Contacts 1949-2002: a look back at the origins of the "French Review of Orthodoxy"
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This article takes the form of an interview given by Élisabeth Behr-Sigel to Michel Stavrou on the occasion of the two-hundredth issue of the journal *Contacts*, founded in 1949 and re-founded in 1959. The theologian retraces the historical circumstances of the twofold birth of this "French-language journal of Orthodoxy," restoring the context of the Russian diaspora in France, the void left by the disappearance of the great thinkers of the first generation — Bulgakov, Berdyaev, Lossky — and the departure of Schmemann and Meyendorff to the United States. The interview sheds light on the decisive role played by Jean Balzon, Germaine Revault d'Allonnes, Paul Evdokimov, Father Lev Gillet, and Olivier Clément in the re-founding of the journal. It also clarifies the founding orientations of *Contacts*: affirmation of the universality of Orthodoxy, rejection of ethnic or nationalist withdrawal, and resolute commitment to ecumenical dialogue.
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