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    St. Tikhon's Orthodox University is an educational institution of the Russian Orthodox Church. The university trains specialists in Orthodox Theology and Church History, Slavic and Russian Philology, Foreign Languages, Russian History, Teacher Training, Economics, Social Studies, Sacred Music, and Church Arts.
    The hope of famous Russian Orthodox hierarchs, such as Metropolitan Vladimir (Bogoyavlensky) and Archbishop Theodor (Pozdeyevsky), was to establish an Orthodox university for the laity. At the beginning of the 20th century, by tradition, only future priests could receive theological training in the seminaries and theological academies. In the early 1920s, Patriarch Tikhon gave his blessing to open an Orthodox university in Moscow. But this project was impossible to carry out Soviet Russia. The university's history began in 1990 when the first theological courses for laity were organized at the parish of St. Nicholas in Kuznetskaya Sloboda in Moscow. In 1992 the theological courses were reorganized, and St. Tikhon's Orthodox Theological Institute was established under the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Alexy II. The Russian Ministry of Education officially registered the institute in 1998, and 2004 received university status. The Senate (Senatus Academicus), the university's supreme academic body, coordinates the university's spiritual and administrative life. The Rector, the Very Revd head it. Prof. Vladimir Vorobiev.
    At St. Tikhon's Orthodox University, education is offered in ten faculties - Theology, Missions, Sacred Arts, Sacred Music, Philology, Teacher Training, History, Social Sciences, Computer Science, and Applied Mathematics. Introductory theological study is part of the curriculum for all students. In 2011/12, the academic year, 2116 students were enrolled at St. Tikhon's Orthodox University.
    The university system of teaching theological disciplines is made following Russian Orthodox theological seminaries and academies' traditions. The experience of foreign theological faculties, institutes, and academies has also been incorporated into the teaching system. The Board of Post-Graduate papers coordinates the defense of PhDs and Doctorates in different fields.
    St. Tikhon's Orthodox University publishes several series, including textbooks for theological schools, books about the Russian Orthodox Church's modern history, and translations of the Church Fathers. St. Tikhon's Orthodox University implements several scholarly and educational programs jointly with State educational institutions, institutions abroad, and scholarly foundations. We cooperate closely with research and educational centers in Belorussia, Bulgaria, Denmark, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Holland, Italy, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Switzerland, Syria, and the USA.
    Our students regularly participate in exchange programs. Our professors travel abroad to give lectures, and professors and academics from abroad visit the university each year. In particular, our most extended experiences of exchange programs are with Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (Milan, Italy), Humboldt-Universität Zu Berlin (Germany), and Pittsburgh Theological Seminary (USA).

    Saint Tikhon's Orthodox University
    Founding year: 1992
    Website: Visit Website
    Number of students: 0
    Genders Accepted: Mixed (Co-education)
    Leadership: Very Rev. Georgy Orekhanov (Rector)
    Number of staff: 0
    Type: Universities

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    Address: Saint Tikhon's Orthodox University, st. Novokuznetskaya, 23 B, Moscow , 115184, Russian Federation



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