St. Sergius Institute

St. Sergius Institute
Type	Private
Established	1925
Affiliation	Orthodox
Dean	Nicolas Cernokrak
Location	Paris, France
Campus	93, rue de Crimée 75019 Paris, France
Affiliations
Website	saint-serge.net

The St Sergius Orthodox Theological Institute (French: Institut de théologie orthodoxe Saint-Serge) in Paris, France, is a private school of higher education in Orthodox theology, founded in 1925 in conformity with French legislation and the norms of European university education, accredited by the Académie de Paris. The mission of the St. Sergius Institute is to form educated priests and laypeople, intending to serve actively the Orthodox Church and representing it in the ecumenical dialogue, as well as in the religious and cultural life of their own country. It is under the canonical jurisdiction of the Archdiocese of Russian Orthodox churches in Western Europe, under the omophorion of the Russian Orthodox Church.

Education[]

The St. Sergius Institute:

Offers a complete program of licentiate, masters and doctoral degrees
Serves as a centre of theological education by correspondence^[2]
Is a centre of pastoral training
Provides teaching in the sacred arts, iconography and liturgical singing
Serves as a laboratory for research in religious history and science
Contains a library of more than 35,000 books and rare journals^[3]
Is a place of meeting and colloquia, including the annual "Liturgical Week" sessions

Teaching is in the French language. There is a charge for taking courses and scholarships are available.

History[]

The church was originally a German Protestant church. Friedrich von Bodelschwingh bought the site to construct a church, a school and other facilities to help German workers in Paris.