DIPLOMA OF HONORARY MEMBER OF THE KAZAN THEOLOGICAL ACADEMY ARCHBISHOP SAVVA (TIKHOMIROV) (1819 – 1896) 1889

Pavel V. Bochkov

Kuzbass theological seminary, Novokuznetsk, Russia

Email: frpavel@inbox.ru

ORCID: 0000–0002–3218–6706

Issue: № 3 (35), 2026

Pages: 150

DOI: 10.24412/2309-

Annotation

The article is dedicated to the memory of the outstanding Russian church scholar, publicist and preacher, Archbishop of Tver and Kashin Savva (Tikhomirov) (1819 – 1896), to the 130th anniversary of his death. The author publishes for the first time a document from his private collection, namely, the diploma of the Honorary Member of the Kazan Theological Academy (KazTA) of Archbishop Savva (Tikhomirov). The document is the original diploma of the Honorary Member of KazTA of Archbishop Savva (Tikhomirov), issued in 1889, and is a visible sign of recognition of his merits in the field of service to the Church and theological science. The diploma contains a certificate of a positive decision of the Council of the Kazan Theological Academy, which was then approved by the decision of the Holy Synod. The document contains the original autographs of the representatives of the professorial and teaching corporation of the Kazan Theological Academy as of 1889, each of which is briefly described. The data of the published diploma are provided with the necessary scientific comments. The described document is a unique example of a personal diploma of an Honorary Member of KazTA, probably existing in a single copy, which makes it a genuine rarity. The article continues a series of publications in the academic journal of the Church Research Center of the Kostroma Metropolitanate of the Russian Orthodox Church «Ipatievsky Vestnik», dedicated to the introduction into academic circulation of descriptions of original documents on the completion of theological schools in the Russian Empire by their outstanding graduates.

Keywords

Archbishop Savva (Tikhomirov), diploma of an honorary member of the theological academy, scientific and theological certification in Russia, Kazan Theological Academy

For citation

Bochkov P.V., priest. Diploma of Honorary Member of the Kazan Theological Academy Archbishop Savva (Tikhomirov) (1819 – 1896) 1889 // Ipatievsky vestnik. 2026. № 2. Р. (In Russian). https:// doi.org/10.24412/2309- 5164-2026-2-