By the end of this season of Great Lent, our Dean, Chancellor, and Men’s Choir will have visited a total of 13 parishes and deaneries—serving, singing, and presenting homilies, lectures, and retreats, in service of Christ’s Church (and that does not even include the number of presentations given in non-Orthodox...
Last year, St. Vladimir's Seminary announced a new scholarship, available to students pursuing Master of Theology degrees. At that time, the "Dean's Fellowship" was given to four highly select students for the 2011–2012 academic year, covering the full cost of their tuition. This year, the Dean’s Fellowship already has borne...
From June 3–6, 2010, SVS Dean Fr. John Behr and faculty member Dr. Peter Bouteneff participated in an international patristics conference at the Volos Academy for Theological Studies in Greece. The conference was organized in collaboration with the Orthodox Christian Studies Program of Fordham University, the Chair of Orthodox Theology...
On April 1, 2012, St. Vladimir's Seminary lost a dear alumnus, great friend, and tremendous supporter, when Deacon John Zarras fell asleep in the Lord. Deacon John, who served most recently as deacon at Christ the Savior Church, Southbury, Connecticut, was a 2006 graduate of our school, having earned his...
Orders on the fifth Sunday of Great Lent. Presiding at the Divine Liturgy in our campus chapel of the Three Holy Hierarchs, Bishop Matthias ordained Deacon David Bozeman to the Holy Priesthood, and seminarian Jason Ketz to the Holy Diaconate. Both Fr. David and Dn. Jason are third-year students in...
The Popular Patristics Series (PPS) published by St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press (SVS Press), has gained the attention of Logos Research Systems, Inc. , the largest developer of Bible software in the world. It is a surprising but highly welcome overture for the seminary’s academic press. PPS provides accurate and annotated...
The "Hellenism & Orthodoxy" symposium, held on the seminary campus June 10–12, 2010, generated frank and lively discussion concerning the unity of, and relations between, Orthodox churches in North America. Conference speakers and participants respectfully wrestled with a variety of difficult issues related to the ecclesial structure of Orthodoxy in...
This spring our community was blessed by a campus visit from 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 Archdiocese of North America (AOCANA), headquartered in Englewood, New Jersey...
On the Feast of the Holy and Righteous Lazarus, seminarian Deacon Seraphim (William) Joa was ordained to the Holy Priesthood by His Grace The Right Rev. Michael , bishop of the Diocese of New York and New Jersey, Orthodox Church in America. Father Seraphim is in his third year of...