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Российский православный университет | |
Administration building of Russian Orthodox University | |
| Established | 2011 (2011) |
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| Location | Chernyshevskogo 11A,Moscow ,55°45′28″N37°37′40″E / 55.7577°N 37.6278°E /55.7577; 37.6278 |
| Website | rpu-rf |
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Russian Orthodox University of Saint John the Theologian(ROU;Russian:Российский православный университет святого Иоанна Богослова[1]) is an institution of higherreligious education of theRussian Orthodox Church, reestablished in 2011 in accordance with thedecree ofPatriarch of Moscow and all Rus'Kirill I of Moscow at the base of Russian Orthodox Institute of St. John the Divine which were founded in 1992 by the Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus'Alexy II of Moscow. Rector of the University — HegumenPeter (Yeremeev). University has a state educational license[2] and accreditation.[3]
The university was located on the territory of the temple complex in the name of St. John the Evangelist at the Elm - patriarchalMetochion inKitay-gorod (onNew Square),Moscow. Nowadays RPU is located inChernyshevsky lane.
Russian religious scholar and historian of philosophyKontantin M. Antonov think, that along with theMoscow Theological Academy, ROU is "leading church universities".[4]