When our campus guest, Fr. Pavlos, a monk of the famed St. Catherine's Monastery on Mount Sinai, spoke last evening, his words evoked the collective wisdom of dozens of spiritual fathers across the ages. Radiantly humorous and joyfully somber, Fr. Pavlos—a graduate of the School of Theology of the University...

If you walk into Three Hierarchs Chapel just as the bell that calls oing on course, like water through a riverbed. "They are the backbone of liturgical life here at the seminary," says the chief Chapel Ecclesiarch, Fr. Alexander Rentel, who also is Assistant Professor of Canon Law at St...

SVOTS alumnus Fr. Rodney Torbic ('01 D.Min.) started out simply collecting notes for his adult education classes at St. George Serbian Orthodox Church in Carmichaels, Pennsylvania. He ended up publishing a book. His recently released title, Reflections on the Major Feasts , was deemed worthy of publication by the Clergy...

“I thank God that so many people have been called to the diaconate and priesthood, and especially, that so many have responded to that call,” said His Beatitude Metropolitan Jonah, primate of Orthodox Church in America (OCA), who ordained five seminarians to Holy Orders of the Priesthood and Diaconate during...

Twenty-srs of Arts degrees were conferred. Commencement crowned the week's celebrations, during which one student was ordained to the priesthood, four were ordained to the diaconate, three were elevated as sub-deacons, and two were tonsured as readers (see that story here ); the Dean, Archpriest John Behr, received the honor...

This past Friday, May 20, amidst the preparations for our yearly Commencement, a true friend of St. Vladimir's Seminary, Zoran Milkovich, fell asleep in the Lord. A graduate of St. Vladimir's Seminary, Mr. Milkovich served as President of the Saint Vladimir's Theological Foundation from its inception in 1968 until 1984...

St Vladimir’s Seminary COVID-19 Guidelines 2022 Fall Semester For Students, Faculty, Staff, and Guests The campus of St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary (SVOTS) is open for course instruction, residential student housing, meals, and other student services for the Fall 2022 Semester. The seminary follows the most up to date CDC...

Reflection by Dr. Peter C. Bouteneff , Associate Professor of Systematic Theology This year’s SVOTS summer conference, scheduled for June 17–19, is on women in the Orthodox Church—entitled “Women Disciples of the Lord.” Having helped to organize this gathering, I want to first express some enthusiasm about it: It is...