Table of Contents

Issue 3 (59) of the journal “The Quarterly Journal of Saint Philaret’s Institute” includes materials devoted to problems of Christian anthropology. The section Christian Anthropology: Challenges of the 20^th Century begins with an article by N. V. Likvintseva. It examines the religious thought and practical work of the members of the socio-missionary group “Orthodox Cause”, whose theological reflections underpinned their concrete social efforts to provide systematic aid to destitute Russian emigrants. In his article, Archpriest Konstantin Polskov offers an interpretation of Venerable Martyr Maria Skobtsova’s position on personal salvation, situating it within the broader socio-theological and philosophical discourse that spanned the second half of the 19^th century to the early 20^th century. In his article, A. F. Filippov attempts to reconstruct Hannah Arendt’s ideas within the framework of political theology by examining such key concepts of her philosophical thought as “mass” and “plurality”. The article by E. A. Polyakova focuses on Romano Guardini’s interpretation of historical development, the function of the “mass individual”, and the import of Christian doctrine. E. B. Khitruk’s article explores the possibility of a kenotic reading of naturalistic ideas, analyzing them through the philosophical approaches advanced by Alvin Plantinga and Gianni Vattimo. In his article, Archpriest Konstantin Kostromin addresses the personality, academic views, and methodological frameworks of Hegumen Innokenty (Pavlov), tracing how the evolution of his theological thought mirrored key processes underway in Russia between the late 20^th and early 21^st centuries.

Representing the Dialogue between Science and Religion section is an article by A. V. Gomankov, which analyzes “Science, Nature and Christianity” by the English philosopher R. Gruner — a work that offers a critique of “revisionism”.

The Church History section begins with an article by V. V. Tsys and O. P. Tsys, which is devoted to the topic of the Russian spiritual presence in the Holy Land (Palestine). The study draws on the travel notes, diaries, and correspondence of Orthodox women pilgrims. The upcoming publication contains nine letters from 1923 that deal with the attempted founding of the “Brotherhood of Members of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church” among Russians abroad (compiled by E. V. Pashchenko and A. Nivier). Petrov and Strokova’s article analyzes the wartime activities of a Renovationist representative, the so-called “Archbishop” Alexy (Shcherbakov), during the period of Nazi occupation.

Reviews and Abstracts section includes: A. A. Ivanov’s review of F. A. Gaida’s monograph “The Intelligentsia and the Church in Russia, 19^th — Early 20^th Century: Essays on the History of Ideas” (Moscow: St. Tikhon’s Orthodox University, 2025); M. M. Krom’s review of I. N. Danilevsky’s book “Intellectuals of Ancient Rus’. The Birth of the Temptation of Russian Messianism” (Moscow: New Literary Review, 2025); a Review of the All-Russian (National) Scientific Conference “The 11^th Averintsev Readings” (Moscow, December 11–12, 2025) (L. V. Kroshkina).