President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov met with leader of Kazan eparchy of Russian Orthodox Church Archbishop of Kazan and Tatarstan Anastasy. Head of republic came to eparchial directorate (Kazan, crossing of K.Marx and Mislavsky streets, 9/15) and got acquainted with course of repair-restoration works of group of buildings of former religious school.

Anastasy informed that group of buildings of former religious school was built in 70s of XVIII century. Many famous religious figures studies there but in 1918 when the church was separated from state the school was closed. It is expected that eparchial directorate and women’s division of Kazan religious seminary will appear in the nearest time after finishing repair-restoration works.

Archbishop of Kazan and Tatarstan Anastasy, Rustam Minnikhanov and Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin, Minister of construction, architecture and housing Irek Faizullin, Head of RT President Staff Yury Kamaltynov inspected group of buildings and evaluated volume of accomplished works. By words of Anastasy works have been implemented for a few years already. The customer of project is MU “Directorate of capital construction and reconstruction” of Kazan executive committee, general designer - JSC “Kazgrazhdanrpoekt”, general contractor – OOO “Astar”.

President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and Archbishop of Kazan and Tatarstan Anastasy discussed prospects of further repair works. Archbishop Anastasy told as well about Kazn religious seminary and its problems.

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79 people are studying currently in the seminary full-time and 95 students part-time for the beginning of 2011-2012. They are representatives of Tatarstan, Bashkortostan, Udmurtia, Chuvashia, Ulyanovsk, Samara, Tyumen, Saratov, Nizhny Novgorod and Chelyabinsk regions.