Novgorod Theological Seminary

About Novgorod Theological Seminary

According to Wikipedia, The Novgorod Theological Seminary is a secondary theological educational institution of the Novgorod diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church, which existed in 1740–1918. History In 1706, Metropolitan Job of Novgorod opened the Novgorod Greek-Slavonic School at his bishop's house and summoned the exiled Greek scholars brothers Joannicius and Sophronius Likhud, whom he met while living in Moscow, to lead it. At the expense of the funds of the St. Sophia Cathedral, he organized the construction of a two-story building for the school; the students, who numbered up to 153 people, were kept at the expense of the metropolitan, who put his book collection at their disposal. The Novgorod school was an attempt to create an Orthodox educational institution based on the patristic tradition, and not intended for scholastic disputes. Latin was not taught here at all. With the appointment of Theophan Prokopovich as archbishop in Novgorod, these Novgorod schools were abolished. In the 1730s, a number of bishops' schools were transformed into seminaries as a result of the introduction of the Latin curriculum.