Teachers of the Ekaterinburg Theological Seminary took part in a scientific conference in St. Petersburgtranslated

The XVIII International Scientific and Theological Conference “Topical Issues of Modern Theology and Church Science” was held at the St. Petersburg Theological Academy on September 23-24, 2026. The forum was attended by teachers of the Yekaterinburg Theological Seminary - senior lecturer of the department of theology and biblical studies Dmitry Borisovich Osipov, associate professor of the department of church history and philology, candidate of historical sciences Anna Antonovna Mikheeva; Senior Lecturer of the Department of Church and Practical Disciplines Sergei Vladimirovich Novikov.

Before the start of the conference, Archpriest Konstantin Kostromin, Candidate of Historical Sciences, Candidate of Theology, Vice-Rector for Scientific and Theological Work, Associate Professor of the Department of Church History of St. Petersburg, Archpriest Konstantin Kostromin greeted the participants on behalf of the Rector of the Academy, Bishop Silouan of Peterhof.

This was followed by a series of plenary reports. At the end of the plenary session, there was a presentation of new books from the publishing house of the St. Petersburg Theological Academy.

On the first day, the following sectional sessions were held: “Theology, patrolology”, “Biblical studies”, “History of the Russian Church in the Synodal period”, “Religious philosophy”, “Church law”,…