MOSCOW, November 10. /TASS/. The peoples of Russia and Greece can work fruitfully together in the fields of historical studies, patrology, and the preservation of church monuments, as well as exchange scientific expertise, Bishop of the Church of Greece, Metropolitan Nektarios of Corfu, Paxoi, and the Diapontian Islands, told TASS in an interview.
"I believe that the two peoples can work together fruitfully in patrology, the preservation of church monuments, historical research, and the exchange of scientific experience. At the same time, special importance should be given to education so that young people know the spiritual roots of European civilization and approach the modern world with historical consciousness and critical thinking," the Metropolitan said.
He stressed that the Greek language played a decisive role in the history of Christianity, and that the creative encounter between Christian revelation and Greek philosophical thought helped form a rich spiritual tradition. Russia embraced and developed this tradition in its church history, monastic life, hagiography, ecclesiastical art, and theological thought, thus contributing to the shared spiritual culture of Orthodoxy, the hierarch said.