"Parishes, dioceses, autocephalous churches, church organizations, and even individual clergy and hierarchs have stepped up to help us keep our seminarians debt free," said The Very Rev. Dr. Chad Hatfield, chancellor/CEO of St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary, as he explained the "explosion" in tuition aid during the past two years...
[img_assist|nid=16880|title=|desc=The Axion Estin chanters, with Eleftherios Eleftheriadis|link=none|align=left|width=300|height=213]A "Byzantine Holiday Pop-Up" concert, directed by Eleftherios Eleftheriadis, who teaches a continuing education extension course in Byzantine music at St. Vladimir's, will be held at The Metropolitan Museum's Medieval Sculpture Hall, Friday, December 19, 2014, at 2 p.m., 4 p.m., and 6 p.m. The concert is free with museum admission and is a presentation by The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Department of Concerts and Lectures in cooperation with The Axion Estin Foundation of New Rochelle, NY.
[img_assist|nid=16880|title=Axion Estin Foundation musicians|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=300|height=213]In collaboration with The Axion Estin Foundation, St. Vladimir's Seminary is offering another exceptional continuing education extension course on Byzantine Chant spring semester, under the expert instruction of Eleftherios Eleftheriadis. Mr. Eleftheriadis is Axion Estin Foundation's inaugural Artist in Residence, and is highly regarded as the Protopsaltis of St. Nicholas Shrine Church in Flushing, NY. He previously served on the faculty of the Music School of Thessaloniki, Greece. The course is open to seminarians and the general public, and will be held Tuesday evenings, beginning February 3, 2015, on the seminary campus. Beginners Class will meet from 6:45 p.m. to 8 p.m., and Advanced Class will meet from 8:10 p.m. to 9:25 p.m.
At invitation of His All Holiness, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, a delegation representing Saint Vladimir’s Seminary visited the historic Holy Theological School of Halki here December 16–19, 2014 . In his capacity as President of Saint Vladimir's Seminary, His Beatitude, Metropolitan Tikhon headed the delegation, which included Archpriest Dr. John Behr...
(M.Div.'94) was ordained Bishop of Chicago and the Midwest of the Orthodox Church in America (OCA) by His Beatitude The Most Blessed Tikhon, primate of the OCA, on Saturday, December 27, 2014. Clergy and faithful from parishes across the Midwest gathered at Holy Trinity Cathedral in Chicago for the celebration...
[img_assist|nid=16970|title=|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=267|height=400]View the Commencement invitation Alumnus His Eminence Metropolitan Elia, newly ordained bishop of the Diocese of Oulu of the Orthodox Church of Finland, will be the main speaker at St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary's Commencement, Saturday, May 30, 2015. "Being the 2015 Commencement speaker at my alma mater St. Vladimir's will be a great honor for me and for the Finnish Church," remarked His Eminence (SVOTS '03), upon his acceptance of the invitation by Archpriest Chad Hatfield, seminary Chancellor/CEO, and Archpriest John Behr, seminary Dean, to deliver the main Commencement address for 2015.
[img_assist|nid=17051|title=|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=300|height=225]Intense liturgical training is the focus of this 4–day program to be held from Sunday, July 12–Wednesday, July 15, 2015 on the campus of St. Vladimir's Seminary. Participants are asked to arrive after 3 p.m. on Sunday, July 12; the last day of the practicum, July 15, includes morning Divine Liturgy, a closing discussion, and brunch. Participants may leave campus at noon for 3:00 p.m. and later flights from area airports. REGISTER ONLINE TODAY!! Travel and airport service information (For those buying airline tickets to any event, flight insurance is recommended. )
Read Seminarian Tristan Gall's reflection on the Festival Over the Christmas recess, Assistant Professor of Homiletics and Rhetoric The Rev. Dr. Sergius Halvorsen and third-year M.Div. seminarian Tristan Gall traveled to Dallas, TX, to participate in the National Festival of Young Preachers . Sponsored by the Academy of Preachers, the...
His Eminence Metropolitan Elia, now bishop of the Diocese of Oulu of the Orthodox Church of Finland and formerly known as Priest Matti Veli Juhani Wallgren, graduated from St. Vladimir’s Seminary with a Master of Divinity degree in 2003. Father Matti was ordained to the priesthood in 2003, in Jyvaskyla...
Archpriest John Garvey, St. Vladimir's alumnus and author of the SVS Press title Seeds of the Word, fell asleep in the Lord in Tacoma, WA, where he was attached to Holy Resurrection Church, Orthodox Church in America (OCA). He was seventy years old. Associate Professor of Systematic Theology Dr. Peter...