Distance learning brings theological knowledge to anywhere in the world

Orthodox St. Tikhon's University for the Humanities is the country's main university for training future figures in the spiritual sphere. PSTGU is the only one with accredited university status, allowing it to issue state diplomas. All the most famous theologians in the country studied within the walls of this educational institution, which speaks volumes about the quality of the services it provides.

The university has a rich history; it changed its name many times and was transformed until it took on its current form. Over the years of its activity, PSTGU has accumulated a huge library collection, many manuals and books were published under its editorship. The library of the Orthodox St. Tikhon's Humanitarian University is one of the richest among universities; it houses thousands of copies of unique books.

The possibility of distance learning at this university is one of its most significant advantages. This function allows absolutely anyone from anywhere in the world to acquire a profession. Students have access to all educational material and can take quizzes and tests right from home. Moderators and curators are in constant contact. There is an opportunity to receive feedback from teachers. You can communicate with other students remotely through a general chat.

PSTGU encourages the development of the creative abilities of its students and is ready to allocate significant resources to them to realize their artistic potential.

Orthodox St. Tikhon's University for the Humanities is the best choice for anyone who wants to receive a spiritual or theological education.

Orthodox St. Tikhon's Humanitarian University PSTGU (Moscow)

Orthodox St. Tikhon's University for the Humanities is one of the oldest non-state higher education institutions.
It started its activities back in 1992. Since then, the university has been actively developing. Applicants appreciated all the benefits of studying, the main ones being the prestige of education and affordable cost. This played an important role in the number of students increasing. Today it is a prestigious educational institution in which all conditions have been created and distance learning is carried out. Anyone who successfully passes the entrance exams for the chosen faculty and form of study can enter PSTGU. The remote form provides some important advantages. The main ones are the optionality of attending an educational institution. To study, you only need to have a computer connected to the Internet. You will receive all educational materials via the World Wide Web. This way you save your time and money, but get a high level of education.

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Numerous reviews from graduates only confirm the great advantages of distance learning at the Orthodox St. Tikhon's Humanitarian University.

The cost and terms of study at a given educational institution depend entirely on which faculty you choose.

Class period: October – May

Subjects of preparation: Russian language, literature, history of Russia, social studies.

• Class schedule: 1 time per week, 4 academic hours
• Payment by semester. When selecting multiple items, payment can be made by month.
• Class time: preparation for the Unified State Exam on weekdays takes place between 17.00 and 20.00; Preparation for the University’s internal exams on weekdays takes place between 18.30 – 21.30. Classes available on Saturdays.
• Place of classes: Likhov lane, 6, building 1
• Directions: Tsvetnoy Boulevard metro station, then walk

Creative training subjects: Drawing, copying, painting

• Class schedule: 1 time per week, 4 academic hours
• Payment by semester. When selecting multiple items, payment can be made by month.
• Class times: on weekdays 17.00 - 20.00; Classes available on Saturdays.
• Place of classes: to be confirmed
• Directions: to be confirmed

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Lesson schedule: solfeggio 2 times a week for 2 academic hours; basics of harmony 1 time per week from the second semester; piano and conducting for 1 academic hour 1-2 times a week by agreement with the teacher.

• Items
• Solfeggio (104 academic hours)

fundamentals of harmony (52 academic hours)

• conducting (14 academic hours)
• piano (26 academic hours, lessons once a week)
• piano (52 academic hours, lessons 2 times a week)

Faculties and branches at the Orthodox St. Tikhon's Humanitarian University PSTGU (Moscow)

The college has the following faculties:

• Faculty of Theology
• Missionary Faculty
• Faculty of Church Arts
• Faculty of Church Singing
• Faculty of Philology
• Faculty of Education
• History department
• Faculty of Social Sciences
• Faculty of Informatics and Applied Mathematics
• Faculty of Further Education

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Areas of training

• Information systems administration
• Conducting
• Painting
• Historical and religious profile
• Story
• Art history
• Elementary education
• Teacher Education
• Applied Economics
• Social work
• Sociology
• Theology
• Technology and organization of excursion services
• Philology
• Philology (foreign philology)
• Artistic direction of the academic choir
• Church sewing

Official website and personal account

Link:

https://pstgu.ru/

Login to your personal account (SDO):

https://pstgu.elearn.ru/

Distance learning brings theological knowledge to anywhere in the world

The vice-rector of St. Tikhon's University for Academic Affairs, priest Gennady Egorov, spoke about how the new software helps the development of Orthodox Internet education, which has recently become increasingly popular.
Correspondent: Father Gennady, let me congratulate you on the launch of a new platform for the distance learning system!
Priest Gennady Egorov:
Congratulations should be sent, first of all, not to me, but to all teachers and staff of the Faculty of Additional Education, teachers of other faculties of our university, who specially redesigned their educational programs for the new system, as well as the company that developed the new platform, HyperMethod IBS.

— What are the advantages of the new distance learning system?

— It cannot be said that the system has become fundamentally new, because we have been conducting educational programs on the basis of SDL since 2004. The experience gained over the past years clearly shows that the main factor in ensuring the quality of distance education is the high qualifications of the teaching staff and competent methodological work. However, a well-designed and well-made platform makes it much easier for teachers to implement their teaching skills, and also allows students to more effectively use modern technologies to achieve excellent results. Therefore, the introduction of the eLearning Server 4G platform in the current academic year is a significant event for us.

— What educational programs are available to those who want to study via the Internet?

- Variety! This includes a several-year professional retraining program “Theology”, intended for people who already have a higher education, and a six-month advanced training program “Fundamentals of Orthodoxy”, which is extremely popular among teachers planning to teach the subject Fundamentals of Orthodox Culture in schools. We also offer a range of courses in selected theological and related humanities disciplines.

— Is it currently possible to obtain a complete higher education via the Internet?

— There is no such possibility yet, but since people come to us with similar questions more and more often, we have set ourselves to respond to people’s requests. The software introduced this year will help solve this problem. Under the leadership of the Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Additional Education, Oksana Nikolaevna Shevchenko, the first group of teachers of the Missionary Faculty began training under a special program aimed at mastering the new system. Subsequently, representatives of other faculties of PSTGU, primarily Bogoslovsky, will undergo the same training. We also plan to establish close cooperation with the Faculty of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science. As soon as teachers who have previously had no experience working at the Faculty of Additional Education master modern Internet learning technologies on a par with those who have been teaching classes using them for eight years, everyone will be able to enroll in our full higher education programs.

— What courses besides theological ones can already be studied via the Internet?

— We have established cooperation with the Department of Social Work of the Missionary Faculty. Nowadays, church social service is actively developing in parishes, deaneries, and dioceses. They began to turn to churches for help, the parishioners themselves organized various charitable events and programs, many of them began to realize that it was necessary to improve their professional level. The Department of Social Work already had its own experience in training parish social workers via the Internet, because For several years now, joint courses and webinars have been held by PSTGU and the Synodal Department on Charity and Social Service under the leadership of Bishop Panteleimon of Smolensk and Vyazemsk.

— Are there any reasons that contribute to the development of online learning in this area?

— The head of the department, Tatyana Valerievna Zalzaman, has repeatedly told me about the special advantages that distance education gives to social workers. So, in particular, it is possible to take a more flexible and differentiated approach to the formation of study groups, which cannot be done within the traditional educational process: for example, to form a group of parishioners of the same parish or social workers dealing with the same problem, but in different regions, or gather only heads of social departments for seminars to discuss with them the problems of managing and administering social projects. Also, one of the difficulties of traditional education in the field of social work is the need to tell students about the regional specifics of the manifestation of social problems and ways to overcome them, successful practices in certain cities or villages. However, Moscow teachers do not always know this specificity; the difference between Moscow and regional practice can be very significant. This contradiction is practically impossible to resolve in the traditional education system, since it is not always possible to invite a teacher from another region to teach an entire course, but it is easily resolved within the framework of distance learning

— How do you feel about the distance learning system that is being developed by the Educational Committee of the Russian Orthodox Church?

— Our university also takes every possible part in the development of this system. The development strategy of the distance learning system of the Educational Committee differs from the one we use at the Faculty of Additional Education. There is nothing wrong with this, because the system being developed is based on the compiled experience of domestic Orthodox educational institutions. First of all, this is the experience of full-time and correspondence education of the Moscow and St. Petersburg Theological Academies, the Russian Orthodox University is participating in the development, which last year also decided to implement its own distance education project, and is now carrying out technical work to prepare for its launch. But for eight years, right up to the present day, the only active project of Orthodox Internet education remains the PSTGU programs, so the Educational Committee decided to rely on our pedagogical experience, applying it to another technical platform.

— What are the prospects for Orthodox online education in the future?

— It is no coincidence that His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus' calls for active use of the Internet to preach Christianity. The influence of the network on modern social, political and scientific life cannot be overestimated. The Internet gives us and our students the opportunity to overcome traditional barriers, so the distance learning system allows us to convey theological knowledge anywhere in the world. Therefore, I believe that Orthodox online education will develop from year to year, and more and more people, especially from remote cities, will prefer it to traditional forms of education, in particular correspondence studies. In conclusion, I invite everyone to visit the website of our Faculty of Additional Education: https://do.pstgu.ru/

Prepared by S. Kolotvin