By Deborah (Malacky) Belonick “If we have faith, and allow God to do to us that which He wills, everything good will come down to us,” said His Grace Thomas, visiting bishop to our Three Hierarchs Chapel, during his homily on the Feast of St. Barbara and St. John of...
By Deborah (Malacky) Belonick "Tis the Season"...to feed the hungry, clothe the naked, and visit the sick that linger outside New York's Penn Station. During Advent, members of our seminary community have been making several charitable trips to the Big Apple in response to the Gospel's commandments (Matt 25:35–37). Our...
On the Feast of St. Herman of Alaska, the seminary community joined in celebrating a memorial service for Protopresbyter Alexander Schmemann, the prominent 20th-century Orthodox churchman and theologian who served as Dean of St. Vladimir's from 1962 until his death on December 13, 1983. Our current Dean, Archpriest John Behr...
by Deborah (Malacky) Belonick As we approach the New Year, our seminary community remembers our alumni/ae and trustees who have departed this life in 2010. Memory Eternal! Most recently, Protojerej-Stavrofor Milan Savich, 90, fell asleep in the Lord on November 27, 2010 in Chicago. He was preceded in death by...
“If you’re looking for a parish that reflects a strong commitment to creative outreach and growth, I’ve found a ‘model parish’ in Colorado Springs,” claims Archpriest Chad Hatfield, our chancellor. He is speaking of Ss. Constantine and Helen, Holy Theophany Orthodox Church, a vibrant community shepherded by Archpriest Anthony Karbo...
The SVOTS Men’s Choir is adding to their repertoire as they visit parishes of various Orthodox Christian jurisdictions and worship with parishioners of wide-ranging ethnic backgrounds. Hierodeacon Philip (Majkrzak), chapel choir director at the seminary, recently led the choir on a trip to Pennsylvania, and several clips of them in...
Amid the signage at the March for Life rally this year in Washington, D.C.— “Choose Life: Your Mother Did,” “Everyone Deserves a Birthday,” and “I Regret My Abortion”— waved a banner embossed with the “St. Vladimir’s Seminary” name and logo. Thirty members of our campus community braved the January chill...
January Snowfall 2011 • Seminary Campus • Deborah Belonick Poet Emily Dickinson made falling snow sound romantic: It sifts from leaden sieves, it powders all the wood, It fills with alabaster wool the wrinkles of the road. It makes an even face of mountain and of plain, — Unbroken forehead...
by Deborah (Malacky) Belonick Following the lecture, Metropolitan Hilarion presented the seminary with an exquisite icon of the Theotokos and Christ Child, and then celebrated Great Vespers with the seminary community in Three Hierarchs Chapel. His Eminence will be visiting the New York Metro area this entire weekend. He will...
by Deborah (Malacky) Belonick Over 1,000 people streamed into the awe-inspiring Church of St. Paul the Apostle in New York City Monday evening to hear the equally sublime St. Matthew Passion, composed by Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeyev), an episcopal member of the Board of Trustees of St. Vladimir's Seminary and chairman...