On Sept 27, 2023, Professor of Systematic Theology, Dr Peter Bouteneff , gave a lecture at Seoul National University, South Korea, entitled The Orthodox Church: Its Teaching, Ethos, and Art . Dr Bouteneff was invited by the Center for Religious Studies at Seoul National University, which is South Korea’s leading...

The Institute of Sacred Arts (ISA) at St Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary (SVOTS) is producing a new book entitled Lord, It Is Good to Be Here! Orthodox Liturgical Art in North America, to be published by St Vladimir’s Seminary Press. This major book project will highlight the finest exemplars of...

With faith in Christ and hope in the resurrection, we share the news of the repose of John Barrett Dunlop, SVS Press author and longtime friend, former seminarian, and supporter of St Vladimir’s Seminary. John fell asleep in the Lord on October 14, 2023. John is survived by his wife...

Last weekend, Associate Professor of Patristics, the Very Rev. Dr Bogdan Bucur , traveled to Brookline, MA to give a lecture at the Pappas Patristic Institute . The talk was entitled When the Most Blessed Athanasius was Opposing the Arians: Athanasius' Defense of the Nicene Faith Refracted through an Augustinian...

In this Faculty Spotlight Interview, we get to know Dr Rossitza Schroeder , Associate Professor of Art History and Assistant Director of the Institute of Sacred Arts at St Vladimir’s Seminary. Dr Schroeder is teaching the third online course offered by St Vladimir’s Online School of Theology, Sacred Artistry: The...

On October 27-28, 2023, St Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary (SVOTS) student Mihailo Vlajkovic (M.A. ‘24) represented the Seminary at a conference hosted by the Berkeley Divinity School at Yale University. The two-day conference, titled "The Apostolic Ministry": History, Theology, and Ecumenism , offered an exploration of “the ways in which...

By Emil Prisquilas Peter (M.Div. ’26) I would imagine that the kindergartner would have experienced bullying here from one or a group of his female classmates, who would have mentioned the phrase “Boys go to Jupiter to get stupider” to indirectly imply that all boys are stupider and less important...

Six seminarians submitted essays for the 6th Annual St Matthias Merit Scholarship Contest on Wednesday, November 1, each answering a common essay prompt curated by an anonymous group of donors. The essay prompt read as follows: When a forlorn kindergartner arrived home from school, he asked his mother if it...

The second session in the Light of the World Webinar Series was co-hosted by Dr Edith M. Humphrey , SVS Press Author and Professor Emerita of New Testament at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, and Dr David Bradshaw , Professor of Philosophy at the University of Kentucky, on the topic, “Gender: Enlightening...

Giorgi, a seminarian from the Republic of Georgia, is in his third year studying in the Master of Divinity program with the blessing of Archbishop Alexander of the OCA’s Diocese of the South. He and Barbare are parents of a son, Gabriel, and two daughters, Eugenia and Dorothea, both of...