Questions about Seminary Schools?

[bogoliubtsy]

Oh! St. Herman's in Alaska offers a BA. And like I said above, the Jordanville Seminary offers a BA. www.hts.edu for more info.

[尼古拉前执事]

Are their any seminaries that offer a program that you can gain a BA from?

Also, you could look at Holy Trinity Seminary (ROCOR) which offers a 5 year BA program in Theology and trains people for the priesthood.

[bogoliubtsy]

Thanks for the info.

So I need a BA to enter any of the seminaries, even if I want to go through to become a teacher of theology? Or do I only need a BA if I want to enter to become a Priest?

You need a BA to enter:

Holy Cross
St. Vladimir's
St. Tikhon's

You can get a BA from:
Holy Trinity
and St. Herman's

If you want to teach theology you are going to need at least an MA, which requires you to first get a BA.

[Andreas]

Oh! St. Herman's in Alaska offers a BA. And like I said above, the Jordanville Seminary offers a BA. www.hts.edu for more info.

I'm not sure I have a thick enough jacket for Alaska, so that's out

Thanks for the link. Too bad the classes are in Russian though.

[Andreas]

Thanks for the info.

So I need a BA to enter any of the seminaries, even if I want to go through to become a teacher of theology? Or do I only need a BA if I want to enter to become a Priest?

You need a BA to enter:

Holy Cross
St. Vladimir's
St. Tikhon's

You can get a BA from:
Holy Trinity
and St. Herman's

If you want to teach theology you are going to need at least an MA, which requires you to first get a BA.

Thanks you. I see I have much to figure out.

[Anastasios]

I would advise against doing a Seminary BA. ST Herman's has a lot of problems, and while Holy Trinity is good, I just don't think it's a good idea to do a BA at a seminary. Why? becuase it's important to be exposed to many different kinds of people from all walks of life first.

I forgot to mention you could major in religion but that I think would be a waste of time unless you did it at a conservative Catholic institution. Those are usually very $$$ though! The reason they are a waste is that secular univerities are very liberal usually.

If you do a BA before going on to Seminary, it would give you a good background to many things that you will learn about in Seminary, thus making seminary more profitable for you.

anastasios

[Anastasios]

Because I love OrthodoxyOrDeath, a moderator here, I will add the disclaimer that going to seminary does not make you a holy person, or even give you knowledge, as true holiness and knowledge comes from Jesus Christ. Seminaries are good for giving you book knowledge and the community prayer life can really help you build up a good relationship with the Lord, but just make sure you are realistic about your goals.

If you just want to be a teacher of religion it's an even better idea to get a BA first and then go to Seminary.

anastasios