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This scholarship fund honors the
his scholarship fund honors the labors
labors of St. Herman and the first Orthodox
of St. Herman and the first Orthodox
Missionaries who landed at Kodiak Island
Missionaries who landed at Kodiak Island
in 1794. Funding for this new scholarship
in 1794. Funding for this new scholarship
will insure that the first missionaries will
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full
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full scholarships to all seminarians,
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room,
boardMany
and
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books.
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of our graduates return to areas of high
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high unemployment
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set in by
place
by
full scholarships,
set in place
Bishop
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NIKOLAI, is the only way to keep our
our graduates debt free, thus enabling them
graduates debt free, thus enabling them to
to serve more effectively in economically
serve more effectively in economically
challenged regions of Alaska. Educational
challenged regions of Alaska. Educational
debt is a severe impediment to an effective
debt is a severe impediment to an effective
ministry; this scholarship will help bring
ministry; this scholarship will help bring
greater possibilities to the church in Alaska.
“The First Missionaries Scholarship Fund”
414 Mission Road
Kodiak, AK 99615
ST. HERMAN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
greater possibilities to the church in
St. Herman Seminary is the key to expanding
Alaska.
the presence
of Orthodoxy
in Alaska.
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Seminary
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the high
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in recent
years.The First Missionaries
in the 21st
century.
Scholarship Fund will also maintain the
high academic standards achieved in
recent years.
THE FIRST MISSIONARIES
SCHOLARSHIP FUND
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This new scholarship will fund the
he budget
irst which
issionaries
annual
provides a debt
free theological
education
cholarship
und for our
seminarians. It costs $30,000 per year
This new scholarship will fund the annual budget
to educate one seminarian at SHS.
which provides a debt free theological education for
our seminarians. It costs $30,000 per year to educate
goal at
is SHS.
to find 212 donors who will
one Our
seminarian
offer a $1000 scholarship to honor the
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goal years
is to find
212 donors who
each offer
of Orthodoxy
in will
America.
a $1000 scholarship to honor the 212 years of
Orthodoxy in America.
With an overflow enrollment and a full
of faculty
first time
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first time
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bright
future.
insure SHS a bright future.
YOU CAN HELP
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Please become one of the 212 donors
to honor the First Orthodox
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to
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the form
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completing
on thisMissionaries
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by your
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andtoreturning
it with
donation
to
the scholarship
The form
also
on this brochurefund.
and returning
it withis your
available
at our new
donationonline
to the scholarship
fund.seminary
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website:
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about this scholarship fund
and the good news about St. Herman
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Please
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administrators, trustees, benefactors,
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their families
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I WOULD LIKE TO BECOME A DONOR TO THE
FIRST MISSIONARIES SCHOLARSHIP FUND.
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