The Rev. Protodeacon Nicholas V. Lukianov Memorial CTS Scholarship has been established and funded beginning for the current 2024-25 academic year by Fr. Nicholas’ wife, Matushka Anna Lukianov, his daughters, Marina, Sophia, and Tatiana, and members of the Lukianov family. This scholarship is being made available exclusively to clerics of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia Church who do not have a formal seminary education and are interested in enrolling in the Certificate in Theological Studies (independent study - distance learning) program at Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary, the program which Fr. Nicholas himself graduated from.

Protodeacon Nicholas reposed in the Lord on September 27, 2021, the Great Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross.  May his memory be eternal!

For additional information, including a biography of Protodeacon Nicholas, visit our ‘Scholarships and Bursary’ page https://hts.edu/scholarships and scroll down to the bottom.

As a reminder, the following excerpt from the Synod of Bishops’ meeting of ROCOR on September 6, 2023 was posted on our website on January 17, 2024:

"HEARD: The petition of Protodeacon Andrei Psarev on the possibility of reminding clergy who do not have a theological education of the desirability of obtaining it.

RESOLVED: To remind clergy who do not have a theological education of the desirability of obtaining it, indicating possible forms, including correspondence courses at Holy Trinity Seminary, or pastoral school in the Mid-American Diocese."

Metropolitan Nicholas, First Hierarch of ROCOR

Archbishop Kyrill, Secretary of the Synod of Bishops”

For those interested in enrolling at Holy Trinity Seminary, visit our website at: https://hts.edu/admissionsrequirements

For the Certificate in Theological Studies (CTS – Independent Study) Program in particular, visit our website at: https://hts.edu/certificateintheologicalstudies