The Very Rev. Dr. Michael Kovach, the last surviving member of the first graduating class of St. Vladimir's Seminary in 1943, fell asleep in the Lord on Friday morning, July 12, 2013, at Mount Joy Hospice and Community Care, Mount Joy, PA. He was 94 years old. After his marriage...

The July issue of Wonder , a monthly publication of the Department of Youth, Young Adult, and Campus Ministries of the Orthodox Church in America (OCA), features contributions from four St. Vladimir's Seminary alumni authors. The articles, centered around the theme "A Vision of the OCA in the 21st Century,"...

In his first visit to St. Vladimir's Seminary, episcopal Board of Trustees member His Eminence Zachariah Mar Nicholovos, metropolitan of the Northeast American Diocese of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church (MOSC) , presided over Vespers in the Seminary's St. Thomas Chapel, a space dedicated to the Malankara Orthodox students on...

The Very Rev. Dr. Steven Voytovich, a licensed professional counselor who spent many years of his career in the field of pastoral care and education, has been named dean of St. Tikhon's Orthodox Theological Seminary, effective August 18. He succeeds The Very Rev. Dr. Alexander Atty, who retired for health...

The Very Rev. Peter Baktis Ch (COL) USA, a military chaplain and member of St. Vladimir Seminary's Class of 1985 (M.Div.), recently earned the highest degree offered by The Army War College, the senior service school for that branch of the military. His graduation on Friday July 26 marks the...

"Every ten years St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary is visited by a team that decides whether to renew the Seminary's accreditation, and we are inviting all our constituents to participate in the process," said Dr. Peter Bouteneff , faculty member at the Seminary and Director of Institutional Assessment. Dr. Bouteneff...

Oxford University Press (OUP) has just released Irenaeus of Lyons: Identifying Christianity , by The Very Rev. Dr. John Behr, dean and professor of Patristics at St. Vladimir’s Seminary. This complete study of St. Irenaeus, the first great theologian of the Christian tradition, is set within the milieu of the...

“We have a full complement of students in all our programs this year,” said Pdn. Joseph Matusiak, director of Admissions at St. Vladimir’s Seminary, “with 20 new seminarians enrolled in our core Master of Divinity program, 15 new students in our Master of Arts program, and 4 new students in...

Everlasting King, Thy will for our salvation is full of power. Thy right arm controls the whole course of human life. We give Thee thanks for all Thy mercies seen and unseen, For eternal life and for the heavenly joys of the kingdom which is to be. Grant mercy to...

On Saturday, September 7, 2013, fifteen members of the St. Vladimir's Seminary community participated in the third annual “One Conference,” a gathering of Eastern Christians, this year held in Jersey City, NJ. Faculty, staff, students, and alumni from the Seminary comprised presenters and conference-goers. The “One Conference” was created when...