Kazan Theological Seminary (russian: Казанская духовная семинария) is the principal

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in the Diocese of Kazan and Tatarstan. Kazan seminary

History

Orthodox Christian Theological education has its roots dating back to 1718, when a school for the children of clergy was established in Kazan. This was followed by the opening of the Kazan Slavonic-Latin School in 1723, which was later reorganized as the Kazan Theological Seminary in 1732. An attempt to provide higher education was made in 1798 through the establishment of the Kazan Theological Academy. However, this proved unsustainable and the institution was returned to the Kazan Theological Seminary in 1818. However, in 1842, the Theological Academy was revived and continued to function until the Bolshevik takeover in 1917, during which time it became the fourth-ranked theological academy in the Russian Empire. In 1847, the Kazan academy supported the missionary efforts of the Kazan Diocese by organizing a committee to oversee the translation of texts to reach non-Christian peoples. During the tenure of Grigory Postnikov as the bishop of the Kazan Diocese (1848 to 1856), the Academy received the extensive library from the Solovetsky Monastery. In 1895, Anthony of Kiev became the rector of the Academy, serving until 1900.

Notable people associated with the academy

The Kazan Academy produced over eighty students who later were consecrated bishops. Some of these became regarded as

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s by the Russian Orthodox Church, including: * Gavrill Abolimov * Anatoly Grisyuk the rector of the academy * Athanasy Malinin * Juvenaly Maslovsky * Victor Ostrovidov * Ioann Poyarkov * Iov Rogozhin * German Ryashentsev *

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* Ioasaf Udalov *

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Others: * Ilia Berdnikov - an expert in church law * Nikolai Ostroumov * Victor Nesmelov - a philosopher * Gordiy Sablukov (1804–1880) - an expert on

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, who produced the first

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translation of the

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* Peter Znamensky - a historian

References

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