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Protoiereĭ Aleksandr Menʹ - vydai͡ushchiĭsi͡a dei͡atelʹ Russkoĭ pravoslavnoĭ t͡serkvi, propovednik, bogoslov, prosvetitelʹ, avtor desi͡atkov knig po istorii religii, osnovam khristianskogo verouchenii͡a, pravoslavnomu bogosluzhenii͡u. "Syn Chelovecheskiĭ" - samai͡a izvestnai͡a kniga Aleksandra Meni͡a, napisannai͡a v 1966 godu i posvi͡ashchennai͡a sobytii͡am zemnoĭ zhizni Iisusa Khrista. Vpervye polnostʹi͡u ona byla opublikovana v 1968 godu v Bri͡ussele, a na rodine avtora vplotʹ do nachala 1990-kh godov rasprostrani͡alasʹ v samizdate. Za svoi͡u missionerskui͡u dei͡atelʹnostʹ Aleksandr Menʹ, populi͡arnyĭ v intelligentskoĭ srede, ne raz podvergalsi͡a presledovanii͡am KGB. V ėtoĭ knige on stremilsi͡a na poni͡atnom chitateli͡am XX veka i͡azyke poznakomitʹ ikh s evangelʹskoĭ istorieĭ, a takzhe rasskazatʹ o bogatoĭ tradit͡sii ee izuchenii͡a. Kniga "Istoki religii" (1970) otkryvaet avtorskui͡u serii͡u "V poiskakh Puti, Istiny i Zhizni", posvi͡ashchennui͡u predystorii khristianstva, poiskam Boga. Napisannai͡a khristianinom, ona tem ne menee orientirovana na samui͡u shirokui͡u chitatelʹskui͡u auditorii͡u, zainteresovannui͡u v nepredvzi͡atom otnoshenii k religioznoĭ tradit͡sii. Obshirnye znanii͡a, dostupnostʹ izlozhenii͡a, doveritelʹnyĭ razgovor s chitatelem - kachestva, blagodari͡a kotorym trud Aleksandra Meni͡a i segodni͡a ne utrachivaet aktualʹnosti.

Archpriest Alexander Men is an outstanding figure of the Russian Orthodox Church, preacher, theologian, educator, author of dozens of books on the history of religion, the basics of Christian doctrine, and Orthodox worship. "The Son of Man" is the most famous book by Alexander Me, written in 1966 and dedicated to the events of the earthly life of Jesus Christ. It was first published in full in 1968 in Brussels, and was distributed in samizdat in the author's homeland until the early 1990s. For his missionary work, Alexander Men, popular among the intelligentsia, was repeatedly persecuted by the KGB. In this book, he sought to introduce the gospel story in a language understandable to readers of the twentieth century, as well as to tell them about the rich tradition of its study. The book "The Origins of Religion" (1970) opens the author's series "In Search of the Way, Truth and Life", dedicated to the prehistory of Christianity, the search for God. Written by a Christian, it is nevertheless aimed at the widest readership interested in an open-minded attitude to religious tradition. Extensive knowledge, accessibility of presentation, and a confidential conversation with the reader are qualities that make Alexander's work relevant to Me today.