We present to your attention the address delivered by His Holiness Patriarch of Serbia, Porfirije, at the solemn ceremony of awarding His Holiness with an honorary doctorate from the Moscow Theological Academy. The address is preceded by words addressed to His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, the rector of MThA, Bishop Kirill of Sergiev Posad and Dmitrovsk, archpastors and pastors, professors, teachers, postgraduate students, students, and staff of the theological school.

Due to the coronavirus prevention acts, the Moscow Theological Academy switched to distance learning. Priest Pavel Lizgunov, Vice-Rector for Academic work, commented on how the theological education is implemented in a new form.

“Only God knows how many good and holy intentions have ripened here in prayer to serve Him and the Church”. An academic church in honour of the Intercession of Theotokos is 150 years old.