.“Symphony of State and Church” in the Formation of the Philosophical and Cultural Concept of Eurasians

The article examines the peculiarities of the understanding by classical Eurasians of the mission of Orthodoxy and Orthodox culture in the history of Russia. The influence of geographical determinism in the Eurasian worldview concept is shown. The reasons for the close attention of Eurasians to religion are analyzed, the attitude of Eurasians to Buddhism, Islam, Catholicism, and Protestantism is analyzed. An attempt is made to explain why it was Orthodoxy, and not Catholicism or Protestantism, that was proclaimed by the Eurasians to be true Christianity. Eurasians shared the Christian Revelation, as a gift from above, and specific realizations of the Christian faith depending on the geographical location - “place of development”, as well as the cultural characteristics of specific
peoples and civilizations. Therefore, Eurasianists wrote about Greek and Russian Orthodoxy, Catholic, Lutheran, Anglican Christianity, as options for the development of certain cultures in the Christian world. The Eurasian concept of “everyday confession” and its criticism from Christian theologians are analyzed. The idea of the Eurasian symphony is analyzed, which, as will be shown, had nothing in common with the symphonies of the Byzantine emperors Justinian I and Basil I (the Macedonian), but was more similar to European legislation on freedom of conscience and religion.