Theology is awardly

The dissertation council of theology pre -examined the first work in modern Russia in this specialty and appointed defense at the end of May. This was reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the department of external church ties of the Moscow Patriarchate.

The student of the academic degree on theology, Archpriest Pavel Khondzinsky, presented to the Council a dissertation on the “resolution of the problems of Russian theology of the 18th century in the synthesis of St. Filaret, Metropolitan of Moscow”. In case of successful protection, the Archpriest will be awarded the degree of candidate of philosophical and historical sciences.

In March last year, Moscow State University Viktor Sadovnichy, Russian Academy of National Economy and Civil Service of the President Vladimir Mau and the Orthodox Holy Tikhonovsky University, Archpriest Vladimir Vorobyov, as well as the rector of general church graduate school and doctoral studies, Metropolitan Ilarion (Alfeev) signed an agreement on the creation on the creation on the basis of their establishments of the United Dissertation Council in the specialty "Theology" .

This is the first dissertation council on theology in modern Russia. His education became possible after the decision of the Presidium of the Higher Certificate Commission, which on October 12, 2015 recognized the theology as a scientific specialty.

In recent years, the Russian Orthodox Church has been actively fighting for the discovery of the Department of Theology both in theological and secular universities. In November 2012, the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill said that obtaining higher theological education is an obvious need for modern society .

A month earlier, the Department of Theology was opened in MEPhI. She was headed by Metropolitan Hilarion. The appearance of this department caused protests of the scientific community. In particular, 91 Academician and corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences expressed “special fears” in connection with the “general trend of growing clericalization of society”.

The Russian Orthodox Church, however, assured that the department did not interfere in the work of other university units.