The MThA Rector headed the section “Theology in Education” at the VI Professorial Forum

November 16, 2023, within the framework of the VI Professorial Forum “Science and education as the basis for the development of Russia. Personnel for an Innovative Economy”, a scientific section “Theology in Education: Unity of Aim, Relevance of Tasks, Accuracy of Emphasis” headed by the Bishop of Sergiev Posad and Dmitrov Kirill, Rector of the Moscow Theological Academy, took place at the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation.

The chairman of the scientific and field section was the Bishop of Sergiev Posad and Dmitrov Kirill, Abbot of the Holy Trinity St. Sergius Lavra, Rector of the Moscow Theological Academy, President of the Scientific and Educational Theological Association (NOTA), Dr. of Theology. The moderators were Professor D.V. Shmonin, Director of the Institute of Theology at the St. Petersburg State University, Chairman of the Scientific Council of NOTA, Chairman of the Expert Council of the Higher Attestation Committee under the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia in Theology, and Associate Professor G.I. Teplykh, Executive director of NOTA, Deputy Vice-rector for scientific work of the All-Church Postgraduate and Doctoral Studies named after Sts. Cyril and Methodius.

The Bishop of Sergiev Posad and Dmitrov Kirill noted in his speech: .Unity of purpose is determined by the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation “On approval of the Fundamentals of State Policy for the Preservation and Strengthening of Traditional Russian Spiritual and Moral Values” dated November 9, 2022 No. 809. The significance of this document is obvious, and its implementation requires legal, political and ideological support.”

Such work was initiated by university rectors, who are members of our Association, he continued. The process has already been started and bringing all Russian legislation into compliance with Decree No. 809 was suggested by N.M. Kropachev, Rector of the St. Petersburg State University, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, supported by the Administration of the President of the Russian Federation and the apparatus of the Federal Government, a consortium of law universities and faculties. ..

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The specific tasks of theological schools, classical and pedagogical universities, universities of culture and art, and other educational centers were named to the members of the Association by His Holiness Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' Kirill. The tasks of theological schools and universities, His Holiness emphasized, are to train the clergy and workers of religious organizations. Theology in secular universities are to give students the most important ideological principles of our civilization, its cultural codes, aim to prepare well-qualified theologians and university teachers, secondary school teachers, state and government employees. In the future prospects, we should remember that the core of our civilization, our cultural codes, as His Holiness Patriarch Kirill mentioned, is in religion and our tradition, the Rector of the Moscow Theological Academy concluded.

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