|
 |
Main page
|
Dear visitor,
I greet you in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ!
I am happy that you have shown interest in our site. Here you will find all the information about the Moscow Theological Seminary. Feel free to ask questions in our forum or even apply to one of our programs. I hope you will enjoy staying with us.
Many blessings on you!
President of the MTSECB
Peter Mitskevich
WELCOME!!!
|
|
|
|
Church-State Relations Program Empowers Church Leaders |
Relations Program Empowers Church Leaders
 We’ve
all dealt with red tape. We’ve waited in a line (or three or four) for a
driver’s license, requested building permits, filled out forms and
submitted to municipal regulations. For churches in Russia, these
processes can be especially frustratingas they often face unnecessary
and even unlawful procedures and regulations. Some students’ churches
are repeatedly asked to provide lists of church members, even though no
law exists requiring them to do so. They are met with difficult and
lengthy procedures when applying for rental spaces or renovation
permits. Churches must sometimes hire lawyers to help navigate the legal
system, an expensive and time consuming process. Being uninformed about
the law and the church’s rights within it wastes time and impedes
progress.
In response, Moscow Theological Seminary has implemented a new
Church-State Relations program focusing on religion and the law. The
unique, comprehensive curriculum equips church leaders with the
knowledge necessary to address bureaucraticroadblocks from various
government agencies. Practically oriented courses significantly enhance
legal literacy in the church and help build relationships with
government officials. Upon completion of the program, church leaders are
equipped to solve a number of legal issues that religious organizations
face in their daily activities, eliminating the need for lawyers and
allowing more time and resources to focus on ministry.
 The
program was developed by Anatoly Pchelintsev, co-president of the
Slavic Center for Law and Justice, chief editor of Religion and Law
magazine and honorable member of the Russian Attorney League. Dr.
Pchelintsev and several other experts in the field have begun teaching
classes at the Moscow campus and will subsequently travel to five other
learning centers, making this the first specialized nationwide program
at MTS.
According to Dr. Pchelintsev, “the new program moves Russians to work
together toward the development of a civil society in which human
rights are guaranteed and protected.” When churches know their rights
within the law, they are empowered to protect their religious freedoms
and minister more effectively in their communities.
What Group is Most
|
|
|
An MTS professor consults on the first Russian Bible translation since the 19th century |
|
If you visit the average Christian bookstore in the United States,
how many Bible translations do you find? Ten? Fifteen? Not to mention
the Bibles targeted specifically to women, men, children, teens,
students and others. In Russia however, this is not the case. There has
not been a new translation of the Russian Bible since 1867. But that’s
all about to change.
Gennadi Savin, Moscow Theological Seminary professor and dean of
masters level programs, was commissioned by the Russian Bible Society
to lend his expertise in Greek for a modern translation into Russian.
This is a crucial project as the language of the current version is
dated and difficult for most Russians to read and understand.
Gennadi explains,“The old language is very different from modern
Russian. In the last 20 years there have been some attempts at a modern
translation, but the most of them have not been good. They had many
errors and needed changing and corrections.”
The new translation will enable Russians to engage more deeply with
Scripture in their heart language. Gennadi says,“Our contemporary
culture lacks solid Bible knowledge. The new translation will
popularize the Bible for Russian speaking people, including those in
surrounding areas.”
According to Peter Mitskevich begin_of_the_skype_highlighting end_of_the_skype_highlighting,
MTS President, “Most Russians uphold the mystery of God but don’t
believe he is someone to whom they can relate personally. This Bible is
necessary for a new generation of Russians to understand God, to dive
into the Bible, love it and believe in it.”
The new Bible will be published and distributed in 2011. Join us in
praising God for Gennadi’s hard work on this project and pray that the
new translation will lead the Russian people to grow in their knowledge
of the Lord.
|
|
|
Sergiy Sannikov named Distinguished Professor of MTS; Prepares to Publish New Book |
“Popular History of Christianity” by Sergiy Sannikov
This
book is a popular presentation of S. V. Sannikov’s encyclopedic
two-volume book: "Twenty Centuries of Christianity", which was published
in 2000-01 in St. Petersburg, Russia. The present edition is targeted
toward a broad audience of readers who are superficially acquainted with
Christianity and its history. It invites the reader to look at history
in the  form of a virtual play in 6acts with a prologue and an epilogue.
The main dialogues, which give a modern interpretation of historical
events, are supplemented by maps and charts and other visual study aids.
The
book attempts to present its content in as neutral a form as possible,
thus avoiding biased confessional and atheistic evaluations, and focuses
on the desire to understand the motives of the life and work of
Christian figures seeing both their positive and negative sides. The
history of Christianity is represented as a complex, global phenomenon
with the book tracing, in parallel, the events occurring both in the
East, and in the West, in order to see an overall picture of all events
occurring in the Christian world (in Europe, Russia, Africa, in America,
etc.).
Another important idea put forth in the book is
to show how events in Christian history not only involved the church,
but also penetrated and changed all aspects of society. Therefore, it is
important for the reader to see the influence of Christianity on
secular history, on science, on art,on music, and also on the
development of theological thinking and on the history of Christian
missionary activity.
The author, working together with
the designer, Alexander Pavlichenko, hopes to have the text and basic
part of the proposed book finished by the end of 2010, with layout
completed by the end of January, 2011. For more details (in Russian) see: www.20vekov.info
|
|
| |
|
|
 |
 |
|
 |
|
|
-°C 
