The name of Sergei Sergeevich Averintsev, a scientist and thinker of truly immense proportions, is one of the most significant in Russian culture in recent decades. This collection includes both texts that have become classics and final reflections from the last years of his life; educational speeches about Russian Orthodoxy and its special value in the world context, as well as socio-political essays on the state of Christian culture in the modern secular world. An important place in the speeches in the last years of the scientist’s life was occupied by reflections on the deep relationship between Russian and European cultures, on the creation of space meeting and dialogue and a return to the Christian origins that unite both cultures. The publishing layout of the book is saved in PDF A4 format.