On March 30, laptops were presented to international students who arrived to study this academic year in the throne room of the Museum of the St. Petersburg Theological Academy (SPbDA). This important moment became not only a symbol of the beginning of a new stage of their academic life, but also an expression of support and care for the students of the Theological School.
The equipment was presented by Bishop Siluan of Peterhof, Rector of the Academy, and Dmitry Rudkovsky, Deputy Executive Director of the Foundation for the Support of Christian Culture and Heritage. In their speech, they noted the importance of such a step to provide international students with all the necessary conditions for successful studies.
According to Ivan Ivanov, a methodologist at the International Department of St. Petersburg State Pedagogical University, international students and the Academy express their gratitude to the Foundation for the Support of Christian Culture and Heritage for providing laptops. "The guys send me messages where they promise to use the acquired techniques in Russian, which they have already mastered during their studies here, in order to learn as much knowledge as possible," Ivan Ivanov added.
In addition, the methodologist of the SPbDA International Department, on behalf of the entire Academy, expressed special gratitude to the Executive director of the Foundation for the Support of Christian Culture and Heritage, Egor Skopenko, without whose efforts this assistance would not have been transferred to foreign students. "He always supports initiatives for the development of spiritual education and intercultural exchanges," Ivan Ivanov emphasized.