Novosaratovka
From January 19-29 at the Theological Seminary in Novosaratovka a seminar was held on the theme “Death, Burial and Eschatology.” Participants came from Novgorod, Moscow, Ufa and Narva (Estonia).
Questions of the end of life and the end of time are of concern for any person, regardless of his or her religion or nationality. In addition the question of death is one of the primary issues in pastoral care. The teachers of the seminar – Anton Tikhmirov, Bradn Buerkle, Michael Schwartzkopf and Datze Balode – helped us deal with these difficult questions. And as the four Evangelists each spoke about Christ in their own way, our four teachers each pointed to eschatological issues in a different way. We looked both at traditional Christian teachings on eschatology as well as contemporary approaches to the “end times.” Many of these ideas provoked discussion which continued after lectures into the student kitchen in the evenings.
The students thank the teachers, the staff of the seminary for arranging everything so well, the local pastors of Lutheran congregations for their hospitality during worship and also the staff of the Christian book store “Slovo” for helping us find the literature we need.
From January 19-29 at the Theological Seminary in Novosaratovka a seminar was held on the theme “Death, Burial and Eschatology.” Participants came from Novgorod, Moscow, Ufa and Narva (Estonia).
Questions of the end of life and the end of time are of concern for any person, regardless of his or her religion or nationality. In addition the question of death is one of the primary issues in pastoral care. The teachers of the seminar – Anton Tikhmirov, Bradn Buerkle, Michael Schwartzkopf and Datze Balode – helped us deal with these difficult questions. And as the four Evangelists each spoke about Christ in their own way, our four teachers each pointed to eschatological issues in a different way. We looked both at traditional Christian teachings on eschatology as well as contemporary approaches to the “end times.” Many of these ideas provoked discussion which continued after lectures into the student kitchen in the evenings.
The students thank the teachers, the staff of the seminary for arranging everything so well, the local pastors of Lutheran congregations for their hospitality during worship and also the staff of the Christian book store “Slovo” for helping us find the literature we need.
Rustem Nafikov
Photos: Ruth Stubenitzky
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