By Khouria Mary Honoré On December 15 children and families of our St. Vladimir’s community presented a small concert and Nativity pageant, including a special procession in honor of Saint Lucia , the 3rd-century martyr who had brought light and nourishment to her fellow Christians held within a darkened prison...
The St. Innocent Mission Society —a student initiative under the auspices of the Student Council here at St. Vladimir’s Seminary—continues to be a tour de force on campus, introducing seminarians to missionary opportunities both near and far. During fall semester the group did everything from sponsoring our Annual Missions Weekend...
His Beatitude, Metropolitan Tikhon made his first archpastoral visit of the new academic year to our campus on Sunday, September 24, 2017, which marked the Synaxis of All Saints of Alaska. In addition to the seminary faculty, staff, student body, and area faithful, participants in a three-day conference organized by...
Two longstanding members of our Three Hierarchs Chapel community were honored following the hierarchal Divine Liturgy on Sunday, May 20, 2017: Joseph Domanick and Vera Hubiak. His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon, primate of the Orthodox Church in America and chair of the Board of Trustees, presented Joe with an icon of...
When Harrison Russin—Dean’s Fellow and Lecturer in Liturgical Music here at St. Vladimir’s—inspected an aged trophy resting inconspicuously in the student lounge of the Houda Germack Building recently, he noted it listed champions for one of his own favorite pastimes: chess. “The previous winners were seminarians from the early ’90s,”...
Many visitors frequent our campus each Academic Year: bishops, priests, musicians, academics, monastics, potential students, and so forth. All of them enrich our lives as seminarians as we converse with them, share meals with them, and worship together. On February 4, 2017, Archimandrite Chrysostomos Onyekakeyah from Nigeria came to St...
"There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse, and a branch shall grow out of his roots." [Is 11.1] The Jesse Tree The St. Juliana Society undertook a special endeavor this Nativity Season to encourage the idea of “the Church in the home.” Upon the suggestion of...
How do you handle conflict in your family, and in your parish family? That’s the question Michelle Moujaes , founder of FaithTree , addressed at the mid-November gathering of St. Juliana’s Society—our campus women’s fellowship. Djakonitsa Adrienne Soper, wife of first-year Seminarian Dn. Larry Soper, remarked on Ms. Moujaes’s presentation...
Could ministry be in your future? Learn more! By Seminarian Christopher Moore What is evangelism in the Orthodox Church? What are we trying to accomplish with our evangelistic efforts, and is this even a valid endeavor? On April 8, 2016, the St. Innocent Mission Society at St. Vladimir's Seminary sponsored...
On Sunday, December 6, the Three Hierarchs Chapel community enjoyed a favorite St. Vladimir's tradition when they sang a collection of carols and then welcomed "St. Nicholas" to campus after celebration of the Divine Liturgy. The carol "All who love Nicholas the saintly" ushered in the good saint, whose real...