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Alumnus Fr. Joel McEachen Elected President of Retired Clergy Association, Greek Orthodox Archdiocese

The Rev. Joel McEachen (SVOTS ’68) has been elected president of the 172 member Retired Clergy Association (RCA) of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America (GOA). The election took place at the biennial general meeting of the RCA held in conjunction with the 2012 Clergy–Laity Congress in Phoenix, AZ, in...

Seminarian Witnesses "Explosion" of Orthodox Christianity in Guatemala

Whenever someone speaks of “American Orthodoxy,” there is usually an unspoken understanding that the term refers to North American Orthodoxy: the United States, Canada, and sometimes Mexico. This way of speaking is indeed convenient, considering that the majority of Orthodox parishes in the Western Hemisphere are still located in North...

Welcome, Class of 2015!

St. Vladimir’s Seminary welcomes the members of the Class of 2015! Over the course of eleven hectic days, new and returning students and their families: participated in a full schedule of services, registered for classes, auditioned for choir, picked up ID cards, congregated for cookouts, attended the first gathering for...

Employment Opportunities

Are you interested in working for St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary? See a list of open faculty and staff positions below with instructions on how to apply. Faculty and Staff Positions Being part of St. Vladimir’s Seminary faculty is and feels both similar to and different from working at any...

Preparation, Change and Improvement: Campus Maintenance Wraps Up Hectic Season

Summer is a busy season for the campus maintenance department. Plant Manager Rafael Rivera and his two assistants, Ramon Contreras and Yuri Shcherbakov, completed a number of major projects on the Seminary's 12 scenic acres. Two part-time summer student employees and several outside contractors assisted in the renovations, enabling the...

SVS Dean and Chancellor Minister in Alaska

It was a trinity of firsts: in the first week of August, The Very Rev. Dr. John Behr, dean and professor of Patristics, embarked upon his first trip to Alaska where, as the first presenter, he offered a series of lectures at the Eagle River Institute of Orthodox Christian Studies...

Bishop John Abdalah Presides over First Festal Liturgy of School Year

In his first visit to campus as a hierarch, His Grace The Right Rev. John Abdalah , auxiliary bishop for the Antiochian Archdiocese's Diocese of Worcester and New England, presided over the liturgy for the Feast of the Nativity of the Theotokos at Three Hierarchs Chapel on campus. Bishop John...

Dean Presents Orthodox Patristic Perspective on Ecology at Italian Conference

From September 5—8, The Very Rev. Dr. John Behr, dean and professor of Patristics of St. Vladimir’s Seminary, journeyed to the Monastero di Bose in the province of Biella, Italy, to participate in the XX International Ecumenical Conference on Orthodox Spirituality. The monastery at Bose is a traditional community founded...

Arvo Pärt Update: Centre Donates CDs and DVDs to Seminary Library

One year ago at a seminary event, faculty members Dr. Nicholas Reeves and Dr. Peter Bouteneff got serious about a longstanding dream: they drew out plans to approach Arvo Pärt—and the seminary’s administration—about an ambitious collaboration. Three months later, they were on a plane to Tallinn with Chancellor/CEO The Very...

Oklahoma Hospitality Extended to Chancellor During Book-signing Weekend

Neither sleet, nor snow, nor tornadoes touching down in Queens near the airport, could keep the St. Vladimir's Seminary delegation from traveling to the Oklahoma City area over the weekend of September 8—10, to visit with the clergy and faithful of St. Elijah Orthodox Christian Church. “St. Elijah has been...