On May 29, 2020, in the former
residence courtyard of the Patriarchate of the Orthodox
Church of Georgia, a meeting of the Scientific Council of Tbilisi
Theological Academy and Seminary held its session. It was presided
by the Rector of this educational institution, PhD of Theology and
Philology, Professor, Protopresbyter Giorgi Zviadadze. He presented
a proposal to the members of the Scientific Council - to approve
the procedure for awarding an honorary doctorate and to present
this title to the Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, Archbishop
of Mtskheta and Tbilisi and Metropolitan of Bichvinta and
Tskhum-Abkhazeti, His Holiness and Beatitude Ilia II. The Council
unanimously approved the proposal.
According to the agenda, the
remarks provided by the members of the Scientific Council were
discussed in detail, some of which were taken into account and
approved unanimously by the Scientific Council:
Regulations on the official
responsibility of the personnel carrying out the scientific and
educational function within the framework of academic ethics and
service activities;
The rules for ensuring the
academic integrity of undergraduate and graduate students;
Provisions of auxiliary
structural units;
TTAS official website management
rule;
The organizational structure of
TTAS.
The statute of the Doctorate
Department and Dissertation Council of TTAS was considered for its
preparation and submission to the His Holiness and Beatitude, the
Patriarch for his approval.
It was determined that the
electronic teaching would continue for another two weeks. The
Scientific Council discussed the changes that accompany the current
situation and decided that the graduate students would take the
exams at the Theological Academy and Seminary in accordance with
the regulations, while the rest of them would continue their
studies remotely.
At the suggestion of the Rector
of this educational institution and with the consent of the members
of the Scientific Council, it was decided that Mr. Irakli Orzhonia
and Mr. Tsotne Chkheidze, who were awarded the degree of Doctor of
Theology by the Dissertation Council of Tbilisi Theological Academy
and Seminary, become members of the TTAS Scientific Council.
