For two days, seminarians, faculty, and staff at St Vladimir’s Seminary met at Three Hierarchs Chapel to pray together and listen to a series of talks for meditation. This year, Dr Peter Bouteneff presented a four-part series titled “The Social Self and the Inner Life: Reflections on Communion, Introversion, Extraversion...
Assistant Professor of Liturgical Theology, Dn Vitaly Permiakov , spoke at the 2023 Lenten Retreat at Holy Trinity Cathedral in San Francisco on the weekend of March 18-19. Over 75 parishioners and guests attended the retreat, contemplating the topic "Standing in the temple of thy glory: liturgical theology in the...
His Beatitude Tikhon, Archbishop of Washington and Metropolitan of All America and Canada of the Orthodox Church in America (OCA) served at St Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary (SVOTS) on March 24 and March 25. On Friday, March 24, His Beatitude presided over the morning Presanctified Liturgy and the festal vigil...
St Vladimir’s Seminary students, faculty, and guests performed a concert titled “Hymns for the Theotokos & the Lenten Season” on Sunday, March 26 at 5 p.m. EDT in the Three Hierarchs chapel on campus. Three ensembles—a male choir, a women’s choir, and a mixed choir—sang selections of traditional and contemporary...
People driving on East 13 th Street in Wichita, Kansas are treated to a heavenly sight. On St George Antiochian Orthodox Cathedral’s exterior, mosaics of Christ, the Theotokos, St John the Baptist, St George, and the Martyr Grand Duchess Elizabeth of Russia, bear silent witness to passersby. The mosaics, created...
The Fr Georges Florovsky Library at St Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary (SVOTS) is an essential hub for all seminarians. Last semester, the library and the John G. Rangos building received key updates to further enhance student access to research materials and study space. The most impactful addition was a state-of-the-art...
With faith in Christ and hope in the resurrection, we share the news of the repose of longtime friend and supporter of St Vladimir’s Seminary, Joseph Domanick, who fell asleep in the Lord on the morning of April 11, 2023 at the age of 98. Joe was a Three Hierarchs...
With faith in Christ and hope in the resurrection, we share the news of the repose of the Rev. Protopresbyter Angelo Artemas (M.Div. ‘88), of Woodland Park, NJ. Fr Angelo fell asleep in the Lord on April 20, 2023, after a short but powerful fight with cancer (glioblastoma). Fr Angelo...
St Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary (SVOTS) announces the creation of St Vladimir’s Online School of Theology , an accessible extension of the Seminary offering quality online Orthodox education to the general public, taught by SVOTS faculty. This new initiative is supported by a grant awarded in 2022 by Lilly Endowment...
The Institute of Sacred Arts (ISA) at St Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary (SVOTS) hosted a panel discussion entitled Sacred Arts East and West: A Conversation with Aidan Hart, Jonathan Pageau, and Andrew Gould , on Monday, April 24, 2023, at 7:30 p.m. in the Metropolitan Philip Auditorium on campus. The...