Saint Petersburg Theological Academy
The Saint Petersburg Theological Academy (Russian: Санкт-Петербургская духовная академия) is a theological seminary in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The academy grants master and doctorate degrees preparing theologians and priests for the Eastern Orthodox Church. It was founded in 1797 by , Metropolitan of Saint Petersburg, as part of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra.[1]
At the turn of the 20th Century the Saint Petersburg Theological Academy was one of four religious academies of the Russian Orthodox Church.[2] The class of 1898 had a total of 235 students regularly attending classes.[2]
Footnotes[]
- ^ Theological Academy. Encyclopedia of Saint Petersburg.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Walter Sablinsky, The Road to Bloody Sunday: Father Gapon and the St. Petersburg Massacre of 1905. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1976; pg. 42.
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Coordinates: 59°55′03″N 30°22′59″E / 59.91750°N 30.38306°E
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