On October 22, over one hundred teens and parents gathered at St Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary (SVOTS) for a Teen Society of Orthodox Youth Organizations (SOYO) retreat, hosted by St Mary's Antiochian Orthodox Church in Brooklyn, NY. Fr Nicholas Belcher (M.Div. '05, former lecturer on Antiochian Liturgics) gave the primary...

With faith in Christ and hope in the resurrection, we share news of the repose of Great Economos Antony Gabriel, an alumnus of St Vladimir’s Seminary (M.Div. ’62). Fr Antony Gabriel’s priestly ministry spanned six decades, four parishes and a host of Antiochian Archdiocesan organizations. He reposed in the Lord...

As long as he can remember, businessman and St Vladimir’s Seminary Trustee Dan Abraham’s life has been integrated into both the local and national Church, from his beginnings as an acolyte at St Nicholas in Grand Rapids, MI, where he still is involved today. In addition to serving as a...

Saint Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary (SVOTS) hosted its 1st Annual Academic Symposium on October 27-29, 2022. The Symposium topic, Liturgy and Theology , drew leading scholars in liturgical theology from around the globe, each of whom gave talks presenting their own research in the field. The opening event of the...

Richard Schneider (1938–2022) fell asleep in the Lord on the evening of November 11. Professor Schneider enjoyed a long teaching career, including two decades spent at St Vladimir’s Seminary as Professor of Hermeneutics and Liturgical Art. He was initially invited in 1995 by Fr Thomas Hopko to lecture on iconology...

Richard Okello (M.Div. ‘24) traveled to Yonkers, NY this summer from his hometown of Gulu in Northern Uganda, to take the next step in his longstanding commitment to service in the Church - becoming a seminarian at St Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary. Richard’s family and community are eagerly awaiting his...

On Sunday, November 13, 2022, at the 10th Anniversary celebration honoring the election of Metropolitan Tikhon as the Primate of the Orthodox Church in America (OCA), St Vladimir’s Seminary senior faculty member, Dr Al Rossi , was honored for his lifetime of service with the St Innocent Medal (Silver Class)...

At its recent Regular Fall 2022 Session, the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Orthodox Church in America, meeting under the presidency of His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon , received the Albanian Archdiocesan nomination of Igumen Nikodhim (M.Div.’07) as diocesan bishop, made earlier this fall. The Holy Synod decided to elevate...

St Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary (SVOTS) has welcomed women students since the early 1960’s, and its female alumni have gone on to be chaplains, professors, teachers, counselors, missionaries, choir directors, writers, scholars, and lay ministers in the Orthodox Church. No student body in the past, however, has been joined by...

St Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary (SVOTS) has welcomed women students since the early 1960’s, and its female alumni have gone on to be chaplains, professors, teachers, counselors, missionaries, choir directors, writers, scholars, and lay ministers in the Orthodox Church. No student body in the past, however, has been joined by...