Yonkers, NY The Institute of Sacred Arts (ISA) has been leading choir workshops in parishes across the country. Dr. Peter Bouteneff , director of the ISA, is leading these Zoom workshops free of charge, beginning with a ten-minute talk about the Institute. At each workshop, participants are then led in...

Yonkers, NY On the weekend of October 31 and November 1, St. Vladimir’s Seminary was blessed by a visit from The Right Reverend Alexis (Trader) , bishop of Bethesda and auxiliary to the metropolitan for Stavropegial Institutions (Orthodox Church in America). The visit culminated Sunday with the celebration of Divine...

Yonkers, NY Alumni of St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary (SVOTS) have a new way to stay connected with the Seminary and their fellow alumni around the world, and they now have access to a host of resources exclusively for graduates. The Seminary’s new Alumni Portal is live at https://svots.mycampus-app.com...

Yonkers, NY On Wednesday, seminarians at St. Vladimir’s tapped into the writing expertise of Professor Peter C. Bouteneff as the “The Lyceum” hosted a writing workshop. Danielle Earl , librarian at the Seminary’s Father Georges Florovsky Library , started “The Lyceum” as a sort of “marketplace of ideas” at the...

Dr. Ionut-Alexandru Tudorie , academic dean of St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary (SVOTS), has a clear vision for the Father Georges Florovsky Library . "I want St. Vladimir’s Seminary to be a hub for Orthodox scholars. Relating to this goal, we have been working to grow and put more resources...

Yonkers, NY St Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary (SVOTS) has announced Seminarian Alexander Earl as the winner of the 2020 St Matthias Merit Scholarship Essay Contest. The contest was opened to current SVOTS students at the beginning of the fall semester. For his winning entry, titled, “Thou Hast Prepared a Table...

Author: SVOTS Alexander Earl is a 28-year-old Master of Divinity student in his first year at St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary (SVOTS). A graduate of Yale Divinity School, he had been on his way to becoming an Anglican priest when he discovered Orthodoxy reading St. Vladimir’s Seminary (SVS) Press books...

In Memoriam With faith in Christ and hope in the resurrection, we share news of the repose of His Beatitude, Metropolitan Theodosius (Lazor), primate of the Orthodox Church in America (OCA) from 1977 until his retirement in 2002. His Beatitude fell asleep in the Lord October 19, 2020 in Canonsburg...

In Memoriam With faith in Christ and hope in the resurrection, we share news of the repose of St. Vladimir’s Seminary Trustee Emeritus Anthony Kasmer. Kasmer, of Newtown, PA, passed away Sunday, October 11 at the age of 90. Kasmer was a faithful supporter and great friend of St. Vladimir’s...