Petar Jevremović

Ob razstavi del Srđana Radojkovića / Inspired by the art exhibition of Srđan Radojković (English translation below)Pretekli advent in precejšnji del božičnega časa so bila v Zavodu sv. Stanislava v Šentvidu (večji formati) in v Finžgarjevi galeriji trnovskega župnišča (manjši formati) razstavljena dela srbskega slikarja in diakona pravoslavne cerkve Srđana Radojkovića. Tekst Petra Jevremovića o ikoni je spremna beseda v katalogu Vzhodno izročilo, ki je izšel ob razstavi (KUD LOGOS, 2011). У самој природи обреда – сваког обреда, самим тим и оног...

Gorazd Kocijančič

Under this somewhat enigmatic title I would like to propose a very general – too general, witout any doubt for some among you (especially if you share Darwin’s aversion “to follow a long and purely abstract train of thought”, Autobiography: 85) – philosophical critique of the very idea of evolution as a concept which brings us in touch with reality. The title indicates scepticism and, at the same time, trust into a possibility of philosophical thematisation of the conditions of our knowledge; I do not intend to translate this scepticism or trust into any known form of phenomenology, hermeneutics or constructivism, but to make these...

Vid Snoj

Gorazd Kocijančič

Vid Snoj

Before I begin to discuss my theme, I would like to make two remarks. The first concerns the title of the symposium, Antiquity and Christianity: A Conflict or a Conciliation. In English as well as in Slovene, we hear two words “conflict—conciliation” as a sound figure, an alliteration. Let me repeat: “conflict—conciliation,” or in Slovene, “spor—sprava”. As you have heard (or at least I hope you have), the first two consonants are in accord with one another. In this accordance of sound, where “conflict” alliterates with “conciliation,” I do catch the hint that one is in accord with the other, and that one cannot...

Pavle Rak

Some years ago there was talk of building a new church in the centre of Athens to alleviate the problems of the Metropolitan Church, which became too small for the growing needs. But where could an appropriate space be found in the town centre? Some very orthodox Christians said there was a good space, but unfortunately it was occupied by a temple dedicated to demons. The idea was to destroy the Parthenon and convert this land, that had been dedicated to Satan for more than two thousand years, into a temple of God.Almost at the same time, I was present when one of the...