On July 13, 2021, at St. Nicholas Patriarchal Cathedral in New York, the Chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate and rector of the Sts. Cyril and Methodius Theological Institute of Postgraduate Studies, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, met with the president of St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary, Archpriest Chad Hatfield.
During the meeting, issues of cooperation between St. Vladimir’s Seminary and the Institute of Postgraduate Studies were discussed.
The parties exchanged views on how the educational process should be organized in the conditions of the coronavirus pandemic, which has affected both the United States of America and the countries within the canonical jurisdiction of the Russian Orthodox Church.
Various aspects of cooperation between the two theological schools in the field of New Testament studies were discussed.
The parties agreed to intensify cooperation in areas of mutual interest.