[img_assist|nid=29042|title=|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=300|height=420] Registration for the webinar is now closed. Please check SVOTS.edu/events for information on future D.Min. webinars **** An opportunity to transform your ministry for the better might sound too good to be true, but that is exactly what St. Vladimir’s Seminary’s Doctor of Ministry (D.Min.) program was set up to be. And its most recent graduates want you to see fruits of the D.Min. program for yourself.

Our campus turned into a film set this week, as a Russian TV crew produced a documentary about the history of the Orthodox Church in America (OCA). The crew, led by Archpriest Alexey Uminskiy, host of the popular Russian TV program "Orthodox Encyclopedia," shot extensive footage around our campus, especially...

[img_assist|nid=29085|title=|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=300|height=388]In September of 1794, a group of ten monks from the Valaam Monastery in Russia arrived on Kodiak Island, Alaska to begin what would become one of the greatest missionary endeavors in the history of Orthodox Christianity . This year is the 225 th anniversary of that mission to North America, and St. Vladimir’s Seminary is co-sponsoring a special event with Mother of God Orthodox Church , Princeton, NJ to mark the occasion.

The board of the Orthodox Christian Leadership Initiative (OCLI) convened in Houston, TX in February to discuss the mission and future of OCLI and its work in the Orthodox Church. Sponsored by the Orthodox Vision Foundation and graciously hosted at The Saint Constantine School , the gathering allowed for fruitful...

4 March 2019 • On Campus On a wintry Monday, St. Vladimir’s Seminary welcomed dozens of guests to campus: His Grace Bishop Ignatije of Branichevo, the dean of the Orthodox theological seminary in Belgrade, Serbia ; Mother Christophora, the abbess of The Orthodox Monastery of the Transfiguration in Ellwood City, PA; and more than 40 others visiting for the Association of Professional Chaplains (APC) board certifications. [img_assist|nid=29058|title=|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=350|height=258]Hierarch visit

[img_assist|nid=29063|title=|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=300|height=388]St. Vladimir's Seminary hears you. You want to know what the Seminary is doing to make sure the next leader at your parish is being formed and educated the right way, because their future ministry will affect you, your family, and your church. That's why we want you to hear face-to-face how we are raising up servants for the Orthodox Church—and why we have "doubled down" on our commitment to residential life for our seminarians. Of course, YOU are the reason this commitment to your future church leaders is possible. Consider becoming a sponsor, and let's take on this important work together.

Academic Dean Dr. Ionut-Alexandru Tudorie presented his research into the legacy of Byzantine Emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos at the latest installment of St. Vladimir’s Seminary’s monthly academic seminars. On March 5, Dr. Tudorie delivered the lecture, “New Constantine or New Judas? The Afterlife of an Excommunicated Emperor: Michael VIII Palaiologos...

His Beatitude, Metropolitan Jonah, primate of the Orthodox Church in America (OCA) and a St. Vladimir's alumnus (MDiv '85, MTh '88), was recently awarded an honorary doctorate from Nashotah House, a seminary of the Episcopal Church, during the school's fall convocation. The academic convocation exhibited, in many respects, the recent...

**Registration is now closed. Please visit SVOTS.edu/events over the next several months for information about next year's Diaconal Liturgical Practicum. [img_assist|nid=29071|title=|desc=|link=none|align=right|width=350|height=453]The 13 th Annual Diaconal Liturgical Practicum of the Orthodox Church in America (OCA) will be held July 16–19, 2019 at St. Seraphim Cathedral in Santa Rosa, CA. The four-day program will offer intense practical liturgical training for deacons and lay diaconal candidates. Supper, prayer, and an opening session will launch the Practicum at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, July 16. The last day of the Practicum will conclude with hierarchical Divine Liturgy and feast day lunch.

Seminarians from St. Vladimir’s, St. Tikhon’s, and Holy Cross seminaries gathered on the campus of St. Vladimir’s Seminary March 8-11 for the Spring 2019 Conference of the Orthodox Inter-Seminary Movement (OISM). Founded in the 1960s and revived in 2003, the OISM fosters fellowship and cooperation among Orthodox seminary and theology...