ST. PETERSBURG THEOLOGICAL ACADEMY

St. Petersburg Theological Academy

St. Petersburg Orthodox Theological Academy
, the highest spiritual educational institution of the Russian Orthodox Church

Address: Russia, 193167, St. Petersburg, emb. Obvodny channel, 7
Tel.: 277-33-51; fax: 277-26-07
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The history of the St. Petersburg Theological Academy begins in the time of Peter the Great, when in 1721 the Slavic school was opened at the Alexander Nevsky Monastery.
Renamed the Slavic-Greek-Latin Seminary in 1725, it was transformed into the Main Seminary in 1788, where the best students from almost all diocesan seminaries in Russia were sent to study. In 1797, the Main Seminary was renamed the Alexander Nevsky Academy, which, as a result of the general reform of theological education at the beginning of 1809, splits into three educational institutions (although still located in the Alexander Nevsky Lavra): 1) Theological Academy (higher school ), 2) Theological Seminary (secondary school) and 3) Alexander Nevsky Theological School (lower school). After the development and adoption of the Charter, on February 17, 1809, the grand opening of the St. Petersburg Theological Academy took place, which still bears this name. And on March 1, 1809, the history of the St. Petersburg Theological Seminary, a secondary theological educational institution, began. In 1841, the seminary was transferred outside the walls of the monastery to a new special building, where it is still located today.

Throughout its existence, the main goal of theological schools was to train worthy ministers of the Church. To better achieve this great goal, reforms of theological education were repeatedly carried out, work was constantly carried out and continues to improve the Charter of theological schools, develop and improve the methodology for teaching theological sciences, and develop the principles of scientific theology. As a result, in 1821, the academic theological journal “Christian Reading” began to be published, which published theological, church-historical works of professors, teachers of the academy, their translations of the works of the holy fathers, ancient liturgies. Since 1860, the academy began publishing the magazine “Strannik”, and since 1875 - the weekly “Church Bulletin”. The famous professor of the academy, Archpriest Gerasim Pavsky, and the famous missionary Archimandrite Macarius (Glukharev) began and carried out a grandiose work on the scientific translation of the Bible into Russian.

In the 40s of the 19th century, the academy began to accept envoys from other Local Orthodox Churches: from Bulgaria, Greece, Georgia, Romania, Serbia.

Many well-known theologians, church historians, jurists, and liturgists worked in the field of creation and development of domestic theology in St. Petersburg theological schools not only in Russia but also abroad. The Academy collaborated with secular educational institutions and scientific circles. Academy professors gave lectures at the Academy of Sciences, universities, and participated in joint scientific conferences and commissions. Activities of the Biblical Commission at the Academy under the leadership of Prof. I.E. Evseeva (according to the scientific edition of the Slavic Bible), which included about 70 Russian Slavists, brought great results that are important in the development of domestic Slavic studies.

Among the graduates of the pre-revolutionary academy are the primate of the Russian Church, many prominent church hierarchs, famous theologians and church historians, professors, academicians of the Russian Academy of Sciences, church writers, missionaries, all-Russian pastors revered by the Russian people. For their many works and high righteous life, the following were canonized: St. Theophan the Recluse (Govorov), Apostle of Japan St. Nicholas (Kasatkin), Righteous John of Kronstadt, All-Russian Patriarch Tikhon (Belavin).

In 1918, theological schools were closed. But the traditions of the St. Petersburg Theological Academy continued to live and develop at the Petrograd Theological Institute, opened in 1920, then at the Higher Theological Courses, which opened in 1925, thanks to the works of professors and teachers of the closed academy.

In 1946, theological schools of St. Petersburg were revived. From this year to the present, the St. Petersburg Theological Academy and Seminary has been operating in the building of the former Petrograd Theological Seminary.

On July 17, 1996, by resolution of the Holy Synod, it was recognized that it was necessary to appoint a rector with the rank of bishop.

In 1996, the St. Petersburg Theological Academy and Seminary celebrated the 275th anniversary of its founding and the 50th anniversary of its revival. Permanent members of the Holy Synod, graduates of theological schools, clergy, and honored guests took part in the anniversary celebrations and the Church-scientific conference organized on this occasion at the Theological Academy, along with members of the teaching corporation.

On November 29, 2013, the entire historical complex of the St. Petersburg Theological Academy with the house church of the twelve apostles was returned to the Russian Orthodox Church. The rector of the academy, Bishop of Peterhof Ambrose (Ermakov), signed an act on the return of the last, main building and the concelebration of members of the administration of the educational institution performed a thanksgiving prayer.

Rectors

Anthony (Znamensky) (1797 - 1799)
Ambrose (Protasov) (1799 - January 10, 1804)
Flavian (Laskin) (February 5, 1804 - February 2, 1808 [1])
Evgraf (Muzalevsky-Platonov) (February 4, 1809 - November 11, 1809)
Sergius (Krylov-Platonov) (January 1, 1810 - 1811)
St. Filaret (Drozdov) (March 11, 1812 - 1819)
Grigory (Postnikov) (May 2, 1819 - January 4, 1826)
John (Dobrozrakov) (January 30, 1826 - August 5, 1830)
Smaragd (Kryzhanovsky) (August 27, 1830 - September 12, 1831)
Venedikt (Grigorovich) (November 4, 1831 - June 8, 1833)
Vitaly (Schepetov) (June 8, 1833 - June 27, 1837)
Nikolai (Dobrokhotov) (July 5, 1837 - April 1841)
Afanasy (Drozdov) (April 14, 1841 - January 13, 1847)
Eusebius (Orlinsky) (January 17, 1847 - December 19, 1850)
Macarius (Bulgakov) (January 1, 1851 - May 1, 1857)
St. Feofan (Govorov) (June 13, 1857 - May 1859)
Nektary (Nadezhdin) (May 17, 1859 - September 29, 1860)
Ioannikiy (Rudnev) (October 5, 1860 - January 12, 1864)
John (Sokolov) (March 31, 1864 - November 9, 1866)
Ioann Yanyshev (November 29, 1866 - October 19, 1883)
Arseny (Bryantsev) (October 22, 1883 - March 28, 1887)
Anthony (Vadkovsky) (April 15, 1887 - October 24, 1892)
Boris (Plotnikov) (October 30, 1892 - December 2, 1893)
Nikandr (Molchanov) (December 19, 1893 - August 23, 1895)
John (Kratirov) (August 31, 1895 - February 3, 1899)
Boris (Plotnikov), 2nd time (February 17, 1899 - January 20, 1901)
Sergius (Stragorodsky) (January 21, 1901 - October 6, 1905)
Sergius (Tikhomirov) (October 15, 1905 - March 21, 1908)
Timofey Nalimov (April 4 - June 19, 1908)
Feofan (Bystrov) (February 4, 1909 - October 19, 1910)
Georgy (Yaroshevsky) (October 22, 1910 - May 13, 1913)
Anastasy (Alexandrov) (May 30, 1913 - June 23, 1918)
Zarin Sergei Mikhailovich (July 10, 1918 [2] - 1918) acting

1918 - 1946 - closed

Isidore (Epiphany) (1946 - 1947)

Alexander Osipov (1947) acting

Simeon (Bychkov) (April 20, 1948 - June 30, 1952)

Mikhail Speransky (1952 - October 8, 1966)

Mikhail (Mudyugin) (October 8, 1966 - July 30, 1968)

German (Timofeev) (November 28, 1968 - 1970)

Meliton (Soloviev) (June 25, 1970 - December 26, 1974)

Kirill (Gundyaev) (December 26, 1974 - December 26, 1984)

Manuil (Pavlov) (1985 - 1986) acting
Nikolay Gundyaev (March 2 - March 15, 1986) acting

Nikolay Gundyaev (March 15, 1986 - June 22, 1987)

Vladimir Sorokin (June 22 - August 21, 1987) acting

Vladimir Sorokin (August 21, 1987 - August 12, 1992)

Vasily Stoykov (August 12, 1992 - July 16, 1993) acting

Vasily Stoykov (July 16, 1993 - July 17, 1996)

Konstantin (Goryanov) (July 17, 1996 - October 6, 2008)

Ambrose (Ermakov) (October 6, 2008 - July 14, 2018)

Seraphim (Amelchenkov) (July 14, 2021 - July 9, 2019)

Siluan (Nikitin) (from July 9, 2019)

Inspectors

Evgeny (Kazantsev) (1809 - 1810)
Ambrose (Rozhdestvensky-Veshchezerov) (March 26, 1812 - January 28, 1816)
Afanasy (Protopopov) (1814 - March 18, 1816)
Grigory (Postnikov) (March 19, 1816 - ?)
Nathanael (Pavlovsky) (May 7, 1819 - 1821)
St. Innokenty (Borisov) (September 2, 1825 - August 27, 1830)
Joseph (Pozdnyshev) (1830 - 1831)
Platon (Gorodetsky) (May 5, 1831 - ?)
Filofey (Uspensky) (August 18, 1838 - October 30, 1839) acting

Philofey (Uspensky) (October 30, 1839 - May 24, 1842)

Joasaph (Pokrovsky) (September 21, 1842 - August 24, 1844)

Macarius (Bulgakov) (1844 - 1851)

John (Sokolov) (January 8, 1851 - January 16, 1855)

Kirill (Naumov) (January 16, 1855 - September 1, 1857)

Victorin (Lyubimov) (November 13, 1857 - November 29, 1858)

Pavel (Lebedev) (October 15, 1859 - August 23, 1861)

Vladimir (Petrov) (September 13, 1861 - November 24, 1865)

Chrysanthus (Retivtsev) (March 23, 1866 - 1869)

Luchitsky Kirill Ivanovich (1869 - 1874 [3])

Koyalovich Mikhail Iosifovich (1874 - 1878 [4])

Nilsky Ivan Fedorovich (August 2, 1878 - 1885)

Anthony (Vadkovsky) (1885 - April 1887)

Mikhail (Gribanovsky) (April 29, 1887 - December 1, 1888) acting

Mikhail (Gribanovsky) (December 1, 1888 - 1890)

Mikhail (Ermakov) (1890 - 1891) acting

Mikhail (Ermakov) (1891 - 1893)

Isidore (Bells) (1893)

Pokrovsky Nikolai Vasilievich (July 23, 1893 - October 1, 1899)

Sergius (Stragorodsky) (October 6, 1899 - January 21, 1901)

Feofan (Bystrov) (1901 - 1905) acting

Feofan (Bystrov) (1905 - February 4, 1909)

Zarin Sergei Mikhailovich (November 22, 1910 - ?)

Veniamin (Fedchenkov) (November 15, 1911 - December 21, 1911)

Osipov Alexander Alexandrovich (1946 - August 15, 1950)

Vladimir Blagoveshchensky (July 1, 1947 - April 20, 1948) acting

Pariysky Lev Nikolaevich (August 15, 1950 - August 10, 1967)

German (Timofeev) (August 11, 1967 - August 31, 1968)

Ioann Belevtsev (August 31, 1968 - August 30, 1969) acting
Vladimir Sorokin (August 30, 1969 - 1972) acting

Vladimir Sorokin (1972 - September 1, 1976)

Vasily Stoykov (September 1, 1976 - January 24, 1983)

Augustin (Nikitin) (January 24, 1983 - January 20, 1985)

Feofan (Galinsky) (January 20, 1985 - May 30, 1986)

Georgiy Telpis (May 30, 1986 - December 30, 1992)

Veniamin (Novik) (December 30, 1992 - November 25, 1994)

Georgiy Telpis, 2nd time (November 25, 1994 - 2001)

Damian (Zaletov) (October 12, 2001 - January 21, 2002), acting

Damian (Zaletov) (January 21, 2002 - 2004?)

Alexander Kudryashov (mentioned 2004 [5] - mentioned November 2008 [6])

Vyacheslav Nikitin (April 27, 2009 - August 15, 2011), acting

Vitaly Grischuk (September 28, 2011 - July 15, 2015)

Mark (Svyatogorov) (July 15, 2015 - January 15, 2019)

Vitaly Grischuk, 2nd time (from January 15, 2021 [7])

Famous graduates

1802 - Apollos (Alekseevsky), archimandrite.
1814 - Alexy Malov, prot.; Benedict (Grigorovich), archbishop. Olonetsky; St. Meletius (Leontovich), archbishop. Kharkovsky; Pavel (Podlipsky), archbishop. Chernigovsky
1817 - Anthony (Domkinsky), archimandrite; Irinarch (Popov), archbishop. Ryazansky; Nathanael (Pavlovsky), archbishop. Pskovsky
1819 - Agapit (Voznesensky), bishop. b. Tomsk; Jacob (Vecherkov), Archbishop. Nizhny Novgorod; Smaragd (Kryzhanovsky), archbishop. Ryazansky; Christopher (Emmaus), bishop. b. Vyatsky
1823 - Vitaly (Shchepetov), bishop. b. Kostroma; Theodotius (Ozerov), archbishop. Simbirsk
1825 - Afanasy (Sokolov), archbishop. Kazansky; Elpidiphoros (Benedictov), archbishop. b. Tauride; Isidore (Nikolsky), Metropolitan. Novgorod, St. Petersburg and Finland; Nil (Isakovic), Archbishop. Yaroslavsky; Evgeniy (Dobrotvorsky), bishop. Vinnitsky
1826 - Melchizedek (Zolotinsky), bishop. Ekaterinburgsky
1827 - Leonid (Zaretsky), bishop. Kostroma; Platon (Gorodetsky), Metropolitan. Kyiv; Zephaniah (Sokolsky), Archbishop of Turkestan; Theognost (Lebedev), archbishop. Pskovsky
1829 - Porfiry (Uspensky), bishop. Chigirinsky; Pavel Solyarsky, prot., prof.
1831 - Anthony (Pavlinsky), bishop. Vladimirsky; Pyotr Lebedev, prot.
1835 - Vladimir (Milovidov), archimandrite; Evgeniy Popov, archpriest, missionary
1837 - Ioannikiy (Gorsky), archbishop. Warsaw; Pavel (Dobrokhotov), bishop. Olonetsky; Pavel Savvaitov, historian
1839 - St. Gury (Karpov), archbishop. Tauride; Irakli Leporinsky, archpriest, spiritual writer
1841 - Mishin Alexander Ivanovich, professor; Anthony (Nikolaevsky), bishop. Penza; Ephraim (Ryazanov), bishop. b. Permian
1843 - Alexander (Dobrynin), archbishop. Lithuanian; Vasily Ornatsky, prot., prof.
1845 - Ermogenes (Dobronravin), bishop. Pskovsky
1847 - Evgraf Ivanovich Lovyagin, professor; Leonty (Lebedinsky), Metropolitan. Moscow; Tikhon (Pokrovsky), bishop. Ladozhsky
1848 - Tikhon (Pokrovsky), archbishop. Volynsky
1849 - Jacob (Domsky), bishop. Yakut; Ioann Yanyshev, prof. Nikolay Sergievsky, protoprof., prof.
1851 - Herman (Ossetsky), bishop. b. Caucasian; Chistovich Ilarion Alekseevich, prof.; Nikanor (Brovkovich), bishop. Aksai; Palladium (Gankevich), bishop. Vyborg; Preobrazhensky Petr Alekseevich, prof.; Serapion (Mayevsky), bishop. Ekaterinoslavsky
1853 - Anastasy (Dobradin), archbishop. Voronezh; Anatoly (Stankevich), bishop. Kaluzhsky; Victorin (Lyubimov), bishop. Podolsky; Joseph (Bazhenov), bishop. Baltic; Justin (Okhotin), bishop. b. Kherson; Pavel (Lebedev), archbishop. Kazansky, spiritual writer; Polyevkt (Pyaskovsky), bishop. b. Ryazansky; Theognost (Lebedev), Metropolitan. Kyiv
1855 - Predtechensky Andrey Ivanovich, professor; Arkady (Filonov), bishop. Akkermansky; Varlaam (Chernyavsky), archbishop. Vyborg; Dimitry Sokolov, prot.; right John of Kronstadt, prot; Koyalovich Mikhail Iosifovich, prof.
1857 - Parvov Alexey Ivanovich, professor; Nilsky Ivan Fedorovich, prof.
1859 - Vasily Mikhailovsky, prot.; Nikolsky Vladimir Vasilievich, prof.; Troitsky Ivan Egorovich, prof.
1860 - equal to the ap. Nikolai (Kasatkin), archbishop. Tokyo
1861 - Ambrose (Korbozersky), archimandrite; Anastasy (Opotsky), bishop. Olonetsky; Pavlovsky Leonid Andreevich, prof. SPbDS; Nikolay Blagorazumov, prot.; Peter Blagoveshchensky, prot.; Feodor Bystrov, prot.
1863 - Alexy (Opotsky), bishop. b. Tverskoy; Nekrasov Alexander Alexandrovich, prof. KazDA; Barsov Nikolay Ivanovich, prof.
1865 - Rozhdestvensky Vasily Gavrilovich, professor; Dimitri (Sambikin), archbishop. Kazansky; Mikhail Raznogorsky, prot.; Ivanovsky Nikolay Ivanovich, prof.; Rozhdestvensky Nikolay Pavlovich, prof.; Obraztsov Pavel Efimovich, prof.; Smaragd (Trinity), bishop. Kovensky
1867 - Volkov Andrey Kononovich, prof. KazDA; Methodius (Nikolsky), bishop. Ostrozhsky; Misail (Krylov), bishop. b. Olonetsky; Tikhon (Klitin), bishop. Orenburgsky
1869 - Nikolai (Novikov), archimandrite; Peter Nechaev, member of the Educational Committee at the Holy Synod
1871 - Mitrofan (Simashkevich), Gregorian Metropolitan. Donskoy; Sergius Sollertinsky, prof.
1874 - Pokrovsky Nikolai Vasilievich, professor; Kokhomsky Sergey Vasilievich, inspector of KDS
1876 - Joasaph (Kallistov), archbishop. Krutitsky
1877 - Nikolai (Nalimov), archbishop. Vladimirsky
1879 - Vasily Vasilievich Bolotov, professor; Victor (Epiphany), Archbishop. Omsk
1880 - Palmov Ivan Savvich, prof.
1881 - Zhukovich Platon Nikolaevich, professor; sschmch. Tikhon (Nikanorov), archbishop. Voronezh
1882 - Alexander Dernov, prot.; Dimitri (Lyubimov), archbishop. Gdovsky; Troitsky Ivan Gavrilovich, prof.
1883 - Bronzov Alexander Alexandrovich, professor; Alexander (Nadezhdin), updated. Metropolitan b. Karelian
1884 - Polycarp (Tikhonravov), bishop. b. Ep. Vetluzhsky
1885 - Anthony (Khrapovitsky), Metropolitan. b. Kyiv, founder of the ROCOR; Nikanor (Nadezhdin), bishop. Olonetsky; Seraphim (Meshcheryakov), Metropolitan. Stavropol; sschmch. Philosopher Ornatsky, Archpriest, Khariton (Drobotov), Archimandrite.
1886 - Vitaly Stepanovich Serebryannikov, professor; Peter Damansky, senator at the Holy Synod; Sergius (Vasilkov), archbishop. Novosibirsk; Nalimov Timofey Alexandrovich, prof.
1887 - Dorofey Yarushevich, prot.; sschmch. Kirill (Smirnov), Metropolitan. Kazansky; Nikolsky Nikolai Konstantinovich, prof.; Smirnov Petr Semenovich, prof.
1888 - Nikon (Sofia), archbishop. Kartalinsky; St. Tikhon (Belavin), Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia
1889 - Alexy (Voronov), bishop. Volchansky; Mikhail Orlov, prof. Feofan (Tulyakov), Metropolitan. Gorkovsky
1890 - schmch. Peter Skipetrov, prot.; Sergius (Stragorodsky), Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus'; Theodosius (Feodosiev), archbishop. b. Vilensky
1891 - Brilliantov Alexander Ivanovich, professor; Mirtov Dmitry Pavlovich, prof.; Filaret (Nikolsky), Archbishop. Samara
1892 - Petrovsky Alexander Vasilievich, professor; Alexander Smirnov, secretary of the Theological and Pastoral School
1893 - Anatoly (Junger), archimandrite; sschmch. Ambrose (Gudko), bishop. b. Sarapulsky; John (Georgievsky), bishop. Morshansky [8]; Evseev Ivan Evseevich, prof.
1894 - Gabriel (Voevodin), archbishop. Polotsk; Sokolov Ivan Pavlovich, prof.; Konstantin (Bulychev), Gregorian archbishop. Tambovsky; sschmch. Platon (Kulbush), bishop. Revelsky; Tikhon (Obolensky), Metropolitan. Ural
1895 - schmch. Alexander Khotovitsky, archpriest; Anatoly (Kamensky), archbishop. Irkutsk; Grigory (Chukov), Metropolitan. Leningradsky; sschmch. John Kochurov, prot.; Methodius (Giants), bishop. Sarapulsky; Mitrofan (Zemlyansky), bishop. Yeletsky; Peter Leporsky, prot., prof.
1896 - Alexander (Golovin), bishop. b. Kaluzhsky; Dimitri (Vologda), archbishop. Minusinsky; Leonid (Skobeev), updated. metr.; sschmch. Nicodemus (Kononov), bishop. Belgorodsky; Sagarda Nikolay Ivanovich, prof.; Sergius (Tikhomirov), Metropolitan. Tokyo; Feofan (Bistrov), archbishop. b. Poltavsky
1897 - schmch. Veniamin (Kazansky), Metropolitan. Petrogradsky; Veniamin (Seleznev), abbot; Victor (Epiphany), Archbishop. Omsk; Abramovich Dmitry Ivanovich, prof.; Dimitry Putilin, prot.; Theophylact (Klementyev), b. Ep. Priluksky, rev. Ep. Taganrog
1898 - Artemy (Ilyinsky), archbishop. Tobolsk; Veryuzhsky Vasily Maksimovich, prof.; Dionysius (Prozorovsky), archbishop. Rostov-on-Don; Shcherbov Ivan Pavlovich, prof.; schisp. Joseph (Bear), prot.; Sergiy Shchukin, prot;
1899 - Kartashev Anton Vladimirovich, professor; sschmch. Nikolai (Klementyev), archbishop. Veliky Ustyug
1900 - Seraphim (Ruzhentsev), updated. Metropolitan Leningradsky
1901 - prmch. Neophyte (Osipov), archim.; Alexander (Nemolovsky), Metropolitan. Brussels; Barsanuphius (Vikhvelin), bishop. b. Nikolsky; Sergei Troitsky, church. historian
1902 - Alexy (Bazhenov), updated. Metropolitan b. Simferopol; Venedikt (Plotnikov), Archbishop. Kazansky; Pavel (Raevsky), updated. Metropolitan b. Yaroslavsky; Sergius (Lavrov), updated. Ep. Krasnoyarsk
1903 - Karabinov Ivan Alekseevich, professor; Titlinov Boris Vasilievich, prof., in renovationism
1904 - Averky (Kedrov), archbishop. Volynsky; Gennady (Tuberozov), bishop. Pskovsky; Zinovy (Drozdov), bishop. b. Tambovsky; Eleutherius (Epiphany), Metropolitan. Vilensky; Hierotheus (Pomerantsev), updated. Metropolitan b. Kazansky; Isidore (Epiphany), bishop. Tallinn: Cyprian (Shnitnikov), bishop. Serdobolsky; Lebedev Nikolay Mikhailovich, prof. MDA
1905 - sschmch. Grigory Serbarinov, prot.; Nikolay (Gilyarovsky), updated. archbishop Vladimirsky; Malitsky Nikolay Vladimirovich, prof.
1907 - Veniamin (Fedchenkov), Metropolitan. b. Saratovsky; martyr Lev Kuntsevich, diocesan missionary
1908 - Alexy Strelnikov, prot.; Belyaev Viktor Adrianovich, prof.; St. Seraphim (Sobolev), Archbishop. Bogucharsky; Simeon (Bychkov), bishop. Luzhsky; Photius (Topiro), archbishop. Lvovsky
1909 - Sagarda Alexander Ivanovich, prof.
1910 - Onisifor (Ponomarev), archbishop. b. Kaluzhsky; Theodore (Makovetsky), bishop. Mosalsky
1911 - sschmch. Boris (Voskoboynikov), bishop. Ivanovsky; Zykov Vladimir Ivanovich, prof.; Leonid Bogoyavlensky, prot.; Nikolai Krasovsky, prot.; Pavel (Dmitrovsky), archbishop. Tallinn
1913 - Alexander (Inozemtsev), Metropolitan. (ROCOR); Vasily (Zummer), bishop. Suzdal; Vasily Raevsky, prot.; Speransky Mikhail Kronidovich, prof.
1914 - Alexander (Vvedensky), updated. Metropolitan Moscow; St. Nikolai (Velimirovich), bishop. Ohridskiy; Platonov Nikolay Fedorovich, prof.; Nikolai (Yarushevich), Metropolitan. b. Krutitsky; Theodosius (Samoilovich), archbishop. Sao Paulo
1915 - Alexy (Zhitetsky), bishop. Borovsky; sschmch. Innocent (Tikhonov), Archbishop. Vinnitsky; Pariysky Lev Nikolaevich, prof.; Mitrofan (Rusinov), bishop. Poltavsky; sschmch. Onuphry (Gagalyuk), archbishop. Kursk; Sergius (Grishin), archbishop. Gorkovsky; Tikhon (Rusinov), bishop. Odessa; Ivanov Alexey Ivanovich, prof. SPbDA
1916 - Seraphim (Silichev), archbishop. Saratovsky
1917 - Grigory (Orlov), updated. archbishop b. Michurinsky; Gury (Egorov), Metropolitan. Simferopol; Nekrasov Vladimir Afanasyevich, associate professor
1918 - Gabriel (Dumyani), Metropolitan. Lattakian; John (Alekseev), archbishop. b. Gorkovsky
1920 - Nikolai (Nikolsky), bishop. Vyaznikovsky
1950 - Mikhail (Chub), archbishop. Tambovsky; Nikon (Fomichev), bishop. b. Permian
1952 - Leonid (Polyakov), Metropolitan. Rizhsky; Zabolotsky Nikolay Anatolyevich, prof.
1953 - Alexy (Ridiger), Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus'; Simeon (Kruzhkov), bishop. Abidsky; Simeon (Yakovlevich), archbishop. Olomutsky
1954 - John Belevtsev, prot., prof.
1955 - John (Snychev), Metropolitan. St. Petersburg; Maxim (Krokha), archbishop. Mogilevsky; Nikodim (Rotov), Metropolitan. Leningradsky
1956 - John (Wendland), Metropolitan. b. Yaroslavsky; Theodosius (Pogorsky), archbishop. Ufa; Feodosius (Protsyuk), Metropolitan. b. Omsk
1958 - Vladimir (Kotlyarov), Metropolitan. b. St. Petersburg; Cassian (Yaroslavl), archbishop. b. Kostroma; Nikolai (Kutepov), Metropolitan. Nizhny Novgorod; Seraphim (Nikitin), Metropolitan. b. Krutitsky
1959 - Paisiy (Samchuk), archbishop. Orlovsky
1960 - Yuvenaly (Poyarkov), Metropolitan. Krutitsky; Vadim Petelsky, prot.
1962 - Vladimir (Sabodan), Metropolitan. Kyiv and all Ukraine
1963 - Sophrony (Budko), archbishop. b. Kemerovo
1964 - Mikhail (Mudyugin), archbishop. b. Vologda
1965 - Vladimir Sorokin, prof. Seraphim (Tikhonov), Archbishop. Penza
1966 - Victor (Oleynik), Metropolitan. b. Tverskoy; Gabriel (Steblyuchenko), archbishop. b. Ust-Kamenogorsk; German (Timofeev), Metropolitan. b. Volgogradsky; Damian Kruglik, Rev.
1967 - Isidor (Kirichenko), Metropolitan. Ekaterinodar
1968 - Iriney (Middle), Metropolitan. Dnepropetrovsk; Lazar (Shvets), Metropolitan. Simferopol
1969 - Kirill (Gundyaev), Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus'; Platon (Udovenko), Metropolitan. Feodosia
1970 - Mikhail Gundyaev, prot.
1975 - Grigory (Chirkov), archbishop. Mozhaisky; Lev (Tserpitsky), Metropolitan. Novgorod
1976 - Jonathan (Eletskikh), Metropolitan. Tulchinsky; Methodius (Nemtsov), Metropolitan. Permian
1977 - Proclus (Khazov), Metropolitan. Simbirsk; Feofan (Galinsky), archbishop. Berlin
1978 - Markell (Vetrov), bishop. Tsarskoselsky
1979 - Manuil (Pavlov), Metropolitan. Petrozavodsk; Simon (Ishunin), archbishop. Brussels
1986 - Sophrony (Yushchuk), bishop. Mogilevsky
1988 - Nazariy (Lavrinenko), bishop. Kronstadt
1990 - Nikon (Vasyukov), Metropolitan. Ufa; Sergius (Bulatnikov), bishop. Velikoluksky; Tikhon (Stepanov), bishop. Arkhangelsk
1991 - Job (Smakouz), archbishop. Shumsky; Pankraty (Dubas), bishop. Skopelsky
OK. 1992 - Nikolai (Paramonov), archimandrite.
1994 - Gennady (Gogolev), bishop. Kaskelensky
1996 - Ignatius (Grigoriev), bishop. Chistopolsky; Mstislav (Dyachina), bishop. Tikhvinsky; Pavel (Fokin), Metropolitan. Khanty-Mansiysk
1997 - German (Kamalov), bishop. Sochi
1999 - Clement (Rodaikin), bishop. Krasnoslobodsky
2002 - Ignatius (Deputies), Metropolitan. Saratovsky
2005 - Elisha (Fomkin), bishop. Uryupinsky
2007 - Mitrofan (Osyak), bishop. Gatchinsky; Seraphim (Kuzminov), bishop. Belevsky; Tarasy (Vladimirov), bishop. Balashovsky
2008 - Filaret (Gusev), bishop. Dalnekonstantinovsky
2009 - Konstantin Faustov, prot.
2014 - Savva (Nikiforov), bishop. Valuysky
2016 - Alexander (Zaitsev), bishop. Plesetsky; Tarasy (Perov), bishop. Severomorsky; Dionysius Fedyunin, priest.

The ceremonial act of the new academic year took place at the Theological Academy

According to established tradition, every year on the first of September after the general Divine Liturgy, all the commanders, staff and students of the St. Petersburg Theological Academy gather in the assembly hall to open the new academic year. At the beginning of the assembly part, the secretary of the Academic Council of the Academy, Hieromonk Nikodim (Khmyrov), read out congratulations from the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill, congratulations from Metropolitan of St. Petersburg and Ladoga Barsanuphius and Chairman of the Educational Committee of the Russian Orthodox Church Archpriest Maxim Kozlov. Congratulations from many hierarchs of the Church, rectors of Theological seminaries and secular universities were also noted. Then the rector of the St. Petersburg Theological Academy, Bishop Seraphim, addressed the audience. In his speech , the bishop noted that a person who has chosen the path of pastoral service must always remember that, along with knowledge, he must have strong faith and a desire to do good.

Bishop Seraphim:

“It often happens that a person is well educated, but unsuccessful in life: he has no friends, no those whom he loves and who love him. Therefore, education is not synonymous with happiness. To be truly happy, you need to put the Lord God and spiritual values first in your life, the highest of which is love for your neighbor. A person becomes happy when, along with his intellect, he also develops his soul and heart. I sincerely wish that in the coming academic year, each of you, along with new knowledge, will increasingly discover God and the joy of communication with Him!

After the welcoming speech of the Bishop, awards were given to teachers and staff of the Theological Academy, who in the current academic year are celebrating memorable dates from the date of the beginning of teaching and work for the benefit of their native theological school. The Bishop also awarded students who completed the last academic year with excellence with certificates for scholarships named after His Holiness Patriarch Alexy II. Students who showed excellent results in studying ancient languages also received memorable gifts. After the awards, Bishop Seraphim presented books of Holy Scripture to the newly admitted undergraduate students of the Academy, the Faculty of Church Arts and Icon Painting.

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The following teachers and staff were awarded certificates of appreciation:

Archimandrite Alexander (Fedorov) – professor, head of the Icon Painting Department; Shekhovtsova Larisa Filippovna – professor of the department of church and practical disciplines; Averina Svetlana Andreevna, associate professor of the department of ancient languages; Telpis Nikolai Georgievich, associate professor of the department of church history; Karpuk Dmitry Andreevich, associate professor of the department of church history, head of graduate school; Protodeacon Kirill Zhuravlev, senior teacher of the Icon Painting Department; Viktor Pavlovich Khavronichev, assistant vice-rector for educational work; Ponomareva Olga Ivanovna, head. Office. Employees of the Theological Academy Epifanova Anna Anatolyevna and Kovaleva Larisa Iosifovna. The scholarship named after His Holiness Patriarch Alexy II was awarded to master's students priest Anthony Kopaev, hierodeacons John (Galumov) and Alexander (Stepanov), reader Evgeny Kolodny; undergraduate students Nikolai Kadura, Alexey Kharchevnikov, Alexey Shkotov, Ioann Nevzorov, Mnasonas Orphanos.

Bachelor's students Bittar Ilyas, Dobrotvorsky Vladimir, Kolesnikov Dmitry, Nevzorov Ioann, Prissekaru Oleg, Kharchevnikov Alexey, Khoboko Egor, Shkotov Alexey, Shkotov Sergey, Choi Filaret, Belokrylov Mikhail, Kalinin Maxim, Krivoshein Leonid were awarded memorable gifts for their active study of ancient languages.

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Russian Orthodox Church

St. Petersburg theological schools include an academy, a seminary, a graduate school, a regency and icon-painting department, and a department for foreign students.

The heavenly patron of St. Petersburg theological schools is the holy apostle and evangelist John the Theologian. Every year on the day of remembrance of the holy apostle - October 9 - a festive service is held and a solemn act is held.

The rector of St. Petersburg theological schools is appointed to the position by decree of His Holiness the Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' based on the determination of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church.

The rector approves the internal regulations and regulations of work, the powers of structural divisions and job responsibilities of employees of the St. Petersburg Theological Academy, seminary, regency and icon painting departments, and the faculty of foreign students. Within the limits of his competence, the rector issues orders, instructions, instructions that are mandatory for execution by employees of various divisions of SPbDA.

The main advisory body of SPbDA is the General Meeting, which includes all members of the teaching corporation.

The collegial body exercising general management of the academy’s activities is the Academic Council, separated from the General Meeting. The Academic Council includes ex officio rector, vice-rectors, secretary of the Academic Council, heads of departments, professors and associate professors. Other members of the Academic Council are elected by the General Meeting or appointed by the rector.

The rector manages the St. Petersburg Theological Academy in accordance with the academic Charter through deputies - vice-rectors, confirmed in office by the Metropolitan of St. Petersburg and Ladoga in agreement with the Educational Committee of the Russian Orthodox Church.

Vice-rectors, the secretary of the Academic Council, heads of departments, regency and icon painting departments, and the dean of the faculty of foreign students make up the administration of the St. Petersburg Theological Academy.

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Academic churches:

home academic church in honor of the Dormition of the Mother of God
Academic Church of the Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian

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