Halki School of Theology: Reopening as a "postgraduate department" is the dominant scenariotranslated

Towards the end of September, the inauguration of the renovated building facilities of the Theological School of Chalkis is expected, according to the predictions of the original design of the Fanario. According to today's publication of the newspaper "TA NEA", the inauguration of the new structures, despite the fact that they are a milestone in the history of the School of Theology, is something quite different from the reopening itself.

As the publication states, the His Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch is personally monitoring its re-opening, as he is a deep connoisseur of the Turkish administration, while he also has personal communication with President Erdogan.

It is also noted that the case of the reopening in question is not affected by the geopolitical upheavals as it concerns issues of religious freedoms of the neighbor regarding non-Muslim minorities.

Main scenario: Reopening as a graduate department In the same publication it is also emphasized that the immediate reopening as a department of undergraduate studies is quite a difficult undertaking due to new institutional data for higher education in Turkey.

It is reported that the prevailing scenario so far is to reopen as a sort of…