The academy has an extensive library (more than 40 thousand titles), which includes books of the 16th-19th centuries and a small archaeological museum (about 30 exhibits).

We assessed our capabilities, including financial ones, and I turned to Father John (Krestyankin) for a blessing.

He was very pleased that we have such a desire and opportunity, and blessed us to create an educational institution within the walls of the Sretensky Monastery.

Of course, the main blessing in this case was for the rector of our monastery, the late His Holiness Patriarch Alexy II.

The first lecture was given by Doctor of Philology Alexander Uzhankov, it was devoted to Ancient Russian literature.