Christianity is future of humanity, Zanussi believes.

*** Orthodoxy helps him better understand the Gospels

Moscow, March 3, Interfax - Polish film director Krzysztof Zanussi believes Christianity is the future of human civilization.

"It seems to me that it is the future of humanity as thanks to Christianity we experience a rise of civilization and culture. Technical and scientific achievements of modern humanity is in many respects a product of Christian civilization," he said in his interview with the NG-Religii paper.

According to him, such liberation of a person that is offered in Christianity "where a person is God's son, gives courage and many fresh innovations."

"It gives courage to individual thinking. Thus, I believe that the future is in Christianity," Zanussi who is also member of the Pontifical Council for Culture said.

He confessed that he is keen on Russian Orthodoxy.

"I am interested in history of Europe that originated from Byzantium tradition. It seems to me that modern world needs Orthodoxy: it is an important addition to the worldview. Western Europe has isolated itself and without these Eastern "lungs" it won't be able to breathe chestful, easily and freely," the film director is convinced.

According to him, Orthodoxy helps him understand such things in the Gospels "that are not so forcefully expressed in Catholicism."

"Sacral basis, veneration of saints is much developed in Orthodoxy, both Greek and Russian. We, Catholics, also have sacral basis and Christian mysticism, but in the Western Europe, in Orthodoxy it is more pronounced. It's interesting to me," Zanussi said.

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