His grandfather had to burn his own books to avoid arrest. He had to wait for Perestroika to make his lyrics public. A guest at this year’s Rimini Meeting, Ukrainian poet Boris Chersonsky tells his life story.
The 43rd edition of the Rimini Meeting has ended today. Here is the final statement and title of the next edition, to be held from August 20 to 25, 2023.
A meeting on the exhibition "Memorial" with Natal'ja Davtjan, Psychotherapist from Ukraine; Irina Scerbakova, Memorial Founding Member; Ol'ga Sedakova, Russian poet; Elena Zhemkova, Memorial Executive Director.
The meeting dedicated to Fr. Giussani's centenary with testimonies from Guzman Carriquiry, Fabrice Hadjadj, Mother Maria Francesca Righi and Joseph Weiler.
It is one hundred years since the birth of the founder of CL. But there are also "hundreds of encounters, worlds and hearts" that he inspired, some of which can be seen at the Rimini Meeting and in the centenary exhibition.
A dialogue between Joel Meyerowitz, Photographer; Gus Powell, Photographer. Introduced by Luca Fiore, Art critic and journalist.
Watch the dialogue with Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, president of the Italian Episcopal Conference, on the title of the 2022 edition: "A Passion for Person"
"Christianity as an event". The dialogue between Alberto Cozzi, Tom Gourlay, Giulio Maspero and Carmine Di Martino.
Speech by Paolo Gentiloni, European Commissioner for Economic Affairs. Guest Elena Mazzola, President of the NGO Emmaus, Kharkiv, Ukraine. Projection of a video-message by Roberta Metsola, President of the European Parliament.
The Meeting with H.Em. Card. Dieudonné Nzapalainga, Archbishop of Bangui, Central Africa; H.E. Msgr. Paolo Pezzi, Metropolitan Archbishop of the Mother of God in Moscow; H.B. Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Patriarch of Jerusalem of the Latins.
Science and faith, the Meeting's title, the need for teachers... An interview with Davide Prosperi in Avenire on this year’s Rimini Meeting.
The topics, the faces, the App to book exhibitions and meeting, the pavilion for kids and sports... A month to go until the Rimini event, we take stock of the new edition with the director, Emmanuele Forlani.
Chesterton's "The Surprise," Giovanni Scifoni's Saints, Roberto Mercadini's Leonardo and Michelangelo. Plus the Sinopoli Youth Orchestra and a tribute to Claudio Chieffo... The theatre and music shows on the agenda at the Rimini Meeting.
Thirteen exhibitions covering the most diverse themes: the centenary of Giussani, Pessoa, Families for Hospitality, science, photography... Here is what we will find among the pavilions of the Rimini Meeting.