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UNIQUENESS OF PSTGU Studying at PSTGU, students have the opportunity to simultaneously develop in different directions, taking into account individual needs. On the one hand, the University offers at 9 faculties 52 programs of study in the field of liberal education in popular specialties with the issuance of state diplomas. On the other hand, the programs offered make it possible not only to obtain a relevant specialty, but also to expand the range of competencies by studying foreign languages and obtaining several professions.INTERNSHIP IN THE LEADING UNIVERSITIES OF EUROPE PSTGU creates opportunities for obtaining the first professional experience in the process of internships and practices. The university has partnerships with 12 universities in Europe and the USA, where PSTGU students can study and practice on exchange programs. Thus, each student can build an individual development trajectory, which may include obtaining several specialties at once, good language and theological training. EDUCATION QUALITY CRITERIA The quality of education is an important criterion for evaluating the activities of PSTGU, which is achieved through the scientific activities of the university, its own methods, the high level of qualifications of teachers and well-known invited experts. PSTGU teachers are high-level experts in their fields, often speak at Russian and international scientific conferences, as well as give lectures at other universities. Within the walls of the university, students from Europe and the United States also undergo training and internships. PSTGU AND SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITY For those who wish to devote themselves to scientific activities, the university provides the opportunity to continue their studies in the magistracy and postgraduate studies, publish works in the publications of PSTU, work in research centers, and participate in conferences.STUDENT LIFE The university has an active and varied student life, it is the venue for numerous scientific and cultural events. MATERIAL AND TECHNICAL BASE OF PSTGU The good material and technical base of the university allows the use of modern technologies in the learning process. Also, students can use libraries, electronic resources, canteens, and even a co-working studio to prepare for classes and relax. A hostel is provided for non-resident students. AVAILABILITY OF BUDGET PLACES AND HOSTEL In 2018 the university offers applicants 375 "budget" places, some of which are funded from the state budget, part - from own funds, as well as 392 places on a paid basis. For the period of study at PSTGU, young men of military age are granted a deferment from the army. Studying at PSTGU requires students to be purposeful, hard-working and willing to learn. Only in this case, all the opportunities that the university provides will allow you to get a good base and the benefits necessary for further employment.PSTGU is waiting for its students!

— Your university has become the first educational institution of the Russian Orthodox Church that graduates specialists with state diplomas. How did this happen, and how was it necessary to change the program of a religious educational institution in order to gain recognition on a par with secular universities?

- The Orthodox St. Tikhon Theological Institute (PSTBI), established in 1992 by His Holiness Patriarch Alexy II, first received state accreditation in 1997, using the educational standard in theology that had already been in force since 1992-1993. However, this standard was not satisfactory. At the PSTBI, at the suggestion of the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation, a standard on theology of the second generation was developed, which was approved by the ministry. It was based on the principle of multi-confessionalism. The new standard included a number of blocks common to different religions (for example, philosophy, history, foreign languages, elements of economics, computer science, and others), and a block of religious training disciplines, which is the main one in terms of the number of teaching hours.

A department of theology was created in the educational and methodological association (UMO) of classical universities, which included representatives of different religions. At the same time, there was not a single inter-religious conflict in the UMO in theology, with which opponents of the standard in theology frightened us. Already on the basis of new standards, PSTBI confirmed its state accreditation in 2002, and two years later received the status of a university and became known as the Orthodox St. Tikhon Humanitarian University (PSTU).

The differences between our curricula and the programs of theological schools are not fundamental. We had to include in our curricula subjects that are mandatory for all liberal arts universities wishing to have state accreditation. But we believe that our students should have an idea about economics, computer science, and the history of science. Physical education classes, which are mandatory for everyone, are also necessary for our students. The number of teaching hours devoted to theological disciplines differs slightly from the norms of theological schools.

— What, in your opinion, is the difference between theological education and religious studies?

— The relationship between theology and religious studies is in many ways similar to the relationship between an artist and an art critic, a pianist or composer and a musicologist, and so on. It is impossible, for example, to replace mathematics or physics with the history of science in general. In Russia, unfortunately, religious studies have become the direct successor of "scientific atheism", which is easily seen both in the biographies of leading religious scholars and in their printed publications. But even in Europe, religious studies remain a comparative science and do not pretend to replace theology, which studies religious experience from the inside, and always from confessional positions.

Religious studies use the archetypes developed by theology, the conceptual apparatus, terminology, etc. All this clearly illustrates the comparison of curricula in the specialties "theology" and "religious studies". To become an Orthodox theologian, one must have a thorough knowledge of ancient languages, biblical studies, church history, patristics, liturgical theology, and so on. The religious scholar has the most superficial ideas about all this.

— How many graduates graduate from your university, what is the competition for admission? Where do graduates go to work - in the Church, in state institutions or in schools as teachers of the "Fundamentals of Orthodox Culture"? What are the prospects for ministry or work in the Church of graduates of your university?

- There are currently ten faculties at PSTGU. The greatest competition happens at the faculty of church arts, theological, philological, historical faculties. Approximately 250 people graduate from the university every year. Most of them are determined with the place of work even before graduation. A significant part of theologians become clergymen, teachers. Graduates of other faculties - employees of educational and administrative institutions of the Church, icon painters, restorers, choir directors, social workers, journalists, etc.

Female students make up approximately 50 percent of students at St. Tikhon's University. Girls study on a common basis with boys, with the exception of the pastoral department of the theological faculty. But there are specialties that attract girls more, for example, church singing, elementary school pedagogy. The department of church sewing, reviving the ancient art of gold embroidery, is entirely female. Many specialties open up the possibility for girls to serve in the Church—as choir directors, choristers, icon painters, restorers, and Sunday school teachers in social, educational, and publishing institutions of the Church. It was at our university that the first woman in Russia, Master of Theology Natalya Sukhova, received her theological education. This high academic degree was awarded to her for her excellent work on the history of the reforms of theological academies.

— Are there any representatives of the episcopate of the Russian Orthodox Church among the graduates of your university?

- Recently, there was information in the press that students and graduates of your university are taking part in the creation of the so-called "Orthodox Corps" within the Nashi movement. How would you comment on this information?

- Some time ago, leaflets were hung in the lobby of PSTGU, inviting students to participate in the Nashi movement. Then, on the Novosti.ru website, a message appeared that on May 23, Nashi deputy head Boris Yakemenko spoke to students and graduates of PSTGU in the office of a certain youth movement. Maybe there were several students there, but there can be no talk of an organized participation of the university in the Nashi movement. The charter of PSTGU excludes the possibility of organized participation of the university in any politicized actions. Students and alumni as individuals are free to meet whoever they want, but I'm sure there hasn't been any significant media coverage of this topic.

«NG-Religions» / Patriarchy.ru

We asked the graduates of the Faculty of Philology a question: “What do you think PSGU gave you?” Below are some of the answers. In parentheses is the year of graduation and the level of education received by us. Place of work and occupation of the graduate are indicated at the time of the survey.

Natalya Nikolaevna Tokareva, teacher at a public school, private tutor (2017, bachelor's degree):

Excellent teaching staff, human attitude, freedom from corruption in the educational institution, discipline, churching.

Daria Vyacheslavovna Gryaznykh (Dyachenko), teacher of Russian language and literature, MBOU "Averinskaya secondary school" of the Gubkinsky district of the Belgorod region (2017, bachelor's degree):

PSTGU gave me four years of life among people for whom church life and Christian values are the norm. This is the main thing for which I am grateful to the university. And also for the real friends that I met here, for the interesting people who taught with us, for the internship in Italy - this is an invaluable life experience.

A lot of knowledge, discipline, responsibility, many true friends and acquaintance with amazing teachers, some of them, by the way, also became my friends. The ability to work with huge amounts of information, correctly format texts, prioritize, find a common language with different people, look at the same subject in different ways. The most useful subjects were "Philological work with text", "Practical literacy", "Practical journalism", "English language" and "Workshop on spelling and punctuation".

Aleksandra Valerievna Chernookaya, editor-in-chief of the STV news channel, teacher of Russian language and literature (part-time), editor of the youth supplement of the newspaper, master student of the Perm State National Research University (2017, bachelor's degree):

I think the skills of writing information, the propensity for research activities, the ability to engage in painstaking work for a long time. Education.

Ksenia Sergeevna Naumenko, teacher of Russian language and literature, GBPOU "SPK" Moskomsport (2017, master's degree):

PSTGU gave me a high-quality philological education, taught me flexibility, and also strengthened me in faith. PSTGU gave a large amount of necessary knowledge, developed willpower and endurance, taught not to idealize the church structure and understand that there are people everywhere and there are sins everywhere, however, he taught to see God's spark in everyone, and through the raid of our material in a religious organization (Orthodox) to see Church of Christ. PSTGU gave me wonderful friends and a husband. And also the most talented teachers, whom I will always try to imitate, and I hope that this will succeed, at least a little. I would like to express special gratitude to E. E. Seregina for helping her neighbors and incredible kindness; M. A. Rodina, who for three years helped in writing bachelor's and master's thesis, taught by her own example to be more tolerant and gentler towards students; I. E. Melentieva for the most interesting couples and the explanation that in life not everything happens as we want; O. V. Albrecht for exciting couples and instilling a love for foreign literature of the second half of the 19th-20th centuries; G. N. Khrapovitskaya for the most atmospheric classes and a personal example of what it means to be an intellectual, and of course, A. V. Korovin and O. N. Sklyarov for classes that remained not only in memory, but also in the heart (like themselves teachers), whose words and advice are remembered today and help in various difficulties.

Maria Romanovna Svanidze, primary school English teacher at the Night-Giving Spring secondary school (2017, bachelor's degree):

PSTGU gave me not only high-quality and comprehensive knowledge, but also strengthened my interest in philology. In addition, PSTGU is a university with a unique atmosphere and people who allow the personality to reveal itself to the fullest extent.

Anton Yuryevich Vakhranev, Logistics Manager of the Mayak Bureau printing company (2016, bachelor's degree):

PSTGU gave me a lot. In short, then: knowledge, meeting interesting people, the opportunity to live alone, the opportunity to learn what is interesting. Thank you.

N.N., Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, forensic expert (2016, bachelor's degree):

PSTGU gave me an excellent education, formed a certain attitude towards the Church, gave me many wonderful acquaintances.

Maria Ilyinichna Krasovitskaya, correspondent-translator at the International News Agency "Russia Today" (2015, bachelor's degree):

It was at PSTGU that I was taught what I plan to devote my whole life to. This is a literary translation. O. Yu. Mar opened this art to me, instilled faith in myself, gave me knowledge that I want to develop and deepen since then. I invariably analyze any text from the point of view of translation. For me, this is both hard work and a matter for the soul, leisure and self-realization.

French is my favorite language. I continue to study it, and the base that E.N. Shapenko gave me still helps me a lot. One of the main conditions for successful language learning (and any business) is self-demanding. And it is Ekaterina Nikolaevna who educates students like no one else.

O. N. Sklyarov taught at my school. For me, this is a teacher with a capital letter. A reverent, subtle and deep attitude to the text, love and respect for the word - it was he who showed me how important this is. It is he who is my model Philologist. And the knowledge that I gained in the classes of Oleg Nikolayevich helped me subsequently enter the master's program at HSE.

I am a philologist and literary critic. But at some point I seriously thought about how to do linguistics. The reason for this is the lectures of A. V. Vdovichenko. I never became a linguist, but a sincere interest in this science, as well as the specific theoretical knowledge that Andrei Viktorovich gave me, continue to support me in my further studies in philology.

Elena Sergeevna Kasukhina, teacher of Russian language and literature, school 2126 "Perovo" (2015, specialty):

PSTGU gave me good teachers, true friends with whom we still communicate, diverse knowledge, very interesting subjects, thank you very much!

Maria Ivanovna Sidorova, proofreader at the news portal Life.ru (2015, specialist):

The main thing that a university should give is the ability to learn. In addition, relevant knowledge in the chosen specialty. And warm relations, which are still maintained, both with other students and with teachers.

Irina Olegovna Skvortsova, teacher of English at Penza State University (2015, specialty):

Of the knowledge and skills acquired at the university, diligence, good pronunciation, the ability to present language material in an interesting way, and understanding of students came in handy in my work. PSTGU gave me knowledge, a profession and many, many friends!

Elizaveta Sergeevna Gavrilina, English teacher at St. Peter's Orthodox School (2015, bachelor's degree):

The knowledge of the language that the university gave me was very useful. The example of my teachers was useful, as well as the ability to work under tight deadlines.

Vera Olegovna Svinarchuk, teacher of the Church Slavonic language of the Sunday School at the Church of the Holy Martyrs Boris and Gleb in Zyuzin, Moscow; Lecturer, Department of Theory and History of Language, Faculty of Philology, PSTGU (2015, Master's degree):

Good higher education, of course! As well as the opportunity to develop personally and intellectually in a favorable, partly even “hothouse” environment, without being pressured by values and stereotypes alien to me; friendly and professional ties; a feeling of being a part of a large community of smart, talented, young (at least in soul :) people who are not indifferent to the life of the Church and society, especially to the intellectual side of this life ... I think my worldview was largely formed during the years of study within the walls of PSTGU.

Daria Aleksandrovna Aleksandrova, teacher of Italian in courses with experience in several schools (2014, specialty):

Consciousness in faith... On a personal level: communication with people, including those of different faiths, the opportunity to develop one's position and learn how to function in a diverse society. Professionally: summer schools and internships in Italy, which largely determined my professional activity.

Kristina Gennadievna Samuylova, lecturer at the Department of Romance Philology, Deputy dean for educational work of the philological faculty of PSTGU; Italian teacher and inspector of St. Peter's Orthodox School (2013, specialty):

PSTGU brought me up not only professionally, but also in life. When you see living examples of ascetics before your eyes, you want to follow and learn a lot from them, not only professionally, but also in spiritual life. It remains only to learn how to calculate their strength.

Kristina Viktorovna Litvintseva, Senior Lecturer, School of Linguistics, National Research University Higher School of Economics (2012, master's degree):

Ability to speak at conferences and write articles.

Anna Nikolaevna Melnik, head of the translation bureau, professional interpreter (Paris) (2011, specialty):

PSTGU gave me everything - it was the first step towards the life of my dreams. Without PSTGU, nothing in my life would have been possible. This wonderful university taught me to think and never give up. After PSTGU, I studied at many universities, in Russia and France, I had teachers from different countries, but the best of all remained forever - K. A. Aleksandrova and E. M. Koroleva. The strongest base, the strongest knowledge, the greatest development both scientific and personal, the most sincere attention, the most correct advice - I received from them. I was very lucky to study under their guidance and I am happy to know them.

Ekaterina Olegovna Nadolskaya, secretary-translator of the Italian school named after. Italo Calvino (2011, major):

Education, friends, unforgettable student years!

Maria Ivanovna Khazhomia, Ph.D., lecturer at the Department of Theory and History of Language, PSTGU (2011, specialty):

The opportunity to communicate with people from the church circle, while gaining knowledge about philology and about yourself.

Alexander Yuryevich Karpukhin, chief bibliographer of VGBIL (2011, specialty):

Knowledge of foreign languages, general erudition, the skill of collecting and systematizing information.

Alena Alexandrovna Malovichko, mother of five children (2006, specialty):

I am very, very grateful to everyone who taught me and to those who created and supported this institute. I am not the best graduate, as I hardly applied my skills and knowledge in practice, but PSTGU gave me much more than just a diploma of education.

Elena Valerievna Nedich, lecturer at the Theological Faculty of the University of Belgrade (2006, specialty):

Professional knowledge, life experience, the joy of communicating with many amazing people and much more.

Alexandra Andreevna Ostrovskaya, teacher of French and Italian at the Soho Bridge language school; chorister and choir director at the Church of the Transfiguration of the Savior on Bolvanovka (2005, specialty):

Churchness, a correct understanding of faith, the basis and meaning of life. Developed my talents and made my dream come true - to learn Italian. He gave two professions at once: a teacher of languages and a chorister in the temple (not directly, but thanks to the Institute). A huge circle of acquaintances among believers, professionals in various fields. By the way, my husband too! And a few close friends. Good start in life. Thank God for everything!

Tatyana Aleksandrovna Levshenko, PhD in Philology, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Modern Russian Language, Faculty of Philology, PSTGU; editor of the Department of Liturgical Books of the Publishing House of the Moscow Patriarchate (2001, specialty):

A good education, a good job, communication with good people and even a family (I met my husband within the walls of PSTGU).

Anna Vyacheslavovna Valkova, lecturer at the Department of Theory and History of Language and the Department of German Philology of the Philological Faculty of PSTGU (2001, specialty):

A decent liberal arts education is, in a way, a new way of looking at the world.

Students study at nine faculties: theological, historical, philological, pedagogical, church arts, church singing, social sciences, computer science and applied mathematics, additional education. There is a full-time department (at all faculties, except for the faculty of additional education), an evening department (at the faculties of theological, missionary, pedagogical, church singing, the theoretical department of the faculty of church arts, the faculty of additional education), a correspondence department (at the faculties of theological, missionary, pedagogical, social sciences, additional education). For the possibility of distance learning, the Institute of Distance Education operates. Every year the university takes part in many scientific conferences.

Lectures and seminars are held in the buildings at Likhovy Lane, 6 (Faculty of Theology), 1st Novokuznetsky Lane, 4, building 1,2 (Faculties of Church Singing, Informatics and Applied Mathematics) and on Ilovaiskaya Street, 9 (other faculties).

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Theological-catechetical courses

The idea of creating an Orthodox university, where, unlike theological seminaries and academies, everyone could study, and not just those preparing to take the dignity, was formed in the 1980s among the students and spiritual children of Archpriest Vsevolod Shpiller (d. 1984 ) and Hieromonk Pavel (Trinity). In the late 1980s, as soon as relative religious freedom came, they organized several lecture halls that had spiritual, educational and missionary goals. As Archpriest Vladimir Vorobyov recalled, “At first they gathered in cinemas. As soon as the announcement was hung, the cinemas were jam-packed. People listened to lectures with greed, asked questions - it was a lively, intense communication. After some time, we were offered to read the annual course. We agreed to rent a magnificent hall at the Central House of Culture and Culture on Komsomolskaya Square, and for a whole year, every week, we held lectures there. Several more priests were attracted, including Father Gleb Kaleda, who then still hid his priesthood and came simply as a professor, doctor of science. The speeches continued to gather many people: they became known to all of Moscow. The entrance was free. So we spent two years. In the spring, when the lectures ended, they began to ask us to open courses - people wanted to get at least a small theological education.

In the autumn of 1990, work began on the creation of the Theological and Catechistic Courses. The initiative group included priests Vladimir Vorobyov, Gleb Kaleda, Sergiy Romanov and Arkady Shatov. Most often they gathered in the parish house of Archpriest Dimitry Smirnov next to the dilapidated church of St. Mitrofan of Voronezh, which had just been handed over to the Church. The main objective of the courses was to combine the academic freedom of the educational process and canonical obedience to the hierarchy. When the charter of the courses was finally approved, Patriarch Alexy II blessed their opening.

The first academic council of the courses included archpriests Valentin Asmus, Vladimir Vorobyov, Gleb Kaleda, Nikolai Sokolov, Sergiy Romanov, Alexander Saltykov, Dimitri Smirnov, Arkady Shatov, professors Nikolai Yemelyanov, Andrey Efimov. Professor Archpriest Gleb Kaleda was elected rector of the courses, through whose efforts the premises at the Moscow Higher Technical School were allocated for the courses. The first lesson of the course took place on February 6, 1991.

In the spring of 1991, Archpriest Gleb Kaleda, in connection with his appointment as the head of the sector in the newly formed Synodal Department of Religious Education and Catechization, asked to be relieved of his post as rector, on May 29, at a meeting of the educational council of the Theological Catechism Courses, a new rector was elected by secret ballot - Archpriest Vladimir Vorobyov.

The courses initially had six teachers, a secretary and 300 students; they were mostly the spiritual children of the fathers-organizers, but there were also students who came according to the announcement. There were about 50 students in each group, and up to 40 people actually attended the classes. There were no textbooks, so I had to use lecture notes. By the end of the academic year, half of the students remained in the courses. In the fall of 1991, a second set was announced.

Orthodox St. Tikhon Theological Institute

On May 25-27, 1992, the Theological Institute held the first conference entitled “Readings in memory of Fr. Vsevolod Shpiller", in which Protopresbyter John Meyendorff took an active part. Patriarch Alexy II came to one of the meetings of the Readings. He spoke about his communion with Archpriest Vsevolod and gave his blessing to the Theological Institute.

In September of the same year, at the request of the Academic Council, the Theological Institute was named after Patriarch Tikhon, thus the university received the name "St. Tikhon's Orthodox Theological Institute". The assembly day of the Institute was the day of the election of St. Tikhon to the Patriarchal Throne - November 5/18. The first faculties were: the pastoral-theological faculty, conceived as an analogue of theological schools; missionary-catechetical faculty for the training of teachers of the Law of God; Faculty of Education for teachers of secular disciplines; faculty of church arts to train specialists in the field of church singing, icon painting and architecture.

On December 8, 1992, the Solemn Act of the Institute was held in the Main Building of Moscow State University, headed by Patriarch Alexy II. The Mayor of Moscow Yu. M. Luzhkov, the President of the Russian Academy of Sciences Yu. S. Osipov and other honored guests attended the Act. During the presentation, the Board of Trustees of the Institute was formed, headed by His Holiness Patriarch Alexy II, and an agreement was signed on cooperation in the development of PSTBI between the Moscow Patriarchate and Moscow State University. The rector of the new institute noted that due to the deplorable financial situation of the PSTBI, teachers did not receive salaries, and students did not receive scholarships, and the whole life and activity of the institute was based on the enthusiasm of students and staff

On May 7, 1993, the Orthodox St. Tikhon Theological Institute was issued a license for the right to conduct educational activities in the field of higher professional education.

In August 1993, a correspondence department was opened, where more than 1,000 students from various dioceses of the Russian Orthodox Church began their studies.

In October 1993, the Spassky Brotherhood received a small building next to the Nikolo-Kuznetsk Church, which housed the administration of the Institute and classrooms. The Institute enjoyed the support of Moscow State University, the 1st City Hospital and the hospital church of Tsarevich Dimitry, the art workshops of the church of St. Nicholas in Klenniki, the correspondence department conducted examination sessions in the premises of the Church of the Life-Giving Trinity on Gryazeh.

According to the rector, Archpriest Vladimir Vorobyov: “Over time, the flow of adults who entered the evening department of the theological faculty decreased, but school graduates began to strive for us. Not all of them went with the intention of becoming priests, but there were many who wanted to receive an Orthodox education in the humanities.<…>In Soviet times, the entire humanities were stripped of their religious and cultural roots and “transplanted” onto atheistic soil, which, of course, crippled it.” In connection with this, a pedagogical faculty was created, which had departments of history and philology.

On June 8, 1994, Patriarch Alexy II consecrated the Church of the Life-Giving Trinity on Pyatnitskaya Street, ascribed to the Nikolo-Kuznetsk Church, which became the base temple of the Institute.

In July 1997, Patriarch Alexy II approved a specialized Academic Council at the PSTBI to defend candidate and doctoral dissertations in theological sciences and church history. The council included representatives of the Moscow and St. Petersburg theological schools, academicians of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Russian Academy of Education, professors and teachers of Moscow State University and the Theological Institute.

On July 20, 1998, after passing the attestation, PSTBI received state accreditation in the areas of religious studies and pedagogy. In 1999, accreditation was received in the educational direction of Theology and the specialties of History, Philology, Art History, Religious Studies. At the end of 2000, specialties were accredited: choral conducting, painting, arts and crafts, and folk crafts, after which all faculties got the opportunity to award state diplomas to graduates.

In 2002, the Institute was re-attested and accredited in 13 educational areas and specialties, including 3 new specialties. In connection with the next accreditation, with the blessing of Patriarch Alexy, the organizational and legal form of the Institute was changed: originally registered as a religious association, the Institute was transformed into a non-state educational institution of higher professional education while maintaining its affiliation to the Russian Orthodox Church.

In 2003, the Faculty of Additional Education was opened with four departments. The post - graduate study was licensed in seven scientific directions . The first teachers received special training and started developing Distance Education courses. At the beginning of 2004, the first enrollment of students for new distance programs took place.

Orthodox St. Tikhon University for the Humanities

On May 21, 2004, by the decision of the Accreditation Board, based on the results of the Comprehensive Assessment of the activities of the university in 2004, the NOU VPO and the order of the Ministry of Education of Russia dated May 25 of the same year, the state accreditation status was established by the type of higher educational institution of the “university” type. This was the first case in the new Russia of awarding the highest state status to an educational institution of the Russian Orthodox Church. In this regard, on October 7, 2004, by decision of the Holy Synod, the name was adopted: "Orthodox St. Tikhon Humanitarian University".

In 2004, the problem of classrooms was largely resolved. The Board of Trustees of the University was granted for temporary use a building located in the residential area of Ochakovo, where the Missionary, Philological, Historical, Pedagogical faculties and the Faculty of Additional Education, as well as the correspondence department, library, administrative services are located. In addition, the rector of the Church of the Great Martyr George on Poklonnaya Hill, Archpriest Sergiy Suzdaltsev, provided the University with premises for the Faculty of Church Arts, in which a major overhaul was carried out. In the same year, the graduation of the Masters of Theology took place for the first time.

Over time, due to the restrictions imposed by the law on education on non-state educational institutions, which has been PSTGU since 2002, there is a need to transfer the training of clergy to a separate educational institution, without separating it in essence from the educational process and the life of the theological faculty of PSTGU. In 2005, the Theological Department was established as an "Orthodox religious organization - an institution of professional religious education", which in 2008 was renamed the Orthodox St. Tikhon Theological Institute.

On July 29, 2005, by the decision of the Government of Russia, the building of the Moscow Diocesan House in Likhovy Lane was transferred to the parish of the church of St. Nicholas of Myra in Kuznetsy, which the institute had been striving for since 1992.

At the beginning of 2007, a five-story building was transferred to PSTGU at ul. Ilovaiskaya, 9. Repair work was carried out there, and on October 28 of the same year, the rector of PSTGU, Archpriest Vladimir Vorobyov, concelebrated with the priests of the Nikolo-Kuznetsk Church, consecrated the university hostel, which housed about 300 students.

April 9, 2007 PSTGU received a license for the right to conduct educational activities in the specialty and direction "Sociology". At the same time, the sociological faculty of PSTGU began its work, which was the first such precedent in the history of educational institutions of the Russian Orthodox Church. In 2009, the Faculty of Sociology and the Faculty of Economics and Law were merged into the Faculty of Social Sciences.

In the autumn of 2007, the Faculty of Informatics and Applied Mathematics was opened at PSTGU with a training program that included: fundamental mathematical training, corresponding to the basic part of the course of the mathematical faculties of universities; special training, including a wide range of courses related to computers and programming and the acquisition of practical skills; basic theological education. After the opening of this department, PSTGU ceased to be a purely humanitarian educational institution.

On May 28, 2010, by order of the Federal Service for Supervision of Education and Science at the Orthodox St. Tikhon Humanitarian University, a dissertation council was opened for the defense of doctoral and master's theses in the specialty 07.00.02 - National History (Historical Sciences) and the specialty 09.00.14 - Philosophy of Religion and religious studies (philosophical sciences).

On September 2, 2010, Archbishop Eugene of Vereya (Reshetnikov) consecrated the new academic building of the Orthodox St. Tikhon Humanitarian University and the chapel in honor of St. Tikhon, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia. The service was attended by Bishop Kirill (Pokrovsky) of Pavlovo-Posad and Vladimir Zotov, Prefect of the South-Eastern Administrative District of Moscow. Six faculties moved to the new building: missionary, philological, historical, pedagogical, social sciences and additional education. Also in the new building are a refectory, a library, a student personnel department and other departments.

In 2012, the university-wide introduction of distance learning technologies began, for which, for the purpose of centralized coordination and technical support of the project, the PSTGU Distance Learning Department was created to serve the PSTGU Distance Learning System. Initially, distance learning was implemented in full only for additional educational programs of the Faculty of Additional Education, but it was supposed to involve all the faculties of the university. Since 2015, all distance learning programs at PSTGU have been implemented within the framework of the Institute of Distance Education.

In September 2016, classes began in the main building in Likhovy Lane, where the Faculty of Theology moved. The faculty of church singing and the faculty of church arts moved to the building in Kuznetsy, where it used to be located.

Faculties

Faculty of Theology

Faculty Dean - Archpriest Pavel Khondzinsky

Faculty of Church Arts

It is one of the leading centers for the training of professional specialists in all areas of church art. Founded in 1992 as the Faculty of Church Arts.

Chairs:

Faculty of church singing

It was opened in 1992 among the first faculties. Its emergence was a response to the need for choir specialists with extensive knowledge in the field of church singing. The faculty has accumulated experience in combining the traditions of secular and spiritual music education. Students receive a basic musical education in the volume of secular universities, and also master the theory and practice of liturgical singing.

Faculty of Philology

The philological faculty of PSTGU is called upon to contribute to the multiplication in society (including outside the actual church structures) of the number of bearers of traditional culture, receptive to Christian meanings and values and able to creatively express them through the word.

Chairs

Faculty of Education

Created in 1992. The faculty sees its mission in the revival of the traditions of Christian pedagogical ministry.

History department

Main article: Faculty of History PSTGU

The Faculty of History of PSTGU has existed since 1994, when it was formed from the Department of Russian History, created within the framework of the Faculty of History and Philology of PSTBI in 1994. In 2000, the Department of History of Russia was created on the basis of the Department of History of Russia. Candidate of Historical Sciences, Associate Professor Priest Andrei Posternak was appointed dean.

The Faculty of History trains specialists in Russian history and historical archival studies, teachers of the history of Russia and general history for secondary schools (bachelor, master). There is a state license and accreditation. The term of study in full-time (daytime) form is 4-6 years, part-time (evening) form was closed.

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Department of Russian History and Archival Studies - provides training in the direction and specialty of the history of Russia, provides the university with a set of general academic disciplines in the history of Russia from ancient times to the end of the 20th century, source studies and historiography, methods of teaching history and other special disciplines. The department is headed by Dmitry Andreevich Tsygankov.
Department of General History - provides a set of academic disciplines on the history of the ancient world, the history of the Middle Ages, the modern and recent history of Western Europe and America, biblical archeology, the history of Asia and Africa, the history of the southern and western Slavs, etc. The department is headed by Degas ( Dmitry) Vitalievich Deopik.

Faculty of Social Sciences

The faculty was organized in 2007 with the aim of training specialists for the Russian Orthodox Church, state and municipal authorities and administration, public organizations, and modern Russian business. Education at the faculty is built on the principle of combining traditional sociological, economic and theological education. Classes are conducted by teachers of PSTGU, Moscow State University. M. V. Lomonosov, institutes of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

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Faculty of Informatics and Applied Mathematics

The faculty provides training in the specialty "Mathematical support and administration of information systems" qualification "mathematician-programmer". The Faculty has a Department of Mathematics, a Department of Informatics and a Research Laboratory of Information Retrieval Systems. Full-time form of education . The founder and first dean was Emelyanov Nikolai Evgenievich. The first enrollment of students took place in 2008.

Students receive practical skills in working with the main modern operating systems, programming languages, DBMS and will perfectly master some of them in accordance with the chosen specialization.

Many years of experience accumulated at PSTGU in applied developments in the field of information technology related to the maintenance of the well-known database “They suffered for Christ” and the database “Iconography of church art”.

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Institute of Distance Education

The Institute of Distance Education (IDO) was established at PSTGU in 2015 on the basis of the Department of New Technologies in Humanitarian Education (NTGO). Archpriest Gennady Egorov, Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs of the PSTGU, became the director of the institute. In the same year, all the disciplines that are part of the programs, the implementation of which uses distance learning technologies, were assigned to the department of NTGO.

All educational programs of the institute are implemented remotely, via the Internet. The first distance program of PSTGU in 2004 was the course "Fundamentals of Orthodoxy", which still remains the most popular IDO program to this day. In addition, the Institute of Distance Education is implementing a 3.5-year professional retraining program "Theology". In 2016, the first fully remote theological master's program in Russia "Orthodox Theology and Philosophy in Contemporary Discourse" was launched.

Over 14 years, more than 2,000 people from 127 countries have graduated from PSTGU distance programs. The majority of foreign graduates are residents of Ukraine, followed by representatives of Germany. The top ten popular countries include Belarus, the Baltic states, Kazakhstan, the USA and Canada.

Specialists of the Department of NTGO conduct research in the field of organization of distance learning and adaptation of students and teachers to it. Based on the experience gained, an original training course for teachers to work in the distance learning system of PSTGU was developed.

IDO PSTGU (together with SAP and Surgutneftegaz) became a co-founder of the first International Scientific and Practical Conference “Digital Education. XXI century”, held in Moscow on September 24, 2018. The purpose of the conference was to create a permanent platform for the exchange of experience of professional practitioners in the field of digitalization of education.

Vestnik PSTGU

"Bulletin of the Orthodox St. Tikhon University for the Humanities" is intended to publish "the main results of dissertation research for the degree of doctor and candidate of sciences, the results of other research in scientific areas developed at PSTGU, as well as for the publication of original scientific materials of interest to the socio-humanitarian sciences of theoretical and practical significance.

Since 2010, the PSTGU Bulletin has been included in the list of leading peer-reviewed scientific journals and publications of the Higher Attestation Commission. In 2018 Series I: Theology. Philosophy. Religious studies was included in the Scopus scientometric database.

Publishing house PSTGU

Founded in 1992. The publishing activity of PSTGU is carried out in various directions - the publication of books by famous theologians, philosophers and church writers written in the 19th-20th centuries, and the publication of scientific works by university teachers, the publication of manuals for students of theological educational institutions, the publication of missionary public literature about the Orthodox faith and life. Publishing work on the tragic history of the Russian Orthodox Church of the 20th century occupies a significant place in the life of the university.

Branches

In addition to campuses, “distance learning points” or branches were created in Moscow so that residents of different cities in Russia and the CIS could study in absentia without coming to Moscow. Credit and examination sessions were held on the ground by visiting teachers of PSTGU. There were 18 such branches in total. But later the Ministry of Education demanded that the branches be closed. As Archpriest Vladimir Vorobyov noted: “Thanks to these branches, in those years when there were no Orthodox personnel far from the capitals, it was possible to train teaching and administrative staff on the ground. Among the graduates of our branches are not only priests, but also a lot of employees of various diocesan departments, teachers of local seminaries and religious schools, departments of theology in state universities. Thus, the branches radically helped in solving the most urgent personnel problems of that time.

Instead of branches, Internet education was opened at the Faculty of Additional Education.

Ratings

In June 2015, PSTGU entered, with a degree in education and pedagogical sciences, in the Top 10 higher educational institutions in Moscow according to the Kommersant newspaper, whose graduates get high-paying jobs.

According to the ranking of the demand for universities in the Russian Federation in 2016, PSTGU took third place, losing to MSUPU and MGPU.

According to the ranking of the demand for universities in the Russian Federation in 2018, published by MIA Russia Today, PSTGU became the most popular among humanitarian universities, ahead of the Moscow City Pedagogical University and the Russian State Pedagogical University named after A. I. Herzen.

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Chernykh A. The head of Rosobrnadzor thanked PSTGU for the standard in theology // Kommersant, 11/20/2017
http://pstgu.ru/faculties/
http://abiturient.pstgu.ru/Shemy-proezda-k-fakulytetam
History of the University on the official website of PSTGU.
“St. Tikhon University is 20 years old: At first they gave lectures in cinemas…” Orthodoxy and the World, November 17, 2012.
Memorable date "Small sourdough". Official website of PSTGU, February 6, 2011.
Orthodox St. Tikhon University for the Humanities (PSTU) // Patriarchy.ru
Archpriest Vladimir Vorobyov: It is naive to expect holiness from all those who call themselves Christians today // Patriarchy.Ru
Glukharev E. // Newspaper "Kommersant" No. 56 dated 12/09/1992
Report on the results of self-examination
Archpriest Vladimir Vorobyov: The main result of PSTGU is our graduates // Pravoslavie.Ru
// PSTBI
Section "Distance learning" on the official website of PSTGU
Charter of the Non-State Educational Institution of Higher Professional Education "Orthodox St. Tikhon Humanitarian University"
JOURNALS of the meeting of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church on October 7, 2004 // Patriarchia.Ru, 06/09/2005
Report of Archbishop Eugene of Vereya // Russian Line, 04.10.2004
Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of July 29, 2005 No. 1085-r “On the gratuitous transfer to the ownership of the Orthodox parish of the church of St. Nicholas of Myra in Kuznetsy, Moscow”
The consecration of the dormitory of St. Tikhon University took place // Patriarchy.Ru, 10/30/2007
Chronicle of the faculty // PSTGU
Faculty of Informatics and Applied Mathematics opens at PSTGU / News / Patriarchy.ru
Faculty of Informatics and Applied Mathematics Emelyanov Nikolai Evgenievich (18.08.1939 - 14.01.2010)
A dissertation council for the defense of doctoral and candidate dissertations has been opened at PSTGU // Pravoslavie.Ru, June 25, 2010
Archbishop Eugene of Vereya consecrated the new academic building of St. Tikhon University // Patriarchy.ru, 02.09.2010
http://pstgu.ru/news/university/2016/09/02/67543/
http://pstgu.ru/faculties/theological/chairs/
http://pstgu.ru/faculties/theological/chairs/scripture/common/

Orthodox St. Tikhon Humanitarian University(abbreviated PSTGU, full name - Non-state educational institution of higher professional education "Orthodox St. Tikhon Humanitarian University") is a Russian higher educational institution in Moscow. Founded in 1992 as the Orthodox St. Tikhon Theological Institute (PSTBI). In 2004, he received the highest accreditation status of the "university" type. Since then it has had its current name. After the completion of a multifaceted restoration in 2015, the main building of PSTGU was located in its premises.

The university is the first institution of higher education in the history of Russia that provides theological education for the laity (previously, theological disciplines within the framework of higher education were studied only in theological schools aimed at training clerics). Students of all faculties receive basic theological and humanitarian education.

It has state accreditation in five educational areas - theology, religious studies, pedagogy, philology and history, as well as in specialties - historical and archival studies, art history, methods of primary education, social pedagogy, conducting, painting, etc.

Students study at ten faculties: theological, missionary, historical, philological, pedagogical, church arts, church singing, the faculty of social sciences, the faculty of computer science and applied mathematics, the faculty of additional education. There is a full-time department (at all faculties, except for the faculty of additional education), an evening department (at the faculties of theological, missionary, pedagogical, church singing, the theoretical department of the faculty of church arts, the faculty of additional education), a correspondence department (at the faculties of theological, missionary, pedagogical, social sciences, additional education).

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Theological-catechetical courses

The idea of creating an Orthodox university, where, unlike theological seminaries and academies, everyone could study, and not just those preparing for ordination, was formed in the 1980s among the students and spiritual children of Archpriest Vsevolod Spiller (d. 1984) and Hieromonk Pavel (Trinity). In the late 1980s, as soon as relative freedom came, they organized several lecture halls that had spiritual, educational and missionary goals. As Archpriest Vladimir Vorbyov recalled, “At first they gathered in cinemas. As soon as the announcement was hung, the cinemas were jam-packed. People listened to lectures with greed, asked questions - it was a lively, intense communication. After some time, we were offered to read the annual course. We agreed to rent a magnificent hall at the Central House of Culture on Komsomolskaya Square, and for a whole year, every week, we held lectures there. Several more priests were attracted, including Father Gleb Kaleda, who at that time still concealed his priesthood, and came simply as a professor, doctor of science. The speeches continued to gather many people: they became known to all of Moscow. The entrance was free. So we spent two years. In the spring, when the lectures ended, they began to ask us to open courses - people wanted to get at least a small theological education.

Archpriests Valentin Asmus, Vladimir Vorobyov, Gleb Kaleda, Nikolai Sokolov, Sergiy Romanov, Alexander Saltykov, Dimitry Smirnov, Arkady Shatov, professors Nikolai Emelyanov, Andrey Efimov joined the first Academic Council of the courses. Professor Archpriest Gleb Kaleda was elected rector of the courses. Bauman. The first lesson of the course took place on February 6, 1991.

In the spring of 1991, Archpriest Gleb Kaleda, in connection with his appointment as the head of the sector in the newly formed Synodal Department of Religious Education and Catechism, asked to be relieved of his post as rector, on May 29, at a meeting of the Educational Council of the Theological Catechism Courses, a new rector was elected by secret ballot - Archpriest Vladimir Vorobyov.

The courses initially had 6 teachers, a secretary and 300 students; they were mostly the spiritual children of the fathers-organizers, but there were also students who came according to the announcement. There were about 50 students in each group, and up to 40 people actually attended the classes. There were no textbooks, so I had to use lecture notes. By the end of the academic year, half of the students remained in the courses. In the fall of 1991, a second set was announced.

Orthodox St. Tikhon Theological Institute

On May 25-27, 1992, the Theological Institute held the first conference entitled “Readings in memory of Fr. Vsevolod Shpiller”, in which Protopresbyter John Meyendorff took an active part. Patriarch Alexy II came to one of the meetings of the Readings. He spoke about his communion with Archpriest Vsevolod and gave his blessing to the Theological Institute.

In the autumn of the same year, at the request of the Academic Council, the Theological Institute was named after Patriarch Tikhon, thus the university received the name "St. Tikhon's Orthodox Theological Institute". The assembly day of the Institute was the day of the election of St. Tikhon to the Patriarchal Throne - November 5/18. By that time, two faculties had formed: theological and missionary.

On May 7, 1993, the Orthodox St. Tikhon Theological Institute was issued a license for the right to conduct educational activities in the field of higher professional education.

In August 1993, a correspondence department was opened, where more than 1,000 students from various dioceses of the Russian Orthodox Church began their studies.

On June 8, 1994, Patriarch Alexy II consecrated the Church of the Life-Giving Trinity on Pyatnitskaya Street, ascribed to the Nikolo-Kuznetsk Church, which became the base temple of the Institute.

Orthodox St. Tikhon University for the Humanities

On May 21, 2004, by the decision of the Accreditation Board, based on the results of the Comprehensive Assessment of the activities of the university in 2004, the NEI HPE and the order of the Ministry of Education of Russia dated May 25 of the same year, the state accreditation status was established by the type of higher educational institution of the “university” type. This was the first case in the new Russia of awarding the highest state status to an educational institution of the Russian Orthodox Church. In this regard, on October 7, 2004, by decision of the Holy Synod, the name was adopted: "Orthodox St. Tikhon Humanitarian University".

On July 29, 2005, by the decision of the Government of Russia, the building of the Moscow Diocesan House in Likhovy Pereulok was transferred to the parish of the church of St. Nicholas of Myra in Kuznetsy, which the institute had been striving for since 1992.

On September 2, 2010, Archbishop Eugene of Vereya (Reshetnikov) consecrated the new educational building of the Orthodox St. Tikhon Humanitarian University and the chapel in honor of St. Tikhon, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia. The service was attended by Bishop Kirill of Pavlovo-Posad (Pokrovsky) and Prefect of the South-Eastern Administrative District of Moscow Vladimir Zotov. Six faculties moved to the new building: missionary, philological, historical, pedagogical, social sciences and additional education. Also in the new building are a refectory, a library, a student personnel department and other departments.

In 2012, the university-wide introduction of distance educational technologies began, for which, for the purpose of centralized coordination and technical support of the project, the PSTGU Distance Learning Department was created to serve the PSTGU Distance Learning System (eLearning Server). Initially, distance learning was implemented in full only for additional educational programs of the Faculty of Additional Education, but it was supposed to connect all the faculties of the university

In 2015, the university received about 112 million rubles from the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation. [ the significance of the fact? ] .

Current state

The university has 10 faculties:

Faculty of Theology
Faculty of Education
Faculty of Philology
History department
Faculty of church singing
Faculty of Church Arts
Faculty of Social Sciences
Faculty of Informatics and Applied Mathematics
Faculty of Additional Education

In addition to ten faculties, the university has a graduate school and a center for the spiritual education of military personnel.

Lectures and seminars are held at Moscow State University, and in the buildings of the University in Likhovy Pereulok, on Novokuznetskaya Street (on the territory of the Nikolo-Kuznetsk Church), the Trinity Church on Pyatnitskaya Street, on Ilovaiskaya Street and on Poklonnaya Hill. The university has 6 icon painting workshops, 2 mosaic and fresco workshops, 3 church sewing workshops, 1 icon restoration workshop. Every year the university takes part in many scientific conferences.

Faculties

Missionary Faculty

One of the key faculties of PSTGU. It was formed in 1992 (along with the theological), when the missionary-catechetical courses were transformed into the Orthodox St. Tikhon Theological Institute. It prepares missionaries, scientists, lecturers, teachers of theological disciplines and teachers of the law of the Russian Orthodox Church.

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Department of Missiology (Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Professor Andrey Borisovich Efimov)
Department of Religious Studies (Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Professor Yury Trofimovich Lisitsa)
Department of Cultural Studies (D.Ph.Sc., Professor Dobrokhotov, Alexander Lvovich)
Department of Tourism (PhD, Professor Alexei Ivanovich Tkalich)
Department of Social Work (Ph.D., Associate Professor Zaltsman Tatyana Valerievna)

History department

Main article: Faculty of History PSTGU

The Faculty of History trains specialists in Russian history and historical archival studies, teachers of the history of Russia and general history for secondary schools (bachelor, master). There is a state license and accreditation. The term of study in full-time (full-time) form is 4-6 years, in part-time (evening) form 5 years.

Chairs

Department of Russian History and Archival Studies - provides training in the direction and specialty of the history of Russia, provides the university with a set of general academic disciplines in the history of Russia from ancient times to the end of the 20th century, source studies and historiography, methods of teaching history and other special disciplines. The department is headed by Dmitry Tsygankov.
Department of General History - provides a set of academic disciplines on the history of the ancient world, the history of the Middle Ages, the modern and recent history of Western Europe and America, biblical archeology, the history of Asia and Africa, the history of the southern and western Slavs, etc. The department is headed by Degas ( Dmitry) Vitalievich Deopik.

Faculty of Informatics and Applied Mathematics

Students receive practical skills in working with the main modern operating systems, programming languages, DBMS and will perfectly master some of them in accordance with the chosen specialization.

Vestnik PSTGU

Since 2010, the PSTGU Bulletin has been included in the list of leading peer-reviewed scientific journals and publications of the Higher Attestation Commission.

Publishing house PSTGU

Founded in 1992. PSTGU publishing activities are carried out in various areas - the publication of books by famous theologians, philosophers and church writers written in the 19th-20th centuries, and the publication of scientific works by university teachers, the publication of manuals for students of theological educational institutions, the publication of missionary public literature about the Orthodox faith and life. Publishing work on the tragic history of the Russian Orthodox Church of the 20th century occupies a significant place in the life of the university.

Branches

Instead of branches, Internet education was opened at the Faculty of Additional Education.

Ratings

According to the monitoring by RIA Novosti and the Higher School of Economics, conducted within the framework of the joint project "Public control over admission procedures to universities as a condition for ensuring equal access to education", prepared by order of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation in 2011, PSTGU took 4th place in terms of the quality of student admission to non-state universities

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Theological-catechetical courses

Orthodox St. Tikhon Theological Institute

Orthodox St. Tikhon University for the Humanities

Faculties

Faculty of Theology

Faculty of Church Arts

Faculty of church singing

Faculty of Philology

Faculty of Education

History department

Faculty of Social Sciences

Faculty of Informatics and Applied Mathematics

Institute of Distance Education

Vestnik PSTGU

Publishing house PSTGU

Branches

Ratings

Notes

Encyclopedic YouTube

Subtitles

Story

Theological-catechetical courses

Orthodox St. Tikhon Theological Institute

Orthodox St. Tikhon University for the Humanities

Current state

Faculties

Missionary Faculty

History department

Faculty of Informatics and Applied Mathematics

Vestnik PSTGU

Publishing house PSTGU

Branches

Ratings

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