Father Simon Menya is on the move in Northern Uganda, translating books into the local Luo language, spearheading agricultural projects to promote self-sufficiency, distributing supplies to those in need, and, of course, catechizing the faithful. The first Ugandan to graduate from St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary (SVOTS), Fr. Simon (’18)...
A homily delivered in Three Hierarchs Chapel at St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary on Sunday, November 15, 2015. We have all seen and heard about this barbaric, horrific, and frightening terrorist action that took place in Paris on Friday. Three teams of men, disciplined in dealing death, planned this attack...
Recent St. Vladimir’s graduate John Thetford has joined the ranks of the holy diaconate. Deacon John was ordained on the Feast of the Glorification of St. Herman of Alaska, August 9, 2020, by the hand of His Beatitude, Metropolitan Tikhon (Orthodox Church in America) at the Monastery of the Holy...
Saint Vladimir’s Seminary Alumnus Angelo Niqula was ordained to the holy diaconate on the Feast of the Dormition of the Holy Theotokos, August 15, 2020. The ordination took place at St. George Orthodox Church of Boston , located in West Roxbury, MA, by the hand of His Grace, Bishop John...
A homily for the Apostle Andrew, the Holy and All-Praised First Called (commemorated on November 30). Walking through this dark, cold morning, did you happen to ask yourself, “What in the world am I doing?” What were we looking for when we got out of bed this morning? What were...
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...