With faith in Christ and hope in the resurrection, we share the news of the repose of Archpriest Eugene Tarris, who fell asleep in the Lord on Friday, January 13, 2023 at the age of 88. Father Eugene was born on July 24, 1934, in Simpson, PA. His grandparents on...
The Board of Trustees at Saint Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary (SVOTS) welcomed four new trustees in November 2022: Dr Nick Pandelidis, Fr Mihai Faur, The Right Reverend Archimandrite Jeremy (Davis), and David Solheim. The board ratified the new elections in a virtual session, chaired by SVOTS President, The Very Rev...
The Institute of Sacred Arts at St Vladimir’s...
Hundreds of thousands made the trip to Washington DC this past Friday, January 20, for the annual March for Life, and 15 students and family members from St Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary (SVOTS) were among them. As in past years, the pilgrimage was organized by the St Ambrose Society, the...
With faith in Christ and hope in the resurrection, we share the news of the repose of His Grace Bishop Tikhon (Fitzgerald), former Bishop of San Francisco, Los Angeles, and the West of the Orthodox Church in America. Stephen Fitzgerald was born on November 14, 1932, in Detroit, Michigan. On...
Saint Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary (SVOTS) faculty members and students participated in the 2023 International Orthodox Theological Association (IOTA) mega-conference (Jan 12-14) in Volos, Greece, alongside over 400 other lay scholars, clergy, and hierarchs hailing from 45 different countries. “Mission and the Orthodox Church” was the overarching theme of the...
Saint Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary has received a grant of $1M from Lilly Endowment Inc. to help establish a new program to strengthen preaching and homiletics in Orthodox Christian parishes. This effort to provide ongoing training to established Orthodox parish clergy is being funded through the Compelling Preaching Initiative of...
Apply to become a seminarian at St Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary! We are now accepting applications for the following degree programs for Academic Year 2023-2024: Master of Divinity (M.Div.), Master of Arts (M.A.), and Master of Theology (Th.M.). The M.A. program encapsulates four available concentrations: General Theological Studies, Sacred Arts...
The Synaxis of the Three Great Hierarchs, Sts Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian, and John Chrysostom on Monday, January 30, 2023 was celebrated at St Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary (SVOTS) with a hierarchical Divine Liturgy, officiated by His Eminence, the Most Reverend Daniel, Archbishop of Chicago and the Diocese...