Polotsk Theological Seminary

In 1807, the Belarusian Greco-Uniate Theological Seminary was founded near the residence in the estate of Strunje (near Polotsk ) , Metropolitan of the Belarusian Greek Catholic Church, Irakli Lisowski . This was done in accordance with the decree of Emperor Alexander I signed in December 1806 . The seminary was intended to educate the children of the white Uniate clergy and was supported by estates and part of the funds taken from the Basilians .

In 1808, the rules of the educational process and the staff of the seminary were approved by Metropolitan Irakli Lisovsky.

In November 1808, the seminary was moved to the building of St. Sophia Cathedral in Polotsk .

In 1812, during the Patriotic War of 1812, the seminary was sacked by the French army and resumed its activity in 1813 in the village of Sudilovici .

In 1821, the seminary was again transferred to Polotsk .

In 1823 - 1824 it was transformed into a seminary proper with two departments and a three-year school attached to it.

In 1839, seminary training courses were equated to seminary courses in the St. Petersburg and Kiev educational districts .

After the liquidation of the Greek Catholic Church in 1839, the seminary became Orthodox.

In 1840 it was renamed the Polotsk Theological Seminary.

In the early 1840s , the seminary was transferred to official content.

In 1856, the seminary was transferred to Vitebsk , but continued to be called Polotsk until December 1871 , when it was renamed the Vitebsk Theological Seminary .

• Vitebsk Theological Seminary .