minsk theological academy named after kiril.ovsky was opened in 1996, but the question of the existence of a theological academy here was raised back in the 19th century. spiritual the academy always testifies to the maturity of the people and the land on which this educational institution exists. there are so many theological seminaries where clergy are trained for parishes. vladyka philoret was the rector of the moscow theological academy in his youth; he himself had such experience. in addition, he served and worked in other places. our country , the then soviet union, had enormous authority abroad. and so the opening of the academy and the organization of the first educational process are in the middle. nineties all this could be realized only thanks to the help of learned theologians from different countries of the world, not only from the russian federation, learned researchers from germany, from greece, from the united states, from canada, from other places, from france came to us and all this was very supportive enriched