Over the summer alumni from St Vladimir’s Seminary (SVOTS) joined students and clergy from around the globe for Suprasl’s annual World Gathering of Orthodox Youth. The event was held June 30–July 8, 2024, at the Monastery of the Annunciation and the Suprasl Academy in northeastern Poland.
SVOTS graduates served as speakers and workshop leaders for the gathering’s ninety youth participants hailing from twenty-five countries. Alumni at the event included Archpriest Vladimir Misijuk ('91) from Poland; Archpriest Theodore Svane ('15) from Norway; and Archdeacon Joseph Matusiak ('06), former director of alumni and recruitment at SVOTS and who now serves in Poland. St Vladimir’s Seminary (SVS) Press author Dr Elizabeth Theokritoff, who penned Living in God’s Creation: Orthodox Perspectives on Ecology (2009), was also among the speakers.
Suprasl 2024 was organized with the blessing and support of His Beatitude Metropolitan Sawa of Warsaw and All Poland, in conjunction with OrthNet and the Fellowship of Orthodox Youth in Poland. Participants represented ten of the world’s autocephalous Orthodox Churches.
Read a full recap of the 2024 World Gathering of Orthodox Youth at OCA.org.
Suprasl’s forthcoming events include a student trip to Cappadocia in January, led by former SVOTS dean and professor Archpriest John Behr. Learn about more future Suprasl events on the organization’s website, suprasl.org.
Fr Vladimir Misijuk (right) and Archdeacon Joseph Matusiak (middle) serve the Proskomedia.
Fr Theodore Svane and Simon from Norway singing during the cultural evening.
Photos and information for this article were adapted from Suprasl.org and OCA.org.
