Orthodoxy: Ethics and Business

Subject: Orthodoxy (Christianity): Ethics and Business (Russia). Orthodox Businesspeople. Syllabus:

Subject "Orthodoxy" consists of two parts:

1- Introduction to Orthodoxy

1. Introduction to Orthodox Christianity
2. Pillars of the Orthodoxy
3. Orthodox Christian Church
4. Patriarch of Constantinople
5. Russian Orthodox Church
6. Hierarchy in the Orthodox society. Concept of autocephalous churches
7. Countries with Orthodox majorities
8. Influence of Orthodox’s ethics in business
9. Leo Tolstoy: Leader of Nonviolence (Ahimsa)
10. Introduction to the economic area of the Orthodox Civilization

2- Orthodox Businesspeople.

1. Vladimir Potanin
2. Helena Baturina
3. Alexander Lebedev
4. Onsi Sawiris
5. Nayla Hayek
6. Mimi Alemayehou

Objectives of the subject "Orthodoxy":

1. To know the fundamentals of Orthodoxy
2. To understand ethical principles of the Orthodox.
3. To analyze the major Orthodox Businesspeople.
4. To know the distribution of the Orthodox in the World.
5. To understand the fundamental role of the Orthodoxy in the Orthodox Civilization

Sample of the subject - Orthodoxy: Ethics and Business

Subject Description - Orthodoxy: Ethics and Business:

1. The Orthodox Christian Church is undoubtedly the most unknown in the West, though has about 250 million followers, making it the second-largest Christian church.
2. Orthodox Christianity is the largest religion in Belarus, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Georgia, Greece, Moldova, Montenegro, Macedonia, Russia, Romania, Serbia, and Ukraine.
3. It is also a major religion in Kazakhstan, with 44% of the population, Latvia (35%), Bosnia (31%), Albania (20%), the Kyrgyz Republic (20%), and Estonia (16%).
4. Almost all of these countries were under the Communist dictatorship, during which was prosecuted or severely controlled. With the fall of communism, Orthodox Christianity re-emerged by a large force.
5. For the Orthodox, Jesus is the head of his church. Unlike Catholic centralism, the Orthodox Church is organized into various autocephalous churches (do not depend on anyone else above, have the right to self-Government, may appoint their bishops) led by the Patriarchs. All these churches are twinned with each other.
6. In Orthodox Christianity; we do not find an equivalent figure to the Pope of Rome, the dogma of Papal Infallibility is not accepted.
7. While the forms may be slightly different both churches, the Roman and Orthodox share the baptism, confirmation, communion, confession, and marriage. In certain cases (crazy, running away) the Orthodox accepts the divorce.
8. Orthodox does not accept the Catholic dogma of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Symbol of the Orthodox Church.

We will analyze the cases of:

- Vladimir Potanin
- Helena Baturina
- Alexander Yevgenievich Lebedev

Vladimir Potanin (Russian Orthodox)

Religions and Ethics