Very Rev. Dr. Sergius Halvorsen , St. Vladimir’s Seminary’s assistant professor of homiletics and rhetoric, has kept a busy schedule in recent months, speaking to the Orthodox Christian Fellowship (OCF) as well as clergy of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America (GOA). Following the Great Feast of the Nativity, Fr...
Drawing from his experience as a missionary in South Africa and Orthodox mission planter in the United States, St. Vladimir’s Seminary President Fr. Chad Hatfield discusses Orthodox evangelism and offers practical advice for new parishes. Listen below to Fr. Chad’s two lectures, which were delivered in Bergen, Norway last winter...
Everyone experiences loss and grief, but it may be easy to overlook what affect those experiences have on our mental health. The Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of the United States of America has created a series of videos, titled, Mental Health & Orthodox Christianity to help people navigate difficult...
St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary (SVOTS) faculty member Dn. John (Rassem) El Massih was ordained to the Holy Priesthood on Sunday, August 30 by the hand of His Eminence Metropolitan Joseph of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America (AOCANA). The ordination took place during a hierarchical Divine Liturgy...
In the spring of 2020, New York state was the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic. Saint Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary (SVOTS) classes went virtual, and its chapel and liturgical life were effectively suspended. But several months later, in August, SVOTS reopened for the new academic year with in-person classes, full...
Saint Vladimir’s Seminary President Fr. Chad Hatfield ’s fascinating presentation about North American saints is now available to the public. Father Chad delivered the presentation, “Orthodox Christian Saints of North America,” for the Orthodox Christian Laity (OCL)’s 33rd Annual Meeting and Program on November 13, 2020. A recording of the...
Saint Vladimir’s Seminary Director of Music Harrison Russin has successfully defended his doctoral dissertation, “I Believe: The Credo in Music, 1300–1500.” Russin passed the oral examination via Zoom on January 22, 2021.
Fr. David Barr (SVOTS Class of ’83), pastor of St. Elias Orthodox Church in Austin, Texas since 2004, recently participated in a phone interview with Ginny Nieuwsma from the Seminary’s advancement team. We appreciate the time he took to answer her questions. He emphasizes the unique place of St Vladimir’s...
Seven seminarians from the Serbian Orthodox Church are enrolled at St. Vladimir’s Seminary in the 2018-2019 Academic Year. The Serbian Scholarship, so generously established by some of the Seminary’s outstanding servants and donors, pays for up to three Serbian Orthodox students each year to attend seminary. Funding is needed, however...
Rick and Jean Wagner hail from St. Paul, Minnesota. Rick completed his undergraduate education in chemistry at UNC-Chapel Hill and then earned a Ph.D. at Duke University. Jean attended Duke University in Biomedical Engineering, obtaining both a bachelor’s and a master’s degree. After Rick finished a NIH post-doctoral Fellowship at...