In Italy, an exhibition dedicated to Alexander menu was demonstrated

In the Italian city of Rimini, an exhibition dedicated to Alexander menu was opened. It took place as part of the XXVII rally of friendship of peoples - the largest European annual Christian forum, and was organized by the Alexander Me (Moscow) Foundation and the Christian Russia Center (Russia Cristiana) - Italy. The creators of the exhibition gave her the name - the "law" of a living person. A certificate from the USSR. "Every day, from morning to late evening, a stream of people who wanted to know about Alexander did not run out. Among the visitors of the exhibition, young people prevailed-mainly Italian, but there were guests from other countries of Europe and the world. In total, about 15 thousand people visited the exhibition, the Blagoverst-Info reports.

The grand opening of the exhibition took place on the first day of the rally, on August 20, and took place in the Rimini exhibition center, in a large hall for 2 thousand people. The exhibition was represented by: the brother of Father Alexander, the head of the Alexander Mo Foundation, the founder of the Center "Russia Cristiana", the Catholic priest Romano Skalfi and Giovanna Paravichchini - one of the initiators of the exhibition, a longtime employee of Russia Cristiana.

According to Paul, during the years of the life of Father Alexander "in Russia there was a power that in every possible way sought to destroy faith, and Christianity, in particular." The answer to the question of how it happened that, despite the persecution, a priest appeared who helped thousands of people meet Christ in his life; That, despite the lack of printing house and any possibilities for legal book publishing, he published 15 books about Christ, about religion and the Church, Pavel Men suggested looking for Alexander's Father’s spiritual biography. He talked about how in the 30-40s. Their mothers managed to educate the sons in the Orthodox tradition, about the influence on the formation of the brother of the spiritual leaders of the catacomb church, about the decision of the decision of the 12 years of decision to become a priest. According to Paul, even in his youth, Father Alexander began to understand that if in a total-atheistic country there are thinking people who seek to find answers to the most significant questions, they should be addressed with a sermon based on real deep knowledge, using modern research in the field of history, biblical, linguistics, etc. A combination of deep education and “openness to the world” with Christian firmware Vera allowed Father Alexander to "realize all his talents - in the service of God and people," his brother believes. “He went this difficult path with the extraordinary joy of the perception of life,” Pavel Men emphasized.

For the organizers of the rally and the exhibition, it was important to discover a deep spiritual connection, draw a parallel between father Alexander and the founder of the Munione E Liberazione movement Luigi Jussani. Giovanna Paravichchini recalled that Father Alexander, not being personally acquainted with Padre Jussani, praised his book “Religious Feeling” and wrote a preface to her - this is how the “Narbeling Friendship of these people” was born. To maintain this connection, for the publication of the books of Father Alexander in the West, Romano Skalfi put a lot of efforts, who also performed at the opening of the exhibition.

“Great humanity, which feeds on faith, and the great faith, which is embodied in such an attractive humanity,” such words about Alexander Mene began his performance by Padre Romano. For him, Father Alexander is dear as a living witness to the "luminous face of Christ." According to the memoirs of Padre Romano, he said that there was no situation in which it would not be possible to testify to Christ, ”and“ pure experience ”of his life attracted to the church and young people, old people, intellectuals, and ordinary people.” He was the most suitable figure for the mission in modern Russia; If he had not been killed, if he could at least once a week to contact people in Russia on television, this country would be much better, ”the speaker believes. He is convinced that the matter to which Alexander Men gave so much effort - the spread of small communities is the“ best way of Christianization of Russia ”.

Romano Skalfi also affected the problem of ecumenism in his speech. According to him, Father Alexander felt her as "necessary, urgent for all Christians. In order to affirm this in Russia, it was necessary to have special courage and deep love for his church." Padre Romano noted the general approach to the understanding that "pluralism does not cancel unity, on the contrary, how much more diverse the forms of a Christian confession is so more urgent is the task of their unity in the main one."

"Father Alexander —thes the positive experience of the fullness of Christian life. It is Christ who is a rod for him, and not Christian ethics, not tradition, although this, of course, is very important. Probably, this is the secret of such a success of the exhibition, especially among young people - they feel that there is life, not clericality, but a person living in a deep faith in the very core of the world," Martha Carletti emphasized.

It is assumed that at the end of the rally, the exhibition will be represented in other cities of Italy.