Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary is a graduate and undergraduate institution for professional Orthodox Christian theological education under the jurisdiction of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia and accredited by the New York State Board of Regents and the New York State Commissioner of Education. Sharing its grounds with Holy Trinity Monastery, a spiritual center of the Russian Diaspora, in the environs of picturesque and historical Upstate New York, the seminary provides a unique environment for immersion in the living Tradition of the Russian Orthodox Faith, for spiritual growth and academic formation of students to serve the Church as clergy, monastics, choir directors, cantors, iconographers, and lay leaders.