Theological and catechetical courses at the Church of St. Vmch. St. George the Victorious in Koptev

St. Nicholas Church in Orekhovo-Zuevo

OREKHOVO-ZUEVSKY DEPARTMENT OF MISSIONARY CATECHISTIC COURSES

religious organization - the spiritual educational organization of higher education "Kolomna Theological Seminary" of the Moscow Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church. Missionary-catechist courses are a structural unit of the Kolomna Theological Seminary, which carries out educational activities under the program of training specialists in the field of parish education (single profile).

The activities of the Orekhovo-Zuevsky branch of the courses are carried out under the general leadership of the dean of the Orekhovo-Zuevsky church district, Archpriest Andrei Korobkov. The head of the department is the priest Peter Turya, who is responsible for the direction of “religious education and catechesis” of the deanery, the rector of the St. Nicholas Church in Orekhovo-Zuyevo.

The courses are accepted for lay people living in the Moscow region with secondary general education. To enroll in the courses, the candidate submits a standard application form, an autobiography and a written recommendation from the rector of the monastery or parish, certified by the dean of the church district. Enrollment in courses and expulsion of students upon completion of courses is carried out by order of the rector of the Kolomna Theological Seminary. Course participants may be expelled for systematic absences from classes without a valid reason and behavior that does not correspond to the norms of Christian life.

The educational process in the courses is carried out on the basis of curricula and plans developed in accordance with Church educational standards for the educational program “Training of specialists in the field of parish education (single profile).” Students of the courses receive training in the general cycle “Orthodox Theology”, as well as practical knowledge and skills in the field of study during practical training on the basis of deaneries, parishes and monasteries, educational and social institutions of the Moscow diocese. The teaching staff have theological or higher secular education corresponding to the profile of the discipline taught, and are also teachers from among the current leaders and employees of diocesan departments corresponding to the profile of training church specialists.

The duration of the course is 3 years, the form of study is full-time.

The educational process includes ongoing monitoring of progress, which is carried out during seminar classes, and intermediate certification of students in the form of a test, as the final stage of studying a topic and a particular discipline.

Graduates of courses who have passed the final certification are issued a certificate of completion of the educational program.

You can download documents on the ICC at the link: https://vk.com/topic-52876666_39470104

Orekhovo-Zuevsky branch of the Missionary-Catechetical Courses of the Moscow Diocese

announces admission of students for the 2020-2021 academic year. year.

The courses are accepted for lay people living in Moscow and the Moscow region who have completed secondary education.

To enroll in the courses you need:

1. a petition addressed to the rector of the Kolomna Theological Seminary according to the established template,
2. autobiography in free form,
3. a written recommendation from the rector of the parish, certified by the dean of the church district (i.e., there must be the signature of the rector of the temple and the seal of the temple, the signature of the dean and the seal of the dean).

Documents are accepted

in the office of the Nativity of the Virgin Cathedral

and the office of the St. Nicholas Church in Orekhovo-Zuevo

Help by phone 8 925 0590690.

Theological and catechetical courses at the Church of St. Vmch. St. George the Victorious in Koptev

“Always be ready to give an answer to everyone who asks you a reason for the hope that is in you with meekness and reverence.” (1 Pet.:3.15)

Theological and catechetical courses aim to provide holistic and systematic knowledge about the Orthodox faith, culture, history and traditions, as well as to develop the skills necessary for further catechesis and parish counseling.

The main thing for the student of these courses is to receive instruction in the truths of faith and moral standards of Christianity, introducing him to the Holy Scriptures and Church Tradition, including the liturgical life of the Church, to patristic prayer and ascetic experience.

Classes on the courses begin in late September - early October and end in late May - early June.

The duration of the academic year is 2 semesters, autumn and spring.

The duration of the course is 3 years.

Theological courses at our Temple have been running for 12 years. Every year, up to 20 graduates receive Certificates of Theological Education.

Classes are lecture-based in nature with practical seminars or writing essays. During the training, students receive topics for preparing reports and abstracts on current topics.

Classes are held twice a week - on Mondays and Thursdays (3 lectures each). Classes start at 18.00.

Interviews for admission this academic year will take place:

September 17 (Thursday) at 18.00

September 26 (Saturday) at 16.00

For any questions, call: 8-916-237-50-58 (father Evgeniy)

Temple of the Tikhvin Icon of the Mother of God in Alekseevsky - Tikhvin Church in Alekseevsky

Preparation classes for the Sacrament of Baptism

For future godparents, parents, and everyone who wants to be baptized, once a week, on Fridays at 19:00, special classes are held, organized to familiarize themselves with the basics of the Orthodox faith.

In addition to those preparing for Holy Baptism, the classes can be attended by anyone who would like to learn more about the Orthodox faith.
One lesson usually has up to 15 people. The first lesson, dedicated to the basics of the Orthodox faith, examines the Symbol of Faith, the main dogmas of the Orthodox doctrine, familiarization with the Sacraments of the Church, the Liturgy, and briefly covers the history of the Orthodox Church. Before the start of each lesson, a tea party is held, which helps to make the atmosphere more relaxed, as well as to satisfy hunger, because many come straight from work.

The second lesson is devoted to the actual Sacrament of Baptism. The deep meaning of each stage of the Sacrament, its symbolism, the duties of godparents, the choice of name and patron saint, entry into the life of the Church, changes in life after Baptism, prayer rules and many other related issues are discussed in this lesson.

All those present are given brochures about the Sacraments of Confession and Communion, reading the Gospel and studying the Law of God are recommended.

Classes for teachers

Every week on Fridays at 19:00, classes for teachers and educators of educational institutions are held in the premises of the lower church.

The most favorable periods in the history of Russian upbringing and education were when the state, Church, family and school acted in concert in the field of education. The gap in the system of these relations has had an extremely negative impact on the development of our country, the education system and especially upbringing, on the destinies of many Russian people. In our society, there is a criminal indifference to the matter of educating children in the Christian virtues of chastity and moral purity. When raising children, unfortunately, due attention is not paid to the rich experience of traditional centuries-old culture and history.

We invite teachers to attend our classes, the purpose of which is to deepen and expand knowledge in the field of history, cultural studies, and familiarize themselves with the rich experience of Orthodox pedagogy.

To help in the spiritual and moral education of children, methodological recommendations, video and audio materials are offered. Classes for teachers are conducted by Priest Alexey Yakovlev.

We hope that the classes will allow teachers to exchange opinions on how best to solve educational problems aimed at shaping the child’s inner world, realizing the uniqueness of the individual, and preserving the cultural traditions of domestic education.

Prayers for pregnant women and those preparing for parenthood for a successful pregnancy and childbirth.

On the last Saturday of every month at 15:00, special prayer services are held in front of the miraculous Tikhvin Icon of the Mother of God.

We pray to the patron saints of marriage, the righteous saints Joachim and Anna, St. right Zechariah and Elizabeth, Peter and Fevronya of Murom, St. healer Panteleimon and Saint Luke (Voino-Yasnesetsky), Venerable Sergius of Radonezh and Saint Nicholas, Bishop of Myra of Lycia, Tikhvin, Feodorovsk, Kazan icons of the Mother of God and the “Helper in Childbirth” icon.

Here you can get acquainted with the texts of the troparia, chants and prayers that are sung during the prayer service for pregnancy and childbirth. And here - with brief descriptions of the lives of those saints to whom we pray during prayer services, and who with their holy prayers appear for us before God.

Prayer services are also missionary in nature, since during pregnancy, realizing the Miracle of the birth of a new life, even unchurched women try to turn to God, the Most Holy Theotokos and the Holy Saints of God for protection and help. During the prayer service, the importance of participation in Church life, the value of family, the Sacraments of Confession and Communion are told, and special brochures about these Sacraments are given out. Special prayers are also read for spouses who do not yet have children. And it is impossible not to note that by the grace of God, even within our parish, during the year of such prayer services, the birth rate has objectively increased, there are cases of pregnancy in infertile couples. On average, up to 40 women (pregnant and wishing to become pregnant) are present at the prayer service; they are usually accompanied by their husband or someone close to them. Entire families often come, with older children, to pray together for a successful addition to the family.

After the prayer service, a special lesson on preparing for childbirth is held for everyone.

Catechetical courses

Catechetical courses in the Cathedral in the name of the Holy Blessed Prince Alexander Nevsky were created with the blessing of Metropolitan George of Nizhny Novgorod and Arzamas.

The head of the catechetical courses is the custodian of the Cathedral in the name of the Holy Blessed Prince Alexander Nevsky, Archpriest Sergius Matveev.

The purpose of the courses is to teach and deepen the knowledge of students in various church disciplines, to acquaint them with the Orthodox worldview, with the church and scientific view of the spiritual and moral side of human life, as well as with the experience of missionary and social work.

Catechetical courses prepare the necessary personnel for the Church: teachers of the Law of God and other church disciplines, missionaries, catechists, lecturers, teachers of Orthodox gymnasiums and secondary schools. In addition to imparting knowledge, the courses contribute to the unity of students and the creation of a spiritual community.

Students receive basic knowledge in the following main disciplines:

Holy Scripture of the Old Testament - 100 hours, teacher Archpriest Alexander Zuev

Holy Scripture of the New Testament (Four Gospels) - 60 hours, teacher Priest Sergius Serzhantov

Holy Scripture of the New Testament (Apostle) -100 hours, teacher Priest Alexy Beletsky

Orthodox doctrine (Catechism) - 60 hours, teacher priest Sergius Serzhantov

Orthodox worship (Liturgics) - 100 hours, teacher Priest Dionisy Krasnoperov

Dogmatic theology - 100 hours, teacher Archpriest Vasily Smagin

Church history -180 hours

Church Slavonic language - 60 hours, teacher Protodeacon Dimitry Isaev

The training programs for catechetical courses are established by the management and teaching staff of the courses and are coordinated with the Department of Religious Education and Catechesis of the Diocesan Educational Center. The courses are conducted in accordance with the annual curriculum approved by the course director.

Preparation is carried out on a full-time basis. The courses are free of charge.

Duration of study – 2 years (4 semesters). Classes are held 3 times a week (in the 1st year) or 4 times a week (in the 2nd year) in the evening from 17-30 to 20-30. and on Saturdays from 10-00 to 14-00. and 14-00 to 18-00 hours.

At the end of each year of study, students take exams.

At the end of the 4th semester, students must undergo catechetical, teaching or organizational practice. Catechetical practice includes conducting independent catechetical conversations before performing the Sacraments. Pedagogical practice includes conducting at least 2 independent classes under the supervision of the head of teaching practice. Organizational practice includes participation in the organization and independent conduct of various events in the field of spiritual and educational activities.

Contact at: st. Strelka, 19. Contact phone: 246-03-31, from 12:00-18:00.

Missionary department

The missionary department of the Moscow Theological Academy was created in October 1999. This is a student organization that carries out its missionary service under the Heavenly protection of St. Innocent (Veniaminov), Metropolitan of Moscow. The department was created to carry out and coordinate educational and missionary activities and prepare Academy students for missionary and pastoral service.

What does the missionary department do:

1. Organization of missionary and pastoral training for MDA students;
2. Providing missionaries with scientific information in the field of preaching the teachings of the Orthodox Church;
3. Supporting creative initiatives of missionary students in the field of Church mission;
4. Development and implementation of own educational, social, cultural and missionary programs;
5. Information and publishing activities in the field of Orthodox mission;
6. Conducting educational and catechetical activities among the laity;
7. Missionary service in educational, social, cultural, penitentiary and other institutions, as well as in military units;
8. Organization of diaconal activities of MDA students.

The activities of the missionary department are carried out by students of postgraduate, master's, undergraduate and icon painting departments on a voluntary basis. However, in order for future pastors to have experience in missionary preaching in secular institutions: educational, social, military units, etc., in the penultimate year of a bachelor’s degree, missionary practice is a mandatory discipline.

Within the missionary department, activities are distributed across 8 sectors: school, social, military, prison, sector for work with other faiths, sector for street mission, cultural mass, and catechetical.

Activities of the sectors of the Missionary Department:

School sector

• Missionary conversations are held in the following educational institutions of the Sergiev Posad region:
• Sergiev Posad branch of Moscow University of Finance and Law,
• prof. colleges No. 22, 8;
• Secondary school No. 8, 19.

Classes with schoolchildren were also held in remote schools (as well as boarding schools for difficult children) in the Arkhangelsk region, where missionary trips were organized with the participation of 3rd year undergraduate students. Also in April 2021, a missionary trip took place to the Republic of Mari El and the Bezhetsk diocese, where conversations were held with students of secondary educational institutions.

Diakonia sector

Students perform social service:

• in the orphanage in Karabanovo, Vladimir region;
• boarding school in the village Bugs;
• boarding house "Berezka" village. Health resort;
• kindergarten No. 17 village Afanasovo, Sergiev Posad district;
• Social Service Center (day care department) in Sergiev Posad;
• the department of nursing care for the elderly at the city hospital in Krasnozavodsk and joint trips with volunteers from the “Old Age in Joy” foundation (starikam.ru) to nursing homes in dozens of regions of Russia.

The geography of these trips is diverse: Tula, Moscow, Bryansk, Tver, Arkhangelsk, Yaroslavl, Pskov, Novgorod, Nizhny Novgorod, Kaluga, Ryazan regions, the Republic of Mordovia.

Military sector

The sector for working with military personnel under the Missionary Department of the MDA interacts with a number of military units in the Sergiev Posad and Pushkin districts. Through the efforts of members of the Military Sector, divine services and sacraments are performed in the units under their care; spiritual and moral conversations are held; trips to the Holy Trinity Sergius Lavra and the Moscow Theological Academy are organized; concert performances are organized; The Holy Scriptures, prayer books, soul-helping literature, crosses and icons are being distributed.

In military unit No. 55443-133 VKS in the village. State farm, a house temple has been opened in honor of the blessings. Prince Alexander Nevsky, where every Sunday the Divine Liturgy is celebrated and sermons are delivered by MDA students. Meetings are held with soldiers at which religious, patriotic and moral topics are discussed. By agreement with the person responsible for interaction with the armed forces in the Pushkinsky district, Hegumen Feofan (Zamesov), the forces of the Military Sector under the Missionary Department of the MDA are holding weekly conversations with military personnel of the Sofrinsky brigade (military unit 3641) and the 26th object (military unit 3472) of the troops of the National Guards of the Russian Federation.

Repeatedly, MDA students took part in celebrations on the occasion of taking the military oath in the Sofrino brigade of the National Guard (military unit 3641), in the garrison of the Sofrino-1 Aerospace Forces (military unit 75555) and military unit 55443-133 village. State Farm.

Excursions to the Lavra, MDA and the Church and Archaeological Museum of the Academy are organized for military personnel.

Prison sector

The sector officially began its existence on March 20, 2000 with the conclusion of an agreement on joint cooperation with the Faith, Hope, Love Prison Relief Society.

With the assistance of the inhabitants of the Lavra, students visit prisoners in the pre-trial detention center of Sergiev Posad, participate in sending parcels to prisoners and in correspondence with them.

Trips to correctional and educational colonies in the Moscow, Yaroslavl, Arkhangelsk and Nizhny Novgorod regions are periodically organized.

Sector for work with other faiths and religious movements

Currently, the sector is engaged in active polemics with Pentecostals in Sergiev Posad. In preparation for the controversy, a number of educational and methodological seminars were held with MDA students, touching on theoretical and spiritual preparation for the mission.

Repeatedly, students participated in polemics with various sects and religious movements, such as Jehovah's Witnesses (cities: Moscow, Sergiev Posad, Klin (Moscow region), Kimry (Tver region), the village of Vorokhobino), with Baptists (Moscow metro Novogireevo, Alexandrov, Korolev), with the “Kryuchkovites” of Sergiev Posad, with neo-Pentecostals of Pushkino, with Pentecostal anti-Trinitarians in Moscow, with adherents of the “Salvation Army” sect, as well as with representatives of the occult sect “Union of Co-Creators of Holy Rus'” Sergiev Posada. Some of the meetings took place in the format of public debates.

Sect studies teacher Roman Kon actively cooperates with our sector, preparing students and participating in debates. The discussion takes place in a theological vein, using biblical and logical arguments.

Street Mission Section

Student missionaries go out for street preaching, mainly on major church holidays. People are told about the revered event, invited to the Trinity-Sergius Lavra on a tour, and questions about the place of faith in a person’s life are discussed, encouraging people to think about deep questions and showing that their resolution can only be found in the Orthodox Church. For the street mission, leaflets were developed dedicated to a specific church holiday, on the day of which the street sermon is performed, invitations were also developed and printed for people to Bible and public talks in the missionary department, which were distributed to people on the street.

The missionary department conducts spiritual and educational readings of the works of St. John Chrysostom, as well as conversations on the Epistles of the Apostle Paul, on the book of the Proverbs of King Solomon and the Psalter with the interpretation of the holy fathers, ascetic and catechetical conversations. Everyone is invited to the discussions. On the initiative of the administrator of the “Orthodox Youth” group on social media. The VKontakte network conducts live broadcasts of conversations to an audience of more than 10 thousand people.

Participation in conferences and missionary expeditions

Employees of the missionary department of the MDA take part in missionary conferences and seminars and participate in long-distance missionary trips to the Republic of Tuva, Mari El, Crimea, Kargopol and Plesetsk, and other dioceses

Concerts of missionary choirs

The Missionary Department includes three small missionary choirs that perform concerts of spiritual and folk patriotic chants in various institutions.

The cultural and mass sector includes 2 areas: the theater studio “Hypostas”, which staged the plays “Kingdom of Peace” and “The Inspector General” at the MDA and other institutions, and performances by a folk pop vocal and instrumental ensemble.

Theological and catechetical courses

In 1999, 3-year Trinity-Sergius theological and catechetical courses were organized, which functioned first at the Peter and Paul Lavra metochion, and since 2014 at the North-Western Branch of the MDA. The number of students in each course is about 20-25 people. Lectures are held three times a week from 17:45 to 20:30. Training is free. Subjects studied: Holy Scripture, Orthodox worship, catechism, apologetics, dogmatic and moral theology, patrolology, Church history, church law, sect studies, pedagogy, church art.

Social network activities

Today, modern society is mostly caught up in social computer networks. It is necessary to use this tool of the information society for Gospel preaching. For this purpose, on March 15, 2014, the official page of the Missionary Department was opened on the social network “Vkontakte” (https://vk.com/mission_mda), which makes it possible to quickly exchange information between employees and group members. The group covers the activities of the Missionary Department, and also posts video materials from lectures and seminars, as well as teaching aids and documents for self-training and education of missionaries.

The activities of the missionary department have several areas, each of which is responsible for a specific sector. In connection with this, additional groups appeared:

Conversations in the Missionary Department of the MDA (https://vk.com/besedi_mda). In this group, audio recordings of interpretative conversations on the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments and public conversations held in the Missionary Department are posted.

Social facilities of the Missionary Department of the MDA (https://vk.com/mission_mda1). The group is dedicated to social sites visited by missionaries.

Light to the youths of Posada (https://vk.com/svet_otrokam_posada). A school sector group designed to carry out preaching among students and schoolchildren.

The use of a social network allows you to significantly expand the geography of missionary activities, not limited to Sergiev Posad, Moscow and the region. It also allows you to accumulate existing material and share it, both with those newly admitted to the Moscow Theological Academy, and with all those interested in the work of evangelism

In addition to the Vkontakte network, the Missionary Department has been preaching through the YouTube channel since September 2015 (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDSIL81Q5ZZNXJX8CTPrxVg). The video channel allows you to conduct missionary conversations to a large audience and accumulate video lectures for their subsequent distribution on the Internet.

The missionary department revives the long tradition of Moscow theological schools, where at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries the Brotherhood of St. Sergius and the Pastoral and Educational Brotherhood functioned, engaged in extensive educational and charitable activities.

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