Have you experienced awkward or painful moments when visiting an ill friend in the hospital or caring for someone nearing the end of life? A new podcast series on Ancient Faith Radio, “The “Wounded Healer,” can help you reflect on suffering, visitation of the sick, and the healing process from...
At its Annual Meeting on November 10–11, 2016, our Seminary’s Board of Trustees welcomed three new members: Sharon Andrzejewski-Rubis, Jeffrey D. Hoff, and Carla Ann Newbern Thomas, M.D. Trustees also bid farewell to long-time board member Anthony Kasmer and bestowed on him the honorary title of “Trustee Emeritus.” Mr. Kasmer...
As part of the Jubilee Celebration marking the 70th birthday of His Holiness Kirill , patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press (SVS Press) released a collection of his writings, titled, Patriarch Kirill in His Own Words , on Friday, November 18, 2016. The new volume is...
SVOTS students are sharing their faith and seminary experience with students from several theological schools—both Orthodox Christians and also adherers of other faiths. This fall, our students renewed their participation in the Orthodox Inter-Seminary Movement (OISM) and the Inter-Seminary Dialogue (ISD), two organizations that enrich and sharpen their theological perspective...
During fall semester, students in our newly formed “Doctor of Ministry Cohort, Class of 2019” met on campus for their first onsite intensive. The eight students in the Cohort enthusiastically engaged in two core courses in their program : “Youth Ministry,” taught by the Very Reverend Dr. Joseph Purpura...
St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary and the Orthodox Christian Studies Center of Fordham University have issued a call for papers for an international conference that will explore research, practices, and creativity regarding the nexus between sound and the sacred . The conference, entitled, “Arvo Pärt: Sounding the Sacred,” will be...
On Friday, January 13, 2017, Archpriest John Behr, dean and professor of Patristics at St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary, will present his inaugural lecture as holder of the Metropolitan Kallistos Chair in Orthodox Theology at the Amsterdam Centre for Orthodox Theology (ACOT) in the Vrije Universiteit (VU). Father John’s lecture...
On Monday, December 12, at 4:30 pm, in the Seminary’s Three Hierarch’s Chapel, immediately prior to Great Vespers, the annual memorial service ( panikhida ) for the repose of Protopresbyter Alexander Schmemann of blessed memory will be held. Father Alexander was Dean and Professor of Liturgical Theology at St. Vladimir’s...
Our St. Vladimir’s Seminary community extends its deepest sympathy to our Coptic Orthodox Christian brothers and sisters in Cairo, Egypt, after hearing of the deadly explosion inside St. Peter Church early Sunday, December 11, 2016. At least twenty-three people were killed instantly in the bombing, and another 49 were injured...
The Right Reverend Paul Doyle, a St. Vladimir’s Seminary alumnus, reposed on Saturday, December 17, 2016. He was a priest of distinction in the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America (AOCANA). In April 2016, Father Paul, who was retired, had received the high honor of the Gold Order of...