With the blessing of His Holiness
and Beatitude Ilia II, Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, I have
been the Spiritual Father of Tbilisi Theological Academy and
Seminary since 2004.
I myself became the student of
the Theological Seminary in 1998 and lived in the hostel of this
educational institution. The years spent in the Theological
Seminary were a new, very significant stage in my life, and more
importantly, this is the very place where I gained the key to the
path of all my life, which was the knowledge acquired here.
While taking the course, I saw
many changes and alteration, which were made as improvements in the
life of this institution; the process of teaching is held on a high
academic level, which is part of the conditions, provided for the
acquisition of fundamental theological education.
I would like to thank the
professors and teachers of Tbilisi Theological Academy and Seminary
for their contribution to the process of teaching. I would
particularly mark out the merit of the Rector, Protopresbyter
Giorgi Zviadadze in the work done in the bosom of the Orthodox
Church of Georgia, and I extend my gratitude to him for his devoted
service to Theological Academy.
Archimandrite Serapime Chedia,
Vice-Dean of Svetitskhoveli Patriarchal Cathedral Temple.