Today, a first-year year student of the Moscow Theological Academy Pavel Denisik met with soldiers doing their duties in the Moscow region. He told to 500 conscripts about prenatal development of a child and some consequences of abortion according to modern scientific views.
On February 27, the bishop of Zvenigorod Pitirim and the metropolitan of Tambov and Rasskazov Theodosius, Rector of the Tambov Theological Seminary, signed a partnership agreement between two educational institutions.
On February 26 the exhibition "Holy Trinity St. Sergiu’s Laura in contemporary painting" was opened in the Elizabethan Hall of the Moscow Theological Academy. The exhibition presents the landscapes of the “Zolotoy Ples” Gallery performed at the open air sessions in the Trinity-Sergiu’s Laura in 2017-2019.
Priest Vladimir Duhovich, PhD in Biology, Head of a research center of bioethics and high technologies at the Moscow Theological Academy took part in a programme on “SPAS” TV channel. He presented some controversies which exist between public and religious ethic.
On February 19th the Training Committee’s meeting between rectors and administration staff of theological institutions took place in an St. Andrew monastery conference hall. Rector, the bishop of Zvenigorod Pitirim represented the Moscow Theological Academy.
On February 15th correspondence department graduates were given their certificates. After that they hold a public prayer at the relics of St. Sergius of Radonezh.
A research center of bioethics and high technologies at the Moscow Theological Academy has recently been
established by order of the bishop of Zvenigorod Pitirim, Rector of the MThA.
On January 29 th participants of the 27 th International Educational Christmas Readings
visited the Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN) where they took part in the 7 th
Science and practical conference “Spiritual and moral culture in high school. Battle for Victory
75 years after”.
On January 28 th 2020 a conference “Go and teach: Orthodox Missionary work in Russian
history” took place in a VDNH’s historical park “Russia is my history”. The conference was
hold as a part of the 28 th International Educational Christmas Readings that were dedicated to the
150 th anniversary of establishment of the Orthodox Missionary organization whose statute was
approved by Alexander II in November 1869.
The publishing house of the Moscow Theological Academy has released a new book “The one voice plain
singing: a manual for practicing the eight church modes”. Tatiana Panteleeva, who is an author and a
compiler, works as a church singing senior teacher of a church-practical department and a chorister’s faculty
of the Moscow Theological Academy.
On January 20 th Julia Matveeva, PhD in study of art, gave her first lecture on “Heaven and fabrics:
iconography, liturgical practice, historical development” which took place in the MThA library.
On January 15 th Chad Hatfield, President of St. Vladimir seminary in New York and a
representative of the Orthodox church in America, visited the Moscow Theological Academy.