Moscow region, Sergiev Posad, Lavra, Academy

14.10.2026
On October 13 and 14, festal services for the feast of the Intercession of the Most Holy Theotokos were held at the Moscow Theological Academy’s Intercession Church. Hierarchs, clergy, monastics, and laypeople gathered in prayer to celebrate the patronal feast of the Academy church.
09.10.2026
On October 7 and 8, the feast of the repose of St Sergius, Hegumen of Radonezh, festal services were held at the Intercession Church of the theological school. Hierarchs, clergy, monastics, and laypeople who had come to the Lavra to honour the memory of the great servant of God prayed at the services.
26.09.2026
On September 24, the feast day of St. Silouan the Athonite, a French language Divine Liturgy was celebrated in the Lavra’s Smolensk Church. Academy faculty and students took part.
22.09.2026
On September 20 and 21, 2026, festive services for the Nativity of the Most Holy Mother of God were held in the Academy’s Church of the Intercession, led by Archimandrite Hilarion (Forkavets).
29.08.2026
On August 27 and 28, 2026, the feast of the Dormition of the Most Holy Mother of God, festal services were held at the Moscow Theological Academy. Archimandrite Hilarion (Forkavets), the Academy’s spiritual father, presided at the All-Night Vigil, and Archimandrite Venedikt (Knyazev) at the Divine Liturgy.
17.06.2026
On June 4 and 5, 2026, alumni of the Moscow Theological Academy's class of 1996 gathered at the monastery of St. Sergius and their alma mater to mark the 30th anniversary of their graduation by sharing the joy of meeting in common prayer.
24.05.2026
On May 22, 2026, during the Liturgy at the Church of the Presentation of the Lord in Dmitrov, MThA Rector Bishop Kirill ordained Deacon Sergiy Gorbunov and master's student Iakov Chubachuk to the sacred ministry.
09.04.2026
On April 7, 2026, Bishop Kirill led the Divine Liturgy in the Assumption Church of the village of Obukhovo, Solnechnogorsk district, during which he ordained students of the Moscow Theological Academy to sacred orders.
29.03.2026
On March 28 and 29, 2026, on the fifth Sunday of Great Lent, services dedicated to the memory of St. Mary of Egypt were held at the Academy. The Liturgy was led by the Rector of the MThA, Bishop Kirill. During the service, the Bishop performed a diaconal ordination.
07.03.2026
On March 6, 2026, Bishop Kirill of Sergiev Posad and Dmitrov performed the monastic tonsure of Reader Seraphim Mishakov, a second-year master's student.
22.02.2026
On February 22, 2026, on the eve of the Monday of the first week of Great Lent, Vespers with the Rite of Forgiveness was celebrated in the Intercession Church of the MThA. The service was led by the Academy's confessor, Archimandrite Hilarion (Forkavets).
06.02.2026
On the commemoration day of St. Maximus the Greek, Bishop Kirill celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the Refectory Church of the Lavra and ordained MThA student Oleg Bushuev to the diaconate.