Let us commend ourselves… The first few days after the miscarriage were foggy and confusing. We were devastated. Afraid. Empty. We weren’t so much angry with God as numb. We shut down and withdrew. Why did we have to let go of the child we never met? Our emotional turmoil...
Saint Vladimir’s Seminary graduate Botros Sadek took a major step in his academic career in the fall of 2020, earning his Ph.D. from Claremont Graduate University (CGU) in California. Dr. Botros Sadek defended his doctoral dissertation via Zoom. On August 21 via Zoom Dr. Sadek successfully defended his dissertation, “The...
As a newborn, I didn’t breathe for my first two weeks. Perhaps I just didn’t feel like it, I don’t really know the reason. As a result, I was hooked up to a machine that took all the blood out of my body, oxygenated it, and then put it back...
After fighting erupted between Azerbaijan and Armenia in Nagorno-Karabakh in the fall of 2020, Dn. Ezras (Ryan) Tellalian felt compelled to travel to the war-torn land and “offered myself to the people.” Deacon Ezras, an alumnus of St. Vladimir’s Seminary and member of the Armenian Apostolic Church, arrived in the...
Today marks the 30th anniversary of the falling asleep in the Lord of Professor Serge S. Verhovskoy professor emeritus of Dogmatic Theology and Ethics, and Provost of St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary (SVOTS) from 1955 until his retirement in 1981. He was born in Sarzha Russia in 1907. He left...
Saint Vladimir’s Seminary Alumnus Antwian (Anthony) Davis has returned to St. Vladimir’s to join the staff. Davis was hired in January 2021 as manager of the SVS Press Bookstore. "It feels good to be back at St. Vladimir's and being around the daily lifecycle of the Church,” said Davis. “In...
A sermon of Fr. Alexander Rentel “ So it was, as the multitude pressed about Him to hear the word of God, that He stood by the Lake of Gennesaret, and saw two boats standing by the lake; but the fishermen had gone from them and were washing their nets.Then...
Sermon delivered October 30, 2016 By the Very Reverend Timothy Baclig, SVOTS Class of 1983 Pastor of St. Michael Antiochian Orthodox Church of the San Fernando Valley The lesson of the Fifth Sunday of Luke is among the lessons that introduce us to the season of Advent, preparing us for...
Homily on Luke 8.22–25 delivered in Three Hierarchs Chapel on October 12, 2016 By Seminarian Philip Maikkula In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. “Where is your faith?” Did you notice that question? Our Lord asked his disciples…where is your faith...
We are pleased to share a Homily on Luke 18.10–14 by Priest Paul Coats, Alumnus (M.Div. ’08), Assistant Priest at St. Anthony the Great Orthodox Mission, Rock Hill, SC. As we anticipate our Lenten journey, his thoughtful words on “The Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee” offer us a...