The annual conference which organizers have traditionally acted Institute of religious dialogue and inter-confessional communications at the Synod of the Belarusian Orthodox Church and the International Voluntary Association "Saints' Methodius and Cyrill Christian Educational Center" took place 1-3 December, 2005.

Metropolitan of Minsk and Slutsk Filaret Patriarchal Exarch of all Belarus has received visitors in cosy halls of the Minsk Exarchate Administration where were sessions of the conference spent. This time conference has expanded the scales. Except for scientists, scientific figures, and sociologists of the basic Christian faiths Representatives of traditional religions from Belarus, the countries of Western Europe, the Near East and Commonwealth of Independent States have taken part in conference. Orthodox, Catholics, Lutherans, Evangelical Christians Baptists, Jews and Moslems, and also ambassadors of the foreign states, representatives of higher educational institutions and scientific community of Belarus gathered in a conference hall to discuss theme of conference: "Christian ethics of solidarity against violence and cruelty". Presence of Muslim theologians from Teheran has allowed to expand a range of taken place discussion considerably. The honoured guest from Rome bishop Vinchentso Palia, Chairman of the Commission on ecumenism and dialogue of the Italian Episcopal Conference presented the report on a theme: "Globalization and solidarity" at opening, and also Hodjatol-Islam Abuhassan Navvab, Head of the Center of Scientific and Religious Research, member of Ahlebat, (Tehran, Iran) has acted with the report on a theme: "Moral solidarity in the Islam from the point of view of the Koran, hadis and the Persian literature". A salutatory word of work of the conference was opened by Metropolitan of Minsk and Slutsk Filaret which has acted with the report at plenary session: "Violence - justice - solidarity". Professor Andrey Danilov the head of Institute for Religious Dialogue and Inter-Confessional Communications was moderator first day of the conference. He has acted with the report on a theme: "Religion and social violence".

For the second day of conference not less interesting reports have been sounded: prof. Dr. Manfred Shpiker, University of Osnabrjuk, Germany - "Anthropological and social-ethical preconditions of solidarity", Hieromonk Thaddee Barnas, Chevtogne monastery, Belgium - "The Peace Commitment of the Churches in the Ecumenical Movement", Eliza Manukyan, director of press-centre of the Ararat Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Armenia - "Christian ethics as a principle of construction inter-civilization relations", Dr. Alexander Filonenko, dean at the Department of Philosophy of the Kharkov National University, Kharkov, Ukraine - "To theology of solidarity", Dr. Moskhen Jawadi, pro-rector of the Iranian Spiritual Academy, Tehran-Gom, Iran - "Kindness in Islamic morals", Rolf-Diter Ruppert, German-Belarussian House, Karlsruhe, Germany - "Defects of globalization as a call for citizens, for the state and for religion", Dr. Andrea Bienati, researcher and university teacher of History of political language and thought at Catholic University of Milan - "Violence and a nonviolence over the European political ideas of 20-th century", Nikolay Semenov, the senior lecturer at the Saints Methodius and Cyrill Institute of Theology of BSU, Minsk, Belarus - "To a question on violence". Tadeusz Myslik, officer at the Polish Catholic Voluntary Society, Warsaw, Poland - "War does not solve a problem of terrorism, war aggravates it", and many others. At the end of the conference a round table has taken place. "Practical strategy of overcoming of violence and cruelty in the modern world" were discussed there.

The second day of the conference was finished by the cultural action. Traditionally, the concert of a sacred music "The Mystery of a voice" has been realized within the framework of the given conference. Carrying out of similar cultural actions became kind tradition. The play of Paul Claudel "L'announce faite a Marie" at M.Gorky National academic drama theatre has passed, in 2003 and 2004 in Minsk a concert of ensemble "Soloists of Moscow" under the direction of Jury Bashmet has been put with support of fund "Renovabis", Belarusian Exarchate Institute of religious dialogue and inter-confessional communications at the Synod of Belarusian Orthodox Church and International Voluntary Association "Saints' Methodius and Cyrill Christian Educational Center". This time unprecedented in Europe the interreligious concert has been prepared. It has received a high estimation of both religious and irreligious people. The riches of musical traditions both various Christian faiths, and other religions, in particular Moslem and Jew have been submitted in the program of a concert. Each of numbers of the concert program contained the special religious and national color. The honored collectives and soloists of Belarus took part in a concert. They performed Orthodox, Catholic, Protestant Jew and Muslim spiritual church chanting (Sergey Rahmaninov "Hail, Mary, Mother of God", Dmitry Bortnjansky "Come, glorify people", " Salve, Regina!", "Shalom Alejhem", "Horote", Tatar national song "Friday", "Nobody knows" and many others). Music on the national Persian tool ta'ar sounded in concert hall, inspired verses of the Persian poet-Zoroastrian. The concert has come to the end with the Belarus national and classical tool music in performance of the Concert orchestra of Republican Musical College at the Belarus State Academy of music.

Not less important interreligious and interconfessional dialogue during preparation of a concert within the framework of cooperation occurred. Such dialogue was not less useful, than dialogue within the framework of the most scientific conference. Dovgyuallo G.A. co-director Institute of religious dialogue and inter-confessional communications at the Synod of the Belarusian Orthodox Church at closing conference informed, that next year it is planned to carry out conference on Christian-Muslim dialogue. In 2006 participation in conference of chairman of the Papal commission on interreligious dialogue of archbishop Fidzherald from Rome is planned. Approximate terms of carrying out of conference are from November, 30 till December, 3, 2006.