Second-year Seminarian Burke Vair was ordained as "Deacon Mark" on November 3, 2013, by His Grace Nicholas (Ozone), auxiliary bishop for Brooklyn and assistant to His Eminence Philip, archbishop of New York and metropolitan of All North America, of the Self-Ruled Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America. The ordination...
On this 31st Anniversary of Protopresbyter Alexander Schmemann’s death, the entire community of St.Vladimir's remembers his life, his work, and his influence on the Church in America. Honoring his memory, the Summer/Fall 2014 issue of Jacob's Well was dedicated to his legacy and featured the theme "Thanksgiving, Salvation, and Eternal...
Though the first of our four engagements was not until early November, we spent September and October carefully preparing an extensive repertoire for what proved to be a strenuous but rewarding conclusion to the semester.
St. Vladimir's Seminary is offering its second public continuing education course in Byzantine Music, beginning Monday, January 27, and ending Monday, April 7, 2014, in collaboration with The Axion Estin Foundation of New Rochelle, NY. Eleftherios Eleftheriadis, the highly regarded Protopsaltis of St. Nicholas Shrine Church in Flushing, NY, who...
Chapel Schedule Orthodox theological education is uniquely and significantly tied to liturgical worship. Seminarians and their families are enriched, challenged, and instructed in Three Hierarchs Chapel, named for Ss. Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian, and John Chrysostom, and consecrated in 1983. Our academics are inseparable from our daily worship...
The formation of a seminarian happens both inside and outside the classroom. Over the course of the 2013–2014 winter break, three St. Vladimir's seminarians participated in the first-ever International Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC) Seminary Action Team. Together with junior seminarian Sara Staff and middler Tor Vergard Svane, I traveled to...
Khouria Frederica Mathewes-Green , popular Orthodox Christian speaker, author, and pro life advocate, made our Seminary's participation in the 41st March for Life in Washington, D.C. very special this year. Not only did she travel with St. Vladimir's Seminary's contingent to the nation's capital for the March—which annually marks the...
Crossing the Atlantic Ocean without leaving his office, St. Vladimir's Assistant Professor of Homiletics and Rhetoric The Rev. Dr. J. Sergius Halvorsen presented a paper at a conference hosted by St. Tikhon's Orthodox University in Moscow, Russia. Founded in 1992, the University has hosted an annual theological conference for 24...
[img_assist|nid=14815|title=|desc=|link=url|url=http://ircpl.org/event/heaven-and-earth/|align=left|width=323|height=500][img_assist|nid=12895|title=May 2013 concert, Seminary Chorale|desc=|link=url|url=http://ircpl.org/event/heaven-and-earth/|align=right|width=300|height=200] Still available: Tuesday, April 29, 7:30–9:30 p.m. at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, New Rochelle, NY — first come, first served seating Sold out! Thursday, May 1, 7:30 p.m.–9:30 p.m. concert at The Glicker-Milstein Theatre, in the Diana Center, 3009 Broadway ( Sign up for the waiting list )
His Beatitude Archbishop Anastasios of Tirana, Durrës and All Albania, primate of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Albania, paid an informal visit to the seminary campus just on the eve of the Feast of the Three Hierarchs. During his short but impressive stay, he conversed comfortably and easily at an...