On May, 4, the professor of Religious Studies Department Yulia Shapoval took part in the online conference "Interfaith and Inter-civilization Dialogue for Peace and Harmony", dedicated to the upcoming VII Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions, organized by the Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan in Brussels and the N. Nazarbayev Center for the Development of Interfaith and Intercivilization dialogue. The working language of the conference is English. At the conference, the participants discussed the upcoming Congress, noting that Kazakhstan traditionally provides a platform for dialogue between religious leaders on actual issues of our time. The VII Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions will be devoted to the topic: "The role of leaders of world and traditional religions in the spiritual and social development of mankind in the post-pandemic period" . Yuliya Shapoval in her speech noted that it is very important in the post-pandemic period to reflect the tragic experience of the pandemic and learn from it. The main lesson is the awareness of a person's responsibility not only for himself, but also for other people, and the main value is the mutual assistance of people based on love for God and man. The post-pandemic period can be characterized by the Biblical phrase "Time to gather stones”.
