Giving thanks to God, the St. Vladimir's Seminary community is celebrating the ordination of Dr. Vitaly Permiakov, the Seminary's ecclesiarch and assistant professor of liturgical theology, to the rank of deacon in the Orthodox Church. The Rev. Dn. Vitaly was ordained through the hand of His Beatitude, Metropolitan Tikhon at Three Hierarchs Chapel on the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, September 14, 2021.
Members of the renowned Tronos Psaltic Group from the Romanian Orthodox Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest performed Byzantine chant live from St. Vladimir’s Seminary on Wednesday, September 15, 2021. The concert at Three Hierarchs Chapel also included performances by the Seminary's Byzantine choir and sextet.
With faith in Christ and hope in the resurrection, we share news of the repose of Deacon Michael Bishop, who fell asleep in the Lord suddenly on September 19. Deacon Michael had served at Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) in Baltimore, MD since his ordination to the diaconate...
This November, St. Vladimir’s Seminary welcomes Metropolitan Hilarion Alfeyev and top biblical scholars to campus for a free, public event centered on Holy Scripture. Join us in person or online November 11 and 12, 2021 for the event, Searching the Scriptures, in celebration of Metropolitan Hilarion’s monumental series Jesus Christ: His Life and Teaching (SVS Press).
Second-year seminarian Nicholas Fine joined the ranks of the Holy Diaconate on Sunday, September 12, 2021 . Deacon Nicholas, a seminarian of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America (AOCANA) was ordained by the hand of His Eminence, Metropolitan Joseph at St Mary Antiochian Orthodox Church in Brooklyn...
The highly anticipated Faith Seeking Understanding: The Theological Witness of Fr. Matthew Baker is now available from Saint Vladimir’s Seminary (SVS) Press. The book offers a collection of the essays, letters, interviews, and correspondence of Fr. Matthew Baker (1977-2015), exploring the works of Fr. Georges Florovsky and the writings of the Church Fathers.
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The event, which allowed in-person and online participants this year, drew More than 100 people representing four countries, nine Orthodox jurisdictions and even non-Orthodox, and twenty-three states across the United States. Nearly half of the participants joined the conference onsite, and participants from Australia and India joined in the middle of the night!
The Orthodox Church in America (OCA)'s latest installment in its series on vocations features a conversation with the musical directors of both St. Vladimir's and St. Tikhon's Orthodox seminaries.