Санкт-Петербургская духовная академия | |
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Established | 1797 |
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Location | , 59°55′03″N 30°22′59″E / 59.91750°N 30.38306°E |
Website | spbda |
The Saint Petersburg Theological Academy (Russian: Санкт-Петербургская духовная академия) is a higher education institution of the Russian Orthodox Church, located in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The academy preparing theologians, clergymen, singers and icon writers for the Eastern Orthodox Church and grants bachelor, master, candidate and doctorate degrees. It was founded in 1797 by Metropolitan Gabriel (Petrov) 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 (with those of Moscow, Kiev and Kazan) of the Russian Orthodox Church.[2] The class of 1898 had a total of 235 students regularly attending classes.[2]
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