“I thank God that so many people have been called to the diaconate and priesthood, and especially, that so many have responded to that call,” said His Beatitude Metropolitan Jonah, primate of Orthodox Church in America (OCA), who ordained five seminarians to Holy Orders of the Priesthood and Diaconate during...
Twenty-srs of Arts degrees were conferred. Commencement crowned the week's celebrations, during which one student was ordained to the priesthood, four were ordained to the diaconate, three were elevated as sub-deacons, and two were tonsured as readers (see that story here ); the Dean, Archpriest John Behr, received the honor...
This past Friday, May 20, amidst the preparations for our yearly Commencement, a true friend of St. Vladimir's Seminary, Zoran Milkovich, fell asleep in the Lord. A graduate of St. Vladimir's Seminary, Mr. Milkovich served as President of the Saint Vladimir's Theological Foundation from its inception in 1968 until 1984...
Reflection by Dr. Peter C. Bouteneff , Associate Professor of Systematic Theology This year’s SVOTS summer conference, scheduled for June 17–19, is on women in the Orthodox Church—entitled “Women Disciples of the Lord.” Having helped to organize this gathering, I want to first express some enthusiasm about it: It is...
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Accurately chronicling bygone theological debates can be extraordinarily challenging, but our Dean, Archpriest John Behr, has proved himself worthy of the task. In May 2011, he published a landmark work, The Case Against Diodore and Theodore , which is being touted by its publisher, the prestigious Oxford University Press (OUP)...
This week our seminary hosted the 80th meeting of the North American Orthodox-Catholic Theological Consultation—the oldest official dialogue between the two Churches in the modern era. The dialogue is jointly sponsored by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) and the Standing Conference of Orthodox Bishops in America (SCOBA). Since...
This past week, a group of some thirty Orthodox Christian academics from around the U.S. met at the seminary to discuss the possibility of and issues involved in establishing an Orthodox College in North America. The idea of the conference was announced on our SVOTS website last year and was...
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Our Dean, Archpriest John Behr, recently whirled through Kansas like a (benevolent) twister, touching down in several places in order to teach, preach, observe, and socialize with Orthodox Christian communities. As part of his effort to create an ongoing dialogue between the faithful in the “Sunflower State” and the seminary...