The seminary community experienced a taste of Africa this month—literally! Three seminarians at St. Vladimir’s Seminary—two from Nigeria and one from Uganda—cooked up an African meal March 7 to help raise funds for an upcoming mission trip to Uganda . Nine students from St Vladimir's will be participating in a...

Over twenty-five chaplains of different faiths convened on the campus of St. Vladimir’s Seminary March 5 and 6 to assess and certify clinical chaplains serving in hospitals, long-term care, and hospice. The seminary hosted certification meetings for the Board of Chaplaincy Certification Inc. (BCCI), the national certifying body affiliated with...

When the Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church met in Kolymvari, Crete, June 19–26, 2016, it culminated a nearly 60-year period of preparation and capped months of anticipatory work in ecclesial circles. Religion media channels had touted it as the first major council of the Orthodox Church since...

Three Hierarchs Chapel was brimming with singers of all ages Saturday. On March 17, members of the youth choir from Holy Trinity Orthodox Church, East Meadow, NY stood together with seminarians from St. Vladimir’s Seminary to sing All-Night Vigil. The youth choir, under the direction of Danielle Miller and Dr...

Pope Benedict XVI and Metropolitan Kallistos Ware are among those praising a monumental new work authored by Metropolitan Hilarion Alfeyev and published by SVS Press . Jesus Christ: His Life and Teaching, Vol. 1 was released in March. It is the first of Metropolitan Hilarion’s six-volume study on the life...

At its commencement Saturday, May 19 , 2018, St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary will confer honorary doctorates to three people for their contributions to the Orthodox Church: composer Mitered Archpriest Sergei Glagolev, Seminary Trustee Emeritus Protodeacon Peter Danilchick, and University of Kentucky Professor David Bradshaw, Ph.D. “Their contributions align so...

St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary is pleased to announce that Cameron Beahan has been hired as the new managing director of Marketing and Operations for St. Vladimir’s Seminary (SVS) Press . Beahan will supervise SVS Press and bookstore operations and lead the strategic vision for both acquisition of Press content...

Members of the St. Herman Society for Orthodox Ecology , one of several student interest groups at St. Vladimir’s Seminary, are ramping up efforts this spring. The group has plans to begin composting on campus and establish a community garden. “We are very thankful we have such a beautiful campus...

With hope in the resurrection especially present in our hearts during this paschal season, we share the news of the repose of Alumnus Mitered Archpriest John Nehrebecki. Fr. John fell asleep in the Lord on Great and Holy Saturday morning, April 7, 2018. Father John was pastor emeritus of Christ...

[img_assist|nid=27566|title=|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=300|height=194]25 April 2018 • On-Campus • Three Hierarchs Chapel Seminarians from the Patriarchate of Alexandria helped make for a particularly memorable celebration of the feast day of St. Mark the Evangelist, the patron saint of the Venerable Church of Alexandria. On Wednesday, the seminary community observed the Divine Liturgy for the feast according to rubrics and languages commonly used for the Divine Liturgy in Africa. The Liturgy was led by first-year Seminarian Archimandrite Chrysostomos Onyekakeyah from Nigeria and third-year Seminarian Deacon Simon Menya from Uganda; Seminarian Loveday Okafor, also from Nigeria, sang the responses during the Liturgy. All three students belong to the Patriarchate of Alexandria and All Africa.