the Edition was prepared by the expert in history of the interfaith relations and religious communities Near East, the manager. department of FEDERAL STATE-FINANCED INSTITUTION OF SCIENCE WILLOWS REGIONAL REAL ESTATE AGENCY and the expert of RSMD Sarabyev Aleksey , reports a site to "Patriarkhiya.Ru" .
byOn presentation of new research it was noted that this edition extremely actually and is useful "for deeper understanding of a difficult interfaith perspective of the region Near East".
the Special representative The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation on interaction with Alliance of civilizations, the ambassador Shuvalov Konstantin during presentation, in particular, noted a universal tendency of reduction of number of the Christians, being shown not only in Near East, but also in the safe countries Europe.
In turn, the first reviewer of the book — professor of Moskovsky state university named after M. V. Lomonosova, Moscow State University named after M. V. Lomonosova, Moskovsky university or Moscow State University, the leading researcher YVES RAHN Yakovlev Alexander pointed to a proceeding obmirshcheniye of the Christian world as a whole.
In these conditions, according to him, Near East shows toattempt to keep "vertical" system of values inherent in traditional society in relation to western "horizontal", torn off from religion.
In return, the second reviewer — professor MGIMO MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS RUSSIA (At) Orlov Alexander characterized the Middle Eastern Christian communities as the integral backbone element Near East in various aspects – from historical to social.