Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation The Repin Art Institute Of the Russian Academy of Arts Call for Papers International Conference Mount Athos – the Light of the Orthodox Christianity: Interaction of Cultures Conference will take part At the Conference Hall Of the Russian Academy of Arts 5-7 October 2016 University emb. 17 Saint Petersburg The acceptable topics as follows: Mount Athos art objects and historical treasures, Byzantine, Balkan and Medieval Russian Art and Culture, Artistic cross-contacts in the Christian World, Monastic Spiritual Traditions in the Contemporary Christian Culture, Preservation and Research of the Christian Art objects. Dead line for participant applications until 1 May 2016 Dead line for text of papers not exceed 6 pages in Word before 1 July 2016 forward to the Conference Committee academyart@yandex.ru marked “Athos 2016”