In his report to the Bishops\u2019 Council, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia focused, among other things, on the reorganization of the system of theological education.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis issue has been on the agenda of almost every session of the Supreme Church Council since 2013. Our principal goal was to ensure uniformity in bachelor\u2019s degree programmes at seminaries and to improve the quality of education,\u201d the Primate of the Russian Church said, \u201cIn 2015 a working group led by Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk developed a uniform curriculum for bachelor\u2019s degree programmes that was later approved by the Holy Synod.\u201d<\/p>\n
As His Holiness noted, educational institutions of the Russian Orthodox Church have been applying this curriculum since September 2015. At the same time, the ROC Education Committee continues its activities for optimizing the system of theological educational institutions.<\/p>\n
The work aimed at compiling and publishing coursebooks for seminaries is been currently carried out by an ad-hoc working group led by Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk.<\/p>\n
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill also spoke about master\u2019s degree programmes \u201caimed at preparing academic scholars, teachers and lecturers, as well as administrative officers.\u201d The majority of master\u2019s students today receive education in such traditional spheres as practical theology, theology, history and Bible studies. Some educational institutions offer new master\u2019s courses, for instance, Greek Christian Literature, History of Church Art, etc.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe best graduates continue their education at institutes of postgraduate studies. The reform process has affected this level as well. Thus, Ss Cyril and Methodius Theological Institute of Postgraduate Studies is currently preparing normative documents pertaining to the theological education on this level.<\/p>\n
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill also spoke on the reorganization of theological schools. The Primate reminded the participants in the Bishops\u2019 Council that in 2013 the Holy Synod gave theological schools a three-year period to reorganize themselves into seminaries or educational centres preparing specialists for parishes in mission, catechization, social and youth ministry.<\/p>\n
The Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church also emphasized \u201cthe necessity to establish an effective system of distant learning at seminaries or other forms of distant education\u201d and commissioned the Education Committee to continue its work in this sphere.<\/p>\n
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