On this Feast of the Ascension the entire St. Vladimir's Seminary community offers special congratulations to His Holiness Moran Mor Ignatius Aphrem II upon his installation as the 123rd Patriarch of Antioch and All the East and Supreme Head of the Universal Syriac Orthodox Church (SOC). Prior to his election...
Graduates join the ranks of alumni serving Christ in the Church.
In a fitting culmination to the 2013–2014 Academic Year, five St. Vladimir's seminarians in the Master of Divinity program were ordained to the Holy Diaconate and the Holy Priesthood in the month of May. ( Photo credits: Rami Dahdal, Leanne Parrott Photography ) View photo gallery Deacon Gabriel Tannous, Amman...
This autumn, we will welcome new faces—and old faces in new positions—as we begin our Fall semester. We greet our new employees: David Wagschal, an SVOTS alumnus (’02), joins us as an Instructor in Church History and Director of Admissions and Financial Aid. Fr. Benedict Churchill, another SVOTS alumnus (’10)...
Since the end of our Spring 2010 semester, four of our seminarians have been ordained in the Holy Orders. We congratulate Deacon Dunstan Lyon and Frs. Jason Foster, Lucas Rice, and Ignatius Warren as they broaden and deepen their service to the Church. Our seminarians come to us from diverse...
Memory Eternal! Metropolitan Christopher, Long-time SVOTS Trustee, Reposes On Wednesday, August 18, 2010, His Eminence Christopher [Kovacevich], metropolitan of the Midwestern American Diocese of the Serbian Orthodox Church in the United States and Canada, reposed in the Lord, at age 82. Metropolitan Christopher had been undergoing treatment for brain and...
A capacity crowd at Carnegie Hall lauded the music and person of Estonian Orthodox Christian composer at a stunning performance May 31. Some of his pieces seem to speak directly to the soul with profound simplicity, like the minimalist “Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten,” while other compositions challenge the...
In early June The Father Alexander Schmemann Professor of Liturgical Theology Dr. Paul Meyendorff traveled to New Hampshire for the 86th Meeting of the North America Orthodox-Catholic Theological Consultation, held at the St. Methodius Faith and Heritage Center of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Boston. Also attending the meeting was...
Watch the entire panel discussion on YouTube! During a panel discussion held in The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Wednesday evening, June 11, a neuroscientist, an architect, and a theologian explored links between human perception, space, and sound, in tribute to famed Estonian composer Arvo...
[img_assist|nid=16383|title=View our own Chef Nat's personal invitation to Education Day!|desc=|link=url|url=https://vimeo.com/106421668|align=right|width=250|height=431]This year's theme for the seminary's annual campus open house, Orthodox Education Day 2014, will be "Do Books Still Matter? A Celebration of Orthodox Christian Publications." “Ed Day” will be held Saturday, October 4 and will pay tribute to the importance of Orthodox Christian authors, illustrators, and publishing houses throughout the world. Nine Orthodox Christian publishers will display their books and wares: