With the blessing of Metropolitan Vasily of Yekaterinodar and Kuban and with the assistance of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate and the Patriarchal Exarchate of Africa, an agreement was signed on cooperation between the Foundation for the Support of Christian Culture and Heritage and the Yekaterinodar Theological Seminary in Krasnodar.
As part of the agreement, the parties agreed to cooperate in terms of assistance to international students studying at this educational institution. Currently, four students from African countries (DR Congo, Kenya, Madagascar) are already studying at the seminary.
In addition, additional Russian language classes will be organized at the seminary with the support of the Foundation for Foreign students.
As part of the signing of the agreement, Dmitry Rudkovsky, Deputy Executive Director of the Foundation, who oversees the implementation of the educational project, also held a working meeting with Metropolitan Vasily of Yekaterinodar and Kuban and acting rector of the seminary, Priest Andrey Kretov. During the meeting, the parties discussed the prospects for further cooperation.
Help
The educational project, implemented by the Foundation for the Support of Christian Culture and Heritage and the Russian Orthodox Church since 2023, is aimed at helping foreign students who receive spiritual education in Russia. The project is currently being implemented at the Moscow and St. Petersburg Theological Academies, St. Tikhon's Orthodox University for the Humanities, Nikolo-Ugresh, Tomsk, Perervinsk, Yekaterinodar and Voronezh Theological Seminaries.