MThA Holds Final Academic Council Meeting of the Academic Year
On June 26, 2025, an extended meeting of the Academic Council of the Moscow Theological Academy took place in the Elizabeth Hall.
At the start of the meeting, diplomas for the title of Docent were presented to the Rector of MThA, Bishop Kirill of Sergiev Posad and Dmitrov, and to the Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs of MThA, Priest Pavel Lizgunov. Diplomas for the degree of Candidate of Theology were also awarded to three Academy graduates who successfully defended their dissertations during the academic year at the MThA dissertation councils: Hieromonk Clavdian (Menshikov), Priest Pyotr Guryanov, and Priest Dimitry Slugin.
The meeting also included a competition for filling vacant positions for teaching staff. Documents from 22 candidates were reviewed during the competition.
The results of the competition will be sent to the Nominating Commission of the Russian Orthodox Church's Education Committee for approval by His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus’.
The Academic Council also heard the annual reports from the Rector, Vice-Rectors, deans of faculties, and heads of departments.
The Academic Council elected former professors of the Academy as Honorary Members of the Moscow Theological Academy:
- Metropolitan Leonty of Voronezh and Liskinsky
- Bishop Panteleimon of Bikinsky
- Bishop Euthymius of Lukhovitsy
Additionally, the Academic Council awarded the title of Honorary Doctor of the Moscow Theological Academy (honoris causa) to V.D. Yudin, a long-serving professor at the Academy.
A decision was made to hold the next Academic Council meeting on August 29, 2025.
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