Moscow region, Sergiev Posad, Lavra, Academy

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Rector of the Moscow Theological Academy participated in signing a Cooperation Agreement between the Church Educational Committee and the Higher Attestation Commission

On February 4, the Educational Committee of the Russian Orthodox Church and the Federal Higher Attestation Commission signed a Cooperation Agreement. Anzor Akhmedovich Muzaev, Head of the Higher Attestation Commission and Archpriest Maxim Kozlov, Chairman of the Educational Committee of the Russian Orthodox Church, represented the parties.

The agreement provides new opportunities for joint projects in the development of educational activities in the Russian Federation.

Между двумя ведомствами документ подобного уровня подписан впервые. Он открывает новые возможности для сотрудничества и информационного взаимодействия в сфере развития государственной регламентации образовательной деятельности в Российской Федерации.

“It is important for the Higher Attestation Commission to be in contact with such institutions. The quality of work can be reached only by specialists from the same professional community. An independent assessment by the Study Committee will be an important element in our objective decision-making wile licensing educational organisations” — said Anzor Muzaev.

По его словам, помощь Учебного комитета РПЦ важна Рособрнадзору, чтобы получать объективную экспертную оценку преподавания в вузах дисциплин, связанных с Православием.

“The signing of the agreement is an important milestone in the development of church-state interaction in the field of higher education. Now we have to deal with two important task of adequately assessing the theological educational institutions of the Russian Orthodox Church and giving advice in implementing elements of theological education in state universities,” — noted Archpriest Maxim Kozlov.

The participants thanked each other for the high level of mutual understanding and noted the significant amount of work done.

При подписании соглашения присутствовали:

The Russian Orthodox Church was represented by Archpriest Maxim Kozlov, Chairman of the Study Committee of the Russian Orthodox Church, Rector of the Sretenskaya Theological Seminary; the Bishop of Zvenigorod Theodorite, Rector of the Moscow Theological Academy; the Bishop of Peterhof Siluan, Rector of the St. Petersburg Theological Academy; the Bishop of Zaraisk Constantine, Rector of the Kolomna Theological Seminary; Archpriest Vladimir Vorobyov, Rector of the Orthodox St. Tikhon’s Humanitarian University; Abbot Peter (Eremeev), Rector of the Russian Orthodox University; Hieromonk Kirill (Zinkovsky), Rector of the Nikolo-Ugreshskaya Theological Seminary; Hieromonk Apollinarius (Panin), Rector of the Perervin Theological Seminary; Archpriest Mikhail Vakhrushev, First Deputy Chairman of the Educational Committee of the Russian Orthodox Church; Natalya Valerianovna Leontyeva, Head of the Control and Analytical Department of the Educational Committee.

The Higher Attestation Commission (HAC) was represented by Anzor Akhmedovich Muzaev, Head of the Federal Higher Attestation Commission; Ramzan Gusaynovich Ozdarbiev, Advisor to the Head of the HAC; Anna Sergeevna Kulakova, Assistant to the Head of HAC; Aleksey Sergeevich Emelyanov, Deputy Head of the Department of Public Services of the HAC; Alexander Vladimirovich Striga, Head of the Public Relations Department of the Project Activities and Information Technologies Department of the Higher Attestation Commission.

The MThA Press Office/Study Committee of the Russian Orthodox Church