Imagine studying to fulfill the call on your life (klesis) for as little as the price of your daily cup of coffee (if you live in an affluent society). For only $24.95 a month plus the cost of books, you can study to receive your Diploma in Sacred Theology (S. Th. D.), which will allow your bishop to ordain you to the sacred priesthood of the Orhodox Church within the Russian Orthodox Church in America (TOC), Metropolis of Denver, Colorado, U.S.A.

There is also an application fee of $39.95, a matriculation fee of $25 upon acceptance of your application by the Seminary Registrar and a Graduation Fee of $49.95 upon completion of the Course of Study. Other fees are applicable for the materials, lodging and food involved in the weekend seminars (where applicable) and the 2 week long summer session.

Students are encouraged to begin building a parish as soon as they are able to conduct Enquirers Classes and Readers Services. The parish of the student should assist, if at all possible, in helping the student meet his or her financial obligations to the Seminary.

Furthermore, the Seminary is continually adding to the textbooks and materials that it has online in PDF (Adobe Portable Document Format). Therefore, the textbooks you need may be available to read online or to print out, using the Acrobat Reader free download available here. If you have a scanner and would be willing to scan in and proofread textbooks in PDF format, please contact the Rector of the Seminary program.

The Seminary and the Church are willing to give some financial aid to students who have real economic hardship and a proven klesis. However, we have endeavored to take every action possible to keep the cost of our seminary education as low as possible. In addition to the charges made for the coursework, there is the cost of any books not in our electronic library (located at www.orthodoxvoices.net) and the costs involved in the weekend and summer seminars. Adjustments in the training schedule shall be made to accommodate the student's work schedule, whenever possible.

Persons not able to meet these financial requirements should openly discuss their needs with their Bishop, as finances should never be the impediment to the fulfillment of a valid klesis.

Finally, if you are a student from a affluent country and can afford the cost, we ask that you pay double the fees (still not an exorbidant amount) to offset the fees of a student from a Third World country.