodox Book Association;
• Sergei Kravets, head of church-scientific;
• Vladimir Malyagin, editor-in-chief of the Danilovsky Blagovestnik publishing house;
• Evgeniy Polishchuk, deputy editor-in-chief of the Moscow Patriarchate Publishing House, editor of the magazine “Theological Works”;
• Boris Tarasov, rector of the A. M. Gorky Literary Institute;
• Mikhail Shkatov, General Director of Father's House Publishing House LLC[8].

composition 2013-2015

The composition of the Publishing Council of the Russian Orthodox Church for the period 2013-2015 (approved by the decision of the Holy Synod of March 12, 2013[9]):

• Metropolitan Vincent (Morar);
• Metropolitan Tikhon (Emelyanov);
• Metropolitan Longinus (Korchagin);
• Metropolitan Mark (Golovkov);
• Ep. Agapit (Horacek);
• Ep. Vyborg and Priozersky Ignatius (Punin), Chairman of the Synodal Department for Youth Affairs;
• Ep. Veniamin (Tupeco), Chairman of the Publishing Council of the Belarusian Exarchate;
• Ep. Nicodemus (Vulpe);
• O. Alypiy (Kastalsky);
• O. Tikhon (Shevkunov);
• O. Vsevolod Chaplin;
• O. Boris Danilenko;
• O. Vladimir Vorobiev;
• O. Vladimir Savelyev;
• O. Evfimy (Moiseev), first vice-rector of the Kazan Orthodox Theological Seminary;
• O. Meletiy (Sokolov), employee of the Educational Committee of the Russian Orthodox Church, chairman of the Editorial and Publishing Council of the Moscow Theological Academy;
• O. Igor Davydov;
• Nikolay Breev;
• Alexey Golovin;
• Sergey Kravets;
• Vladimir Malyagin;
• Evgeniy Polishchuk;
• Boris Tarasov;
• Elena Chelnokova, secretary of the expert council of the Synodal Department of Religious Education and Catechesis[10].

2010-2012

• archbishop Tikhon (Emelyanov);
• archbishop Vincent (Morar);
• Ep. Mercury (Ivanov);
• Ep. Agapit (Horacek);
• Ep. Longinus (Korchagin);
• O. Vsevolod Chaplin;
• O. Tikhon (Shevkunov);
• O. Alypiy (Kastalsky);
• O. Nicodemus (Vulpe);
• O. Boris Danilenko;
• O. Vladimir Vorobiev;
• O. Vladimir Savelyev;
• O. Vladimir Silovyov;
• O. Dionysius (Wheeldriver);
• O. Igor Davydov;
• O. Evfimy (Moiseev);
• Sergey Kravets;
• Vladimir Grozov, head of the publishing department of the Belarusian Exarchate;
• Vladimir Malyagin;
• Valery Ganichev;
• Georgy Gupalo, head of the Dar publishing house;
• Vladimir Eckert, head of the publishing house “Siberian Blagozvonnitsa”[11].

Links

• Commissions	Biblical and theological • On the canonization of saints • Divine services • On interaction with the museum community • On family issues, protection of motherhood and childhood • On physical education and sports • On Old Believer parishes and interaction with the Old Believers
  Other	Publishing House of the Moscow Patriarchate • Synodal Library • Synodal Choir • Council for Perpetuating the Memory of New Martyrs and Confessors

sources

• Official site
• Journals of the meeting of the Holy Synod of December 24, 2015 // Patriarchy.ru. 12/24/2015.
• Journals of the meeting of the Holy Synod of October 10, 2009 // Patriarchy.ru. 10.10.2009.
• The composition of the Publishing Council of the Russian Orthodox Church for 2013-2015 has been approved // Patriarchia.ru. 03/13/2013.
• History of the Publishing Council of the Russian Orthodox Church // Publishing Council of the Russian Orthodox Church. – Date of access: 19.1.2017.
• Komarov K. M.
  40 years of the Publishing Department of the Moscow Patriarchate // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. - 1985. - No. 3. - P. 11-18.
• Komarov K. M.
  40 years of the Publishing Department of the Moscow Patriarchate // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. - 1985. - No. 4. - P. 9-13.
• Komarov K. M.
  40 years of the Publishing Department of the Moscow Patriarchate // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. - 1985. - No. 5. - P. 16-20.

Footnotes

1. History of the Publishing Council of the Russian Orthodox Church
2. ↑ 2.02.1 Definition of the 1994 Council of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church “On publishing activities.”
3. Definition of the Jubilee Council of Bishops on issues of the internal life and external activities of the Russian Orthodox Church
4. Determination of the Council of Bishops on issues of the internal life of the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow, 2004)
5. Journal No. 114 of the meeting of the Holy Synod of December 25, 2009
6. Publishing Council of the Russian Orthodox Church. Patriarchy.ru.
7. “The task of the expert panel of the Publishing Council is to determine the conformity of the literature that is planned to be distributed in the church with the Orthodox doctrine.” Patriarchia.ru, April 9, 2010.
8. Journals of the meeting of the Holy Synod of December 24, 2015 // Patriarchy.ru. 12/24/2015.
9. Journals of the meeting of the Holy Synod of March 12, 2013 // Patriarchia.ru.
10. The composition of the Publishing Council of the Russian Orthodox Church for 2013-2015 has been approved // Patriarchia.ru. 03/13/2013.
11. Journals of the meeting of the Holy Synod of October 10, 2009 // Patriarchy.ru. 10.10.2009.

Literature[ | ]

• Kashevarov A. N.
  The seal of the Russian Orthodox Church in the twentieth century: essays on history. - St. Petersburg: St. Petersburg State University Publishing House; Rose of the World, 2004. - 162 p. — ISBN 5-85574-134-6.
• Polishchuk E. S.
  Publishing Department, Publishing Council, Publishing House of the Moscow Patriarchate // Orthodox Encyclopedia. - M.: Church-Scientific, 2009. - T. XXI: “Iveron Icon of the Mother of God - Ikimatariy.” — P. 559-562. — 752 p. — 39,000 copies. — ISBN 978-5-89572-038-7.
• Devoted servant of the Church: On the church and social activities of Metropolitan Pitirim (Nechaev): Collection of works and memoirs. - Publishing house of the Moscow Patriarchate, 2009. - 552 p. — ISBN 978–5–94625–333–8.