Two St. Vladimir’s Seminary professors are featured in the latest newsletter of the Orthodox Christian Association of Medicine, Psychology, and Religion (OCAMPR). Priest Adrian Budica, the seminary’s director of Field Education and CPE supervisor, and Dr. Albert Rossi, director of Counseling and Psychological Services, authored a pair of articles about...
St. Vladimir’s Seminary Professor Rev. Dr. Eugen J. Pentiuc has been appointed the first Archbishop Demetrios Professor of Biblical Studies and Christian Origins at Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, effective July 1, 2018. The Jaharis Family Foundation has funded the position in honor of His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios...
The International Society for Orthodox Church Music ( ISOCM ) held its second North American Pan-Orthodox Music Symposium from June 20 to 24, 2018. This biannual meeting complements the international meetings taking place regularly in Joensuu, Finland, and offers a diverse array of scholarly papers and practical workshops for active...
The book Becoming a Healing Presence by St. Vladimir’s Seminary Professor Dr. Albert S. Rossi is now available as an Audiobook, narrated by Dr. Rossi himself. The Audiobook, released August 21, 2018, can be purchased through Amazon’s Audible.com . "When I give parish retreats some parishioners say they would like...
On November 18, 2018, Detroit's Own Orthodox Radio (DOOR) featured St. Vladimir’s Seminary Professor Archpriest Sergius Halvorsen . DOOR’s interview with Fr. Sergius covered topics related to faith and science, with a particular focus on Orthodox Christianity and cosmology. Fr. Sergius, the Seminary’s director of its Doctor of Ministry (D.Min.)...
Last week I had the joy of attending the inaugural meeting of the International Orthodox Theological Association (IOTA), a meeting that exceeded the expectations of the organizers. This effort was conceived by several scholars who were present at the Holy and Great Council on Crete, and after much discussion felt...
Lecturer in Music Harrison Russin is the latest scholar to be featured in the Seminary’s Monthly Seminar series. On Tuesday, April 9, 2019, Russin presented his findings on "Monophonic Credos and their Cultural Background in the Late Medieval Period (1300–1500)." “The paper drew from my dissertation research, which is on...
For the sake of worldwide cooperation and conversation about pressing environmental issues, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew hosted the third Halki Summit in Istanbul, Turkey from May 31 to June 4, 2019. Halki III brought together distinguished representatives of Orthodox theological schools and seminaries from all over the world—some fifty...
The ecumenical monastic community of Bose , founded in 1965 by Fr. Enzo Bianchi, has made a tradition of hosting annual conferences on Orthodox Christian spirituality. This year’s was the 27th such conference, taking place from September 4-6, 2019, and titled “ Called to Life in Christ: In the Church...
St. Vladimir’s Seminary faculty member and alumnus Fr. Adrian Budica was elevated to the dignity of archpriest Sunday, October 20, 2019, during a historic weekend of celebrations at St. Nicholas Antiochian Orthodox Cathedral in Brooklyn, NY. Father Adrian was elevated by the hands of His Eminence, Metropolitan Joseph, primate of...