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+381 21 2984 111One of the oldest and most distinguished Orthodox theological schools in Serbia, founded in 1749.
It represents a significant spiritual and cultural symbol of Sremski Karlovci that continues to preserve the tradition of theological education. The school has upheld its values and standards for the past 230 years and successfully continues to educate pupils from various parts of Serbia.
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The Clerical School in Karlovci was founded in 1794 thanks to Metropolitan Stefan Stratimirović. Initially, schooling lasted two, and later three years, and materially disadvantaged pupils had free food. The work of the school was occasionally interrupted due to plague, revolution, and reorganisation.
From 1875, the school grew into a higher theological school – the Seminary, into which pupils who had completed grammar school were admitted. Classes lasted four years, and pupils had church duties alongside their studies. It received new buildings in 1891/92 and 1903. During the First World War, it did not operate, and was briefly restored in 1917/18.
After the war, from 1920 to 1941, the Seminary of Saint Sava operated in Karlovci, right up until the beginning of the Second World War.
After a long break, in 1964 the Seminary in Karlovci was restored as part of the Seminary of Saint Sava from Belgrade, and in 1967 it became an independent school under the name Seminary of Saint Arsenius.
The Seminary in NumbersIt has existed for over 230 years and has educated more than 3,500 pupils so far.
Church ChantingChanting began to be studied from the very foundation. Russian musicologist Razumovsky said that Karlovci chanting was the only one to have preserved the chanting of the Serbian Church in all its purity, correctness, and grandeur.
School SectionsThe Karlovci Seminary can boast of its sections that perfect the pupils' skills. The beekeeping section and the woodcarving section are the right way for pupils to learn true values and perfect their practical knowledge.
