The Orthodox Academy "St. John of Neamt"
The
Orthodox Academy "St. John of Neamt" - center of spirituality and orthodox
culture is organized as subunity of the Metropolitan See of Moldavia and
Bucovina and organizes cultural-theological and pastoral educational activities,
in order to obtain some income for the support of the activities w
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missionary, social and spiritual character of the Metropolitan See of Moldavia
and Bucovina. The Administrative office of the Academy is in Iasi in the
framework of the the Cultural Department of the Metropoly of Moldavia and
Bucovina, and the main spaces for the conferences are in the Eastern branch of
the Main Building of the Theological Seminary from Neamt Monastery. The Academy
has 60 places for the accomodation in rooms of 2-3 persons with its own toilet
room and modern sanitar installations. The Conference room has 150 places , and
for the prayer and for the service the Acaderrmy possesses also a paraclisis.
Concerning the activities of tourism and pilgrimage, in the framework of the
Academy there are guides among the teachers who speak English, French, German,
Italian, Greek.
Among the objectives of the Academy we mention: the knowledge of the modern
orthodox spirituality in a ecumenical and international dialog,< the promotion
of the pastoral activities , missionary and educational initiated by the
Orthodox Church involvrd in the Romanian Society, with the participation of
christians from the whole country and from abroad as well. The procedures
followed in the fulfillment of these objectives are: the organization of the
seminars, colloquia, national and international conferences on themes of
nowaday's interest, the realisation of the training and education programs of
the youth.< the organization of sportive touristical-religious actions with the
young people and other social categories (as mentioned in the Status). These
spaces of the Academy are in the well-known zone of the Monasteries of Neamt and
the natural landscape is one of the best in the area.