News
20.01.2026
On January 18 and 19, 2026, on the day of the Baptism of the Lord Jesus Christ, festive services were held at the Intercession Church of MThA.
18.01.2026
On January 17 and 18, 2026, on Sunday, faculty and students offered prayer to God at the festive services of the Forefeast of the Lord's Baptism in the Intercession Church.
07.01.2026
On January 6 and 7, 2026, on the radiant feast of Christ's Nativity, the academic community offered prayer at the solemn services, led by Archimandrite Venidikt (Knyazev).
07.01.2026
On January 6, solemn services of the Forefeast of the Nativity of Christ were held in the Intercession Church of the Moscow Theological Academy. Vespers in conjunction with the Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great was led by MThA Rector Bishop Kirill.
30.12.2025
On December 29, 2025, a meeting of the Academic Council of the Moscow Theological Academy was held.
28.12.2025
On December 25, 26, and 27, reviews of student works for the first half of the 2025/2026 academic year were held in the workshops of the Icon Painting Faculty of the Academy.
Publications
His Holiness Patriarch of Serbia Porfirije
Address by His Holiness Patriarch of Serbia Porfirije «On True Theology»
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.
We gave teachers a certain level of freedom in choosing the form of lessons.
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.
Academic church of the Intercession of Theotokos celebrates its 150th anniversary
“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.









