The twelve-acre campus of St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary (SVOTS) is as beautiful as ever following a weekend clean-up by seminarians and family members.
Seminarian Alisha Solheim, one of the student leaders of SVOTS’ St. Herman Society for Orthodox Ecology, helped lead the spring clean-up effort Saturday, March 27, 2021.
The Seminary community is grateful to Alisha, the St. Herman Society, and all who participated!
The new website of St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary (SVOTS) has gone live with a fresh new look and loads of new, helpful features.
“The fresh and simplified design of the website will provide a welcoming and smooth experience for visitors hoping to learn about Seminary and experience great content—information, resources, news articles, videos, podcasts, blogs, and more,” said Sarah Werner, chief marketing officer for St. Vladimir’s Seminary. “We are grateful to the team at Promet Source, who helped us build the new website, and to everyone on the Seminary team who poured hours of work into the project.”
Among other new features, the new site allows visitors to tailor their experience using the “I am a…” option at the top of the homepage. Prospective students, current students, donors, and alumni are able to navigate directly to sections of the website designed specifically for them.
Visit www.svots.edu to explore the new website.
About St Vladimir’s Seminary
Saint Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary, located on a beautiful twelve-acre campus in Yonkers, NY, serves our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ by bearing witness to Him throughout the world. The Seminary is accredited through the Association of Theological Schools (ATS) and trains priests, lay leaders, and scholars to be active apologists of the Orthodox Christian Faith—focusing on academic rigor and spiritual formation within a residential Orthodox community.
With faith in Christ and hope in the resurrection, we share news of the repose of Leonard Kirvida, an alumnus of St. Vladimir’s Seminary, who fell asleep in the Lord April 1, 2021 at the age of 92.
Kirvida was born April 15, 1928 in Gackle, ND. He graduated from “Chi-Hi” School in Center City, MN and went on to graduate from the University of Minnesota and St. Vladimir’s Seminary (class of 1958). He began his professional career at the Naval Research Lab in Washington D.C., then went on to work at Honeywell and Control Data, where he retired.
Kirvida is remembered by his family and friends as a loving man who enjoyed travelling, farming, skiing, and anything cultural. He was preceded in death by parents Boris & Vara; brother Mitchell Kirvida; sisters Eugenia Bedard and Viola Korman; and niece Kathleen Korman. He is survived by niece and nephew Barb Korman and Jim Kirvida; grandnephew Andrew Korman and grandniece Anya Korman; nieces and nephews Sharon Gorton, Cindy Steel, Cheri Ollman, Ginger Fitzgerald, Kevin Kirvida, Pam Thomas, Greg Bedard, Lori Bettschen, Connie Lehr, Craig Kirvida, and Brenda McGrath; and many other great nieces, nephews and other relatives.
Funeral services for Leonard Kirvida took place April 5, 2021 at St. Mary’s Orthodox Cathedral, Minneapolis, MN.
May his memory be eternal!
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(*The photo & information for this obituary are adapted from Kozlak Radulovich Funeral Chapels)
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