(M.Div.'94) was ordained Bishop of Chicago and the Midwest of the Orthodox Church in America (OCA) by His Beatitude The Most Blessed Tikhon, primate of the OCA, on Saturday, December 27, 2014. Clergy and faithful from parishes across the Midwest gathered at Holy Trinity Cathedral in Chicago for the celebration...

Read Seminarian Tristan Gall's reflection on the Festival Over the Christmas recess, Assistant Professor of Homiletics and Rhetoric The Rev. Dr. Sergius Halvorsen and third-year M.Div. seminarian Tristan Gall traveled to Dallas, TX, to participate in the National Festival of Young Preachers . Sponsored by the Academy of Preachers, the...

His Eminence Metropolitan Elia, now bishop of the Diocese of Oulu of the Orthodox Church of Finland and formerly known as Priest Matti Veli Juhani Wallgren, graduated from St. Vladimir’s Seminary with a Master of Divinity degree in 2003. Father Matti was ordained to the priesthood in 2003, in Jyvaskyla...

Archpriest John Garvey, St. Vladimir's alumnus and author of the SVS Press title Seeds of the Word, fell asleep in the Lord in Tacoma, WA, where he was attached to Holy Resurrection Church, Orthodox Church in America (OCA). He was seventy years old. Associate Professor of Systematic Theology Dr. Peter...

The week began on Sunday evening with a presentation by St. Vladimir's Dean The Very Rev. Dr. John Behr, who spoke on the process of critically analyzing contemporary challenges in ministry, and developing robust and meaningful theological responses. The first full day of meetings began with a celebration of the...

Last fall, St. Vladimir's Dean The Very Rev. Dr. John Behr traveled to Germany, the UK, and Russia to offer presentations at academic conferences; then to Turkey to join a delegation visiting the Theological School of Halki and Istanbul at the invitation of His All Holiness, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew...

Half-way around the world, in a church in Moscow, the famous Benedictine monk and spiritual writer, Fr. Gabriel Bunge, was welcomed into the Orthodox Christian faith on August 27, 2010. His reception into Orthodoxy holds special significance for our seminary, since Fr. Gabriel has written two exquisite volumes for St...

Significantly, the agreement calls for close cooperation in editorial decision-making, and establishes a joint Editorial Committee co-chaired by the seminary dean and monastery abbot, with “qualified academic advisers on this committee chosen by the Dean and Abbot representing both institutions.” The purpose of the Editorial Committee, notes the agreement, will...

The Reverend Deacon David George Daumit , alumnus and former member of St. Vladimir's Seminary’s Board of Trustees, reposed in the Lord on January 28, 2015, at the age of 59. Ordained to the Holy Diaconate on March 21, 2010, Dn. David had been serving at St. George Antiochian Orthodox...

Clergy and faithful from parishes across the Diocese of the West in the Orthodox Church in America (OCA) congregated at Holy Trinity Cathedral in San Francisco, CA, for the consecration of Bishop-Elect Daniel (Brum) during the Hierarchical Liturgy. The new Bishop of Santa Rosa will serve as Auxiliary to His...