Saint Vladimir’s Seminary Alumnus Dn. Anthony (Angelo) Niqula was ordained to the holy priesthood May 17, 2021, at his home parish, St. Mary Orthodox Church, Palos Heights, IL. His Grace, Bishop Anthony, a fellow St. Vladimir's alumnus, presided over the ordination. Father Anthony graduated from St. Vladimir’s Seminary with a...
In recent weeks two alumni of St. Vladimir’s Seminary, Dns. Timothy Aznavourian and Michael Sabounjian, were ordained to the priesthood for the Armenian Church’s Eastern Diocese of America. Deacon Timothy, now Priest Nigoghos (Nicolas), was ordained May 28 and 29, 2021 through the hand of His Grace, Bishop Daniel Findikyan...
Around 120 participants and fourteen instructors and speakers came together this June for “Unity in the Church through Song,” St. Vladimir’s Seminary’s Summer Music Institute. The online event, hosted by the Seminary’s Institute of Sacred Arts (ISA), was held June 2 through June 5, 2021. The Summer Music Institute—building on...
Hollie Benton (SVOTS’ class of 1999) has served as executive director of the Orthodox Christian Leadership Initiative (OCLI) since September of 2019. From its inception, the extensive collaboration between OCLI and St. Vladimir’s Seminary has been of benefit to both.
Some years ago, Protobresbyter Thomas Hopko (+2015), dean at the time of St. Vladimir’s Seminary, was invited to speak at a meeting of the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Orthodox Church in America. When asked about seminarians, Fr. Thomas reported that seminarians rarely came from the older, established Orthodox parishes in North America. Most, he said, were converts. “I thought, ‘my goodness, why is it from our own parishes we don’t have more vocations?’” said His Eminence, Archbishop Nathaniel (Popp) of Detroit and the Romanian Episcopate. From that moment, His Eminence though about what he could do to help.
The Annual Report of St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary is now available in print and online . This year’s edition highlights Fiscal Year 2020 and Academic Year 2020-2021 at St. Vladimir’s. The Annual Report is titled, “The Year of Schmemann: Honoring a Legacy by Forging a New Era," as the...
During this Year of Schmemann, St. Vladimir’s Seminary also celebrates 100 years since the birth of another giant in the Seminary’s history: Dr. Veselin Kesich (March 12, 1921–June 26, 2012).
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