On February 17, 2024, with the blessing of Metropolitan Rostislav of Tomsk and Asinovsky, the Tomsk Diocese and the Foundation for the Support of Christian Culture and Heritage signed an agreement on cooperation, the subject of which was assistance to foreign students studying at the Tomsk Theological Seminary.
As part of the signing of the agreement, Metropolitan Rostislav of Tomsk and Asinovsky held a working meeting with Dmitry Rudkovsky, Deputy Executive Director of the Foundation. During the meeting, issues of cooperation between the seminary and the Foundation on the issues of teaching foreign students within the walls of the theological school were discussed.
Dmitry Rudkovsky also met with foreign students from Kenya and Malawi, who entered the Tomsk Theological Seminary last year. During the meeting, the children talked about their studies at the seminary and how they were welcomed in Russia.
Earlier, the cooperation agreement was also signed between the Foundation for the Support of Christian Culture and Heritage and the St. Petersburg Theological Academy.
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In the 2023-2024 academic year, Tomsk Theological Seminary enrolled foreign students from three countries: Pakistan, Kenya and Malawi. Currently, the children are in their first year, where, along with an in-depth study of the Russian language, they attend a course of theological and general humanitarian disciplines.