seminary

The new consecrations are set to take place near the society's seminary in Econe, a village in the Rhone valley in Alpine southwest Switzerland, at the foot of the mountains.

From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026

Jaber Rajabi, who served in the Revolutionary Guard and studied with Khamenei in a religious seminary in Qom before defecting in 2016, warned Iran’s Arab neighbors about him before his elevation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 2026

Jackson hesitated — the job required him to leave the seminary six months short of graduation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 17, 2026

He left before completing seminary, joining the civil rights movement full time.

From Salon ● Feb. 17, 2026

So did his teachers at the seminary, who deemed him too playful and impatient with pomp and procedure; they delayed his ordination.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario

Khamenei was born in Mashhad, Iran's second-largest city located in the north-east of the country, and studied at seminaries in the city before moving to Qom, the centre of Iran's Shia clerical establishment.

From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026

He studied at religious seminaries in Mashhad before continuing his education in the holy Iraqi city of Najaf and the religious centre of Qom.

From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026

Most of them reside and run seminaries in the holy cities of Qom in Iran and Najaf in Iraq.

From Salon ● Mar. 6, 2026

He began his religious instruction at 4 and continued his studies at the revered hawza, a network of illustrious seminaries.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2026

The same method of reduction was brought to bear upon the allowances for seminaries; the towns were released from the obligation of repairing churches and religious establishments of charity.

From The War Upon Religion Being an Account of the Rise and Progress of Anti-christianism in Europe by Cunningham, Francis A. (Francis Aloysius)