Saint Petersburg Theological Academy

Not to be confused with Saint Petersburg Roman Catholic Theological Academy.
Saint Petersburg Theological Academy
Санкт-Петербургская духовная академия
Established1797 (1797)
Location
Saint Petersburg
,
Russia

59°55′03″N 30°22′59″E / 59.91750°N 30.38306°E / 59.91750; 30.38306
Websitespbda.ru

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]

  1. ^ Theological Academy. Encyclopedia of Saint Petersburg.
  2. ^ a b Walter Sablinsky, The Road to Bloody Sunday: Father Gapon and the St. Petersburg Massacre of 1905. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1976; pg. 42.