In this academic term, the Chair conducts special seminars each Wednesday at 14:00 at the Department for External Church Relations (DECR). (Archpriest Sergiy Zvonarev, Candidate of Theology).

13 February 2013 – Election of a New Archbishop of Canterbury. The Situation in the Anglican Church;

27 February 2013 – Contemporary Socio-Political Transformations in the Middle East and North Africa. Threats to the Christian Population;

13 March 2013 – Promotion of Bills in British and French Parliaments Providing for a Right of Same-Sex Couples to Adopt Children. Response of Political Forces, the Public, Religious Communities and Mass Media;

20 March 2013 – Persecution Against Christians in the World. Prospects for a Peace Settlement in Syria;

10 April 2013 – Beginning of the Pontificate of Pope Francis of Rome: Expectations and Prognoses.