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...
[img_assist|nid=14650|title=|desc=|link=popup|align=right|width=155|height=200] The St. Ambrose Society at St. Vladimir's Seminary sponsored a free, public lecture on February 23, Sunday, 3:30 pm, in the Metropolitan Philip Auditorium on campus. “Preaching the Word of the Lord: Being an Orthodox Christian in the Post-Christian Public Square,” was presented by Dr. Herman Tristram Engelhardt , who holds doctorates in Medicine (Tulane University, 1972) and Philosophy (University of Texas, 1969). Dr.
Hierarchs of the Orthodox Church in America (OCA) presided over the ordinations of two third-year seminarians in a joyous celebration marking The Feast of the Three Great Hierarchs
Nielsen Professor of Late Antiquity and Byzantine Christian History at Union Theological Seminary and Professor of Byzantine Christian Studies at Columbia University. Father John noted that Lossky’s book is “enduringly fascinating,” and that its publication signaled a significant moment in Orthodox Christian theology. He also emphasized the organic and conciliar...
A new fresco of St. Panteleimon donated to St. Vladimir's Seminary by iconographer Kathryn Pritchett Gulov graces the atrium of the John G. Rangos Family Foundation Building. The icon, modeled after a 12th century fresco in the Monastery of St. Panteleimon in the village of Nerezi, Macedonia, was offered to...
In a presentation centering on Christian identity, Archimandrite Zacharias, a monk of the Monastery of St. John the Baptist, Tolleshunt Knights by Maldon, Essex, England, inspired an audience of more than 100 people with what he termed “domestic theology”—that is, “simple things” in church life that bear profound consequences. Father...
St. Vladimir’s Seminary welcomes visiting scholars for short-term visits and extended stays to conduct research in The Father Georges Florovsky Library and meet with members of the faculty, if requested. The Florovsky Library currently holds approximately 200,000 volumes and receives over 330 periodicals. This collection is considered one of the...
When Seminarian Fr. Gabreil Alemayehu of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church met St. Vladimir's Seminary's Assistant Professor of Homiletics and Rhetoric, The Rev. Dr. Sergius Halvorsen, two years ago at the Festival of Young Preachers , it changed the course of the student's life. "He was finishing up his studies...
Against the backdrop of civil strife, The Alexander Schmemann Professor of Liturgical Theology Paul Meyendorff traveled to the Orthodox Theological Seminary and Academy in Kyiv, Ukraine, for a meeting of the Working Group on Orthodox Theological Education. Representing both the Orthodox Church in America (OCA) and St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological...
Ten of us seminarians departed from St. Vladimir's Seminary after lunch on Friday afternoon to travel to Jordanville, NY for a weekend of fellowship and spiritual nourishment at Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary (Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, or ROCOR), where we were warmly received by the seminarians, monks, and...