A new fresco of St. Panteleimon donated to St. Vladimir's Seminary by iconographer Kathryn Pritchett Gulov graces the atrium of the John G. Rangos Family Foundation Building. The icon, modeled after a 12th century fresco in the Monastery of St. Panteleimon in the village of Nerezi, Macedonia, was offered to...
In a presentation centering on Christian identity, Archimandrite Zacharias, a monk of the Monastery of St. John the Baptist, Tolleshunt Knights by Maldon, Essex, England, inspired an audience of more than 100 people with what he termed “domestic theology”—that is, “simple things” in church life that bear profound consequences. Father...
When Seminarian Fr. Gabreil Alemayehu of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church met St. Vladimir's Seminary's Assistant Professor of Homiletics and Rhetoric, The Rev. Dr. Sergius Halvorsen, two years ago at the Festival of Young Preachers , it changed the course of the student's life. "He was finishing up his studies...
Against the backdrop of civil strife, The Alexander Schmemann Professor of Liturgical Theology Paul Meyendorff traveled to the Orthodox Theological Seminary and Academy in Kyiv, Ukraine, for a meeting of the Working Group on Orthodox Theological Education. Representing both the Orthodox Church in America (OCA) and St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological...
Ten of us seminarians departed from St. Vladimir's Seminary after lunch on Friday afternoon to travel to Jordanville, NY for a weekend of fellowship and spiritual nourishment at Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary (Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, or ROCOR), where we were warmly received by the seminarians, monks, and...
"Outside of God, all facts are just interpretations. Without a noetic experience, our culture is the way it is." This observation formed the basis for Dr. Herman Tristram Engelhardt's recent lecture at St. Vladimir's, delivered on 23 February 2014 and sponsored by SVOTS' student-run St. Ambrose Society , the seminary's...
PURCHASE TICKETS! LISTEN to the Ancient Faith Presents interview with Dr. Reeves and Dr. Bouteneff Attend the May 4 free, public lecture about the composer and his music View the New Yorker ad Read the Spring 2014 Life in Estonia article Two concerts devoted to the music of Estonian composer...
At the beginning of the Lenten season, The Very Rev. Dr. Chad Hatfield, SVOTS chancellor/CEO and the former dean of SVOTS' sister school St. Herman Theological Seminary , and The Rev. Dn. Evan Freeman (SVOTS '09), Yale University doctoral student in iconography, traveled to Kodiak, Alaska. The two were hosted...
Memory Eternal! The entire community of faculty, staff and students at St. Vladimir's Theological Orthodox Seminary (SVOTS) mourns the loss of our Board of Trustees Vice President and Vice Chairman, His Eminence The Most Reverend Philip (Saliba) , Archbishop of New York and Metropolitan of All North America of the...
The Very Rev. Dr. Alexander Atty, a distinguished alumnus of the Class of 1979 at St. Vladimir's Seminary, reposed in the Lord early Sunday morning, March 23, 2014. Father Alexander was most recently the Dean and Chief Operating Officer (COO) of St. Tikhon's Orthodox Theological Seminary in South Canaan, PA...