Moscow region, Sergiev Posad, Lavra, Academy

Кафедра филологии

The Department of Philology exists in the structure of the Moscow Theological Academy since 2003. Since that time Professor Vladimir Mikhailovich Kirillin has been the head of the Department of Philology.

The Department employs 42 people: 5 professors, 6 associate professors, 5 senior lecturers, 14 lecturers, 9 assistants, 2 researchers and 1 secretary.

The area of the departments interests and professional responsibility in the bachelor's, master's and postgraduate studies includes modern foreign languages (English, French, German, Modern Greek), ancient languages (ancient Greek, Latin, Old Slavonic, Church Slavonic), modern Russian language, history of Russian literary language, Russian as a foreign language, stylistics of Russian language, history of Russian secular and spiritual literature of XI-XX centuries, History of World Literature, History of Byzantine Literature, History of Hagiography as a section of Christian Literature, Introduction to Literature, Texology, Introduction to Linguistics, Homiletics, Rhetoric, Speechwriting and some other disciplines related to Slavic and Byzantine Studies.

The Department thus ensures the implementation of the main educational programmes of higher education in the following areas of training:

1) 48.03.01 Theology, specialization in "Practical Orthodoxy Theology" in the bachelor's degree programme;

2) "Training of ministers and religious personnel of a religious organization", specialization in "Greek Christian Literature" in the master's degree programme (professor, candidate of theology, hegumen Dionysius (Shlenov);

3) "Training of ministers and religious personnel of a religious organizations", specialization in "Russian spiritual literature" in the master's programme (Head of the specialization, Associate Professor, Candidate of Theology, Priest Demitrius (Baritsky);
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In addition, the department offers the preparatory one year programme of the bachelor's degree, a propaedeutical course of Christian literature for the two above mentioned specialization. It also works with the Distance Learning Department of the MThA.

The Department prepares graduates of the bachelor's, master of theology and candidate of theology level within the framework of two academic directions: "Works of ascetic literature of Byzantium (IV-XIV centuries): research, publishing, translations" and "Reception of Christian culture in Russian literature".

Teachers of the department hold academic conferences on Russian and Slavic philology every two years under the general name "Sacrament of the Word and Image", inviting specialists from different Russian universities and theological educational institutions. Works of these conferences are published. Besides, two times a year the department organizes student conferences for students and graduates of the Department. The Department published two journals: "Metaphrast" (under the auspices of the specialization in "Greek Christian Literature") and "Word and Image" (under the auspices of the "Russian spiritual literature" specialization). These journals contain the results of the academic work of both employees and students of the Department of Philology.

The department consists of two doctors of philology (A. A. Volkov and V. M. Kirillin), one doctor of theology (B. A. Nelyubov) and one doctor of culturology (D. V. Makarov), as well as candidates of theology. Two thirds of the members of the department have higher secular special education, and the rest are graduates of higher theological educational institutions. Some of the faculty members have completed internships abroad.

The works of the teaching staff of the department are diverse. First of all, it should be noted that the instructors combine their duties at the Academy with their work at secular institutions - at the Lomonosov Moscow State University, the Moscow Pedogogical State University, the A. M. Gorky Institute of World Literature, Russian Academy of Sciences and other universities, including foreign ones.

Many teachers are not limited to teaching, but are also involved in academic research and work on teaching aids, public science and social church activities.

Publications

Статья профессора Московской духовной академии игумена Дионисия (Шлëнова) «От времени к вечности: О восьмом дне Воскресения и встрече с Воскресшим».
Статья профессора Московской духовной академии игумена Дионисия (Шленова), посвященная теме воскресения Лазаря.
Выпускники Московской духовной академии обратились со словами благодарности к администрации, преподавателям и сотрудникам Академии.

News

8 July 2024
В Московской духовной академии прошли вступительные экзамены на всех профилях магистратуры.
3 July 2024
On July 2, 2024, entrance exams for Master's programs took place at the Moscow Theological Academy.
11 June 2024
В период с 3 по 4 июня 2024 года в Санкт-Петербургской духовной академии прошла конференция «Князья, иерархи и люди Древней Руси между властью, повседневностью и храмом», в которой приняли участие доцент и магистранты МДА.
10 June 2024
6 июня 2024 года Музей христианского искусства и кафедра филологии МДА представили проект «Пушкинский день в МДА», включающий интерактивную лекцию на тему «Поэтический диалог Пушкина и митрополита Филарета (Дроздова)».
25 May 2024
7 мая 2024 года Министерство образования и науки РФ присвоило профессорам МДА В.М. Кириллину и А.К. Светозарскому почетное звание.
5 April 2024
В период с 31 марта по 3 апреля 2024 года в Санкт-Петербурге проходила Международная научная конференция «Гоголь и Петербург: жизнь, творчество, литературное окружение», участие в которой принял доцент МДА архимандрит Симеон (Томачинский).
31 January 2024
31 января 2024 года доценту кафедры филологии МДА игумену Мелетию (Соколову) исполняется 60 лет. Ректор, профессорско-преподавательская корпорация и студенты духовной школы поздравляют его с юбилеем.
21 December 2023
On December 17, the final of the Speech competition took place in the Great Hall of the Moscow Theological Academy. The competition has been held for three years. This year it was attended also by students from the Moscow State University named after M.V. Lomonosov and the Moscow State Institute of International Relations under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.
21 December 2023
13 декабря 2023 года в диссертационном совете Московского государственного университета им. М.В. Ломоносова по классической, византийской и новогреческой филологии​ состоялась защита кандидатской диссертации преподавателя кафедры филологии МДА Романа Сергеевича Соловьёва.
11 December 2023
On December 8, 2023, the Philology Department of the Moscow Theological Academy held the All-Russian scientific and practical conference “Hermeneutics of the Christian text in Literature, Language, Art”.
13 November 2023
9 ноября 2023 года на кафедре филологии МДА состоялась лекция профессора Белградского университета Виктора Савича на тему «Почерк и орфография святого Саввы Сербского».
8 November 2023
On November 7, 2023, the inter-university conference “Occidens orthodoxus: Latin Christian literature of the first millennium” took place at the Elizabeth Hall of the Moscow Theological Academy.