The core theme of the articles published in this collection of outstanding authors of the Russian Diaspora is the rapprochement of Orthodoxy and culture, the disclosure of the cultural forces of Orthodoxy, the combination of two principles of cultural creativity: religious worldview and freedom of mind. With the idea of ​ ​ Orthodox culture, the author of the eponymous program article, the Orthodox philosopher and theologian V.V. Zenkovsky linked overcoming the pan-European spiritual crisis.