Father Theodor Svane, a 2015 alumnus of St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary (SVOTS), is the priest in charge of The Annunciation of the Holy Virgin Mary Orthodox Parish (Archdiocese of Orthodox Churches of Russian Tradition in Western Europe, Moscow Patriarchate) in Bergen, Norway. In Norway, where Lutheranism is the state...

A homily delivered in Three Hierarchs Chapel at St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary on December 25, 2015. Today, at this feast, we stand at the turning point of time. Not simply another turning point, as the world spins on its axis, or rotates around the sun, but the turning point...

Recognizing a great need in the Orthodox churches in North America, St. Vladimir’s Seminary Alumnus Fr. Jason Foster and his daughter Savannah recently formed the Orthodox Christian Deaf Association (OCDA) . Father Jason serves the community of Holy Nativity of the Lord (OCA) in Shreveport, LA. Savannah, how did you...

Seminary graduate and current Doctor of Ministry (D.Min.) student Fr. Alessandro Margheritino has been appointed executive assistant at the Chancery of the Orthodox Church in America (OCA). To mark the appointment, Fr. Alessandro celebrated the Divine Liturgy Wednesday, September 23, 2020 at the Chancery’s St. Sergius Chapel for the Feast...

It was Easter morning during my first year at St. Vladimir’s Seminary, and I stood at the altar of St. Mark’s Cathedral in Teaneck, New Jersey, wearing subdeacon vestments, listening to our bishop read the gospel of St. Mark. In the traditional Syriac Orthodox melody, he chanted: And entering the...

Priest David McCready, a recent alumnus of St. Vladimir’s Seminary, has penned a reflection on a term that “came to dominate in the west, the dread word transubstantiation .” Father David’s article, “Reflections on the Eucharist,” was published on the blog of The Orthodox West website in October 2020. In...

Priest Daniel Greeson has begun a “new venture,” launching a blog commissioned by Ancient Faith Ministries. Every Thought Captive launched in early November 2020 and aims to provide Orthodox Christian commentary on contemporary social, political, and moral issues. Click HERE to read Fr. Daniel’s first entry, “A New Venture” “We...

We celebrate athletes that run and jump, throw and catch better and faster than anyone else. We marvel at entrepreneurs who start companies that earn billions of dollars. We idolize the actors and musicians who are at the top of their craft. Everyone loves a winner. We live in a...

Priest Justin Mathews (Class of ’07) works along the “dividing line” of Kansas City, MO—Troost Avenue. He is the executive director of Reconciliation Services , an organization working to help address the wounds from generations of racial and economic inequality in the surrounding neighborhood. The kind of hardship and suffering...

Sermon, Fourth Saturday of Lent 2016 Imagine, if you will, life as a deaf person. More specifically, imagine all of the things that you can do in the course of a day that would be nearly impossible, or at least significantly more difficult, if you were deaf. How would you...