



The MISSION of the 1st Biennale of Christocentric art
15 / 10 / 2020 — 15 / 12 / 2020
Are you an artist who can’t imagine his life without Christ?
Do you want to help in spreading the Good News through the universal language of art?
Are you interested in creating in different styles and directions?
Do you want to share your experience with other artists and to find something new for yourself?
Stages of the Biennale
Online
15/10
15/12
Accepting applications for participation in the Competition and selecting the best works,
inviting famous artists for taking part in the Biennale
www.сhrist-art.ru
15/12
14/03
Online exhibition, an audience voting on the website of the Biennale www.сhrist-art.ru
Offline
14/03
The opening of the Ist Biennale of Christocentric art – the Patriarchal Chernigov metochion,
3 Chernigovsky pereulok, Moscow
An announcement of the winner of the Competition “The best young artist of contemporary Christian art” and the winner of the “Audience Sympathy Prize”
14/03
16/05
An open exhibition of works of contemporary Christian artists and musicians – the Patriarchal Chernigov metochion,
3 Chernigovsky pereulok, Moscow
The Jury

Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeev)
The Chairman of the Biennale jury. The Chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations. Rector of Ss Cyril and Methodius Institute of Post-Graduate Studies (the CMI). Rector of the Patriarchal Chernigov metochion. Theologian, Church historian, composer

Gor Chahal
The Curator of the Biennale.
Multimedia artist. Academician of the Russian Academy of ARTS

Alexey Lidov
Art historian and theorist, byzantologist. Academician of the Russian Academy of ARTS

Irina Yazikova
Art critic, candidate of cultural studies, specialist in modern icons

Sergey Cujavsky
Designer, graphic artist, organizer of a design Studio Open!design
Awards and prizes
The Final concert of the competition for young composers of sacred music will be held during the Biennale.

Organizers and Partners
The Patriarchal Chernigov metochion
Ss Cyril and Methodius Institute of Post-Graduate Studies (The CMI)
Orthodox portal «Jesus»
Konrad Adenauer Stiftung
Embassy of Switzerland in Russia