Members of St. Vladimir's student body, faculty, and staff joined the 49th annual March for Life Friday in Washington, D.C.
The Seminary's participation in the March was organized by St. Vladimir's student-led St. Ambrose Society. The group from St. Vladimir's joined the larger gathering of Orthodox Christians at the March led by twelve hierarchs of the Assembly of Orthodox Canonical Bishops.
Each year tens of thousands of people join the March for Life in the nation's capitol in defense of life and to condemn the tragic reality of abortion. As His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon affirmed in his annual statement released in January, “The Orthodox Church continues to hold fast to its ancient belief that all human life, from conception in the womb to our very last moment, is sacred to God. For the Holy Scripture tells us that ‘God did not make death, and He does not delight in the death of the living. For He created all things that they might exist’ (Wis 1:13–14).”
