At 7:30 p.m., St. Vladimir's Seminary will bestow an honorary doctoral degree upon Metropolitan Kallistos, after which His Eminence will deliver his presentation. The event will take place in Metropolitan Philip Auditorium of the John G. Rangos Family Building, and a public reception will follow.

Metropolitan Kallistos, who was born "Timothy Ware" in Bath, England, embraced the Orthodox Christian faith at the age of 24 (having been raised an Anglican). He has served as Co-chair of Orthodox-Anglican Dialogue from  2008 to the present. His most well known writings are The Orthodox Church, published when he was a layman in 1963 and subsequently revised several times. In 1979 he produced a companion volume, The Orthodox Way, published by St. Vladimir's Seminary Press.

His Eminence began his visit to St. Vladimir's Seminary by concelebrating the Vigil for the Feast of the Theotokos in our campus chapel. Presiding was His Beatitude, The Most Blessed Jonah, primate of the Orthodox Church in America, and several chapel clergy served.

To read more about the Ss. Alban & Sergius Conference and to view a schedule, click here.