His Beatitude the Most Blessed Tikhon , archbishop of Washington, metropolitan of All America and Canada, and chair of St. Vladimir’s Seminary, has published his Archpastoral Message for the Nativity of Christ for 2018. His Beatitude’s message is available on OCA.org , and is reprinted below. Archpastoral Message of His...

Singers from the St. Vladimir’s Seminary (SVOTS) community kept a busy schedule in the month of December, performing at two concerts and spreading Nativity season cheer at a local nursing home. On December 8, the St. Vladimir’s Seminary Chorale partnered with Ancient Faith Ministries and the Choir from Holy Trinity...

24-25 December 2018 • Yonkers, NY St. Vladimir’s Seminary, including the Seminary bookstore, will be closed for business December 24 and 25 in observance of the Eve of Nativity and the Feast of the Nativity. Normal business hours will resume December 26. A schedule of services at the Seminary’s Three Hierarch’s Chapel can be found here .

St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary (SVOTS) is poised to establish a permanent Institute of Sacred Arts (ISA) on its campus, with “creativity and holiness for the life of the world” as its mission, thanks to a $250,000 grant from the Henry Luce Foundation. The grant, announced November 29, 2018...

As 2019 begins, Saint Vladimir’s Seminary (SVS) Press has added two titles to its offerings: The Testament of the Lord and Theology as a Surprise . The Testament of the Lord becomes the fifty-eighth entry into SVS Press’s widely popular (no pun intended) Popular Patristics Series. The Testament of the...

St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary (SVOTS) had a strong presence at the Inaugural Conference of the International Orthodox Theological Association (IOTA). IOTA assembled in Iaşi, Romania on January 9-12, 2019. Founded by University of St. Thomas Professor Dr. Paul Gavrilyuk and a group of leading scholars , IOTA’s mission is...

Members of St. Vladimir’s Seminary (SVOTS) joined thousands of pro-life marchers in Washington, D.C. Friday, January 18, for the 46th annual March for Life , marking the anniversary of the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision in 1973 that legalized abortion in the United States. His Beatitude, Metropolitan Tikhon, primate...

St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary (SVOTS) raised over $250,000 to support seminarians during its fundraising campaigns over the fall and winter of 2018/2019. On November 1 and 2, 2018, SVOTS held its Fall Benefit and Theological Convocation to support the Seminary’s Tuition-Free Initiative , which offers fully-paid tuition to seminarians...

January 30, 2019 • Feast of the Three Hierarchs • On-campus St. Vladimir’s Seminary (SVOTS) celebrated an eventful Feast of the Three Hierarchs on its campus Wednesday. The day began with Divine Liturgy and concluded with the 36 th Annual Father Alexander Schmemann Lecture and Mid-Year Commencement. The day’s conclusion also marked the end of three-days of the Orthodox Church in America [OCA] and Anglican Church in North America [ACNA] dialogue, which was also hosted on campus. [img_assist|nid=29020|title=|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=351|height=234]HIERARCHICAL DIVINE LITURGY ( View a photo gallery )

On Tuesday St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary (SVOTS) featured one of its own, faculty member and alumnus Dn. Evan Freeman , in a special seminar. Dn. Evan’s talk, “Art and Liturgical Reform: Byzantine Eucharistic objects and the development of the Prothesis rite," was the first in a series of monthly...