The college is the only ecumenical seminary that accepts candidates of the various and traditions of the Eastern Orthodox and Catholic Churches.
Archimandrite Dr. Andreas Thiermeyer, a diocesan priest of Eichstätt, founded COr and became its first rector.
COr’s community consists of men, women, and children coming from Ukraine, Slovakia, Hungary, Poland, Syria, Lebanon, India, Georgia, and Armenia.
COr has a spiritual typikon that contains its rules and regulations of the daily life of the community.
[3] COr’s current rector is Archpriest Dr. Oleksandr Petrynko (Ukraine), its vice-rector Archimandrite Dr. Thomas Kremer (Germany), and its spiritual director Fr.