On Saturday, March 14, 2020, St. Vladimir’s Seminary (SVOTS) Alumnus Dn. Basil Crivella was ordained to the holy priesthood. Priest Basil was ordained at St. Nicholas Orthodox Church , Mentor, OH, by the hand of His Grace, The Right Reverend Paul (SVOTS Class of 1994), bishop of Chicago and the...
The Orthodox Church in America (OCA) announced March 30, 2020 the appointment of Archpriest Thomas Soroka as Project Manager for the Departments of the Orthodox Church in America. With the blessing of His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon, Fr. Thomas will plan, coordinate, and oversee the work of the different ministry departments...
“Unity in Diversity.” This expression speaks about a balance between wholeness and difference, between integrity and variety. The idea is sometimes rooted in our teaching about the Holy Trinity: God is a unity, one God, in a diversity of persons, Father Son and Holy Spirit. Unity in diversity can also...
In this gripping audio interview, St. Vladimir’s graduate Fr. Geevarghese (Bobby) Varghese (’17) talks about how COVID-19 quickly and devastatingly took over almost all of the New York-area hospital where he serves as chaplain. He talks about how the pandemic changed the way he performs his hospital ministry and about...
A homily delivered in Three Hierarchs Chapel at St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary on Sunday, October 25, 2015. We are so familiar with most of the readings that we hear in Church on Sunday mornings, especially those that recount a memorable parable, that we rarely pay attention to what it...
The Holy Synod of Bishops of the Orthodox Church in America (OCA) have elevated His Grace Bishop Paul of Chicago to the rank and dignity of archbishop. His Beatitude, Metropolitan Tikhon and the Hierarchs of the Holy Synod made the decision Wednesday, May 27, 2020 during their regular Spring Session...
A homily delivered in the Three Hierarchs Chapel at St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary on the Feast of St. Demetrios (Monday, October 26, 2015). Some excuses never get old. When I was little, if my brother did something to me, I’d do the same back to him. I’d launch a...
Take a look “behind” the icons at St. John of the Ladder Orthodox Church in Greenville, SC. St. Vladimir’s Seminary Alumnus Seraphim O'Keefe is giving readers insight into the iconography he has been commissioned to design and paint there. O’Keefe has penned a marvelously detailed article for the Orthodox Arts...
During Holy Week and Bright Week, 2015, St. Vladimir’s seminarians Edward Hunter, Lijin Raju, and I had the unbelievable opportunity to travel to Kenya as part of a mission trip sponsored by the Orthodox Christian Mission Center (OCMC), and led by Executive Director Fr. Martin Ritsi. As the result of...
What should you say to someone whose world is seemingly crumbling around them? How do you navigate between a difficult reality and the expectation of hope? Hospital chaplain and St. Vladimir’s Seminary Alumna Clio Pavlantos speaks about ministering to cancer & COVID-19 patients in a recent interview with the Seminary’s...