At the heart of the St. Vladimir's Seminary campus stands Three Hierarchs Chapel. While most of the congregants of the Chapel are seminary students, faculty, and staff, others from the surrounding community of Crestwood and beyond also call Three Hierarchs their spiritual home. Long-time member Bettye Malone is one such...
Editor's Note: On Friday, September 28, 2012, a van load of third–year students from St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary (SVOTS) traveled to the campus of Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology in Brookline, MA, to participate in the annual Orthodox Interseminary Retreat. This year's speaker, The Very Rev. Dr...
[img_assist|nid=11037|title=|desc=Fr. John Chakos|link=none|align=left|width=134|height=200] Download a PDF flier of this event for your parish bulletin board! Share a JPG flier of this event on Facebook! Did you know that there are 338 Orthodox churches in Guatemala, with 200,000 faithful and catechumens? Did you know that a former UN Ambassador is now a priest in that community? Did you know that hundreds of Latin Americans continue to leave the Roman Catholic Church on a daily basis, seeking other religious experiences, including worship within the liturgical services of the Orthodox Church?
[img_assist|nid=11041|title=|desc=Both teams pose with STOTS Dean Fr. Alexander Atty after February 2012 game|link=none|align=left|width=200|height=133]The annual basketball game between St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary (SVOTS), and St. Tikhon's Orthodox Theological Seminary (STOTS) in South Canaan, PA, rescheduled due to Hurricane Sandy, will take place on Friday, February 22, at 4:00 p.m. The game will be held at the Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church gymnasium , a few miles from the Seminary on 10 Mill Road, New Rochelle, NY. Following the game, St. Vladimir's will host the players afterwards for a post–game pizza fest. Both teams are practicing hard and anticipating the spirit of friendly competition that characterizes the event. SVOTS alumni are invited to come and support the team, for what promises to be an exciting match–up.
Two priests with connections to St. Vladimir's Seminary recently received 2013 Church Planting Grants from the Orthodox Church in America (OCA). Former Annual Gifts Officer The Rev. Jason Foster, priest of Holy Nativity of the Lord Mission , Shreveport, LA, Diocese of the South, received a second-year grant for his...
In a joyous celebration of faith and culture, St. Vladimir's Seminary pulled out all the stops for Orthodox Education Day 2012. Approximately 1,000 people traveled from distances as far as Great Britain, and in groups—priests from Eastern PA, cadets from Annapolis, MD, and collegians participating in the Orthodox Christian Fellowship...
[img_assist|nid=11122|title=|desc=Dr. Tristram Englehardt|link=none|align=left|width=147|height=200]The St. Ambrose Society, St. Vladimir's Seminary's Pro Life group, is hosting a public lecture to be given by Dr. H. Tristram Engelhardt, professor of Philosophy at Rice University, and professor of Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine, both in Houston, Texas. Titled "Preaching the Word of the Lord: Being an Orthodox Christian in a Post-Christian Public Square," the lecture is scheduled to precede the Seminary's participation in the annual March for Life in Washington, D.C. The March is slated for Friday, January 25, 2013, on t[img_assist|nid=11123|title=|desc=|link=none|align=right|width=120|height=150]he anniversary of the infamous Supreme Court case, Roe v. Wade.
With the waning autumn light as a backdrop, nearly thirty seminarians from an evangelism class at St. Joseph's Seminary in Yonkers (Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York), joined our seminary community for the service of Vespers. The neighboring seminarians, who are studying under the guidance of St. Joseph's Rector, the...
On Sunday, October 14th, the St. Vladimir's Seminary Octet joined the community at St. Mary's Antiochian Orthodox Church , Brooklyn, NY, where they had been invited to sing the Divine Liturgy by the parish's pastor, The Very Rev. Michael Ellias, SVOTS Class of '85. Octet Director Hierodeacon Herman (Majkrzak)...
The WCC website reported that the presiding hierarch, His Eminence Metropolitan Nathanael of Kos and Nysiros, was joined by "His Eminence Metropolitan Prof. Dr. Gennadios of Sassima on behalf of the Eastern Orthodox Church, and His Eminence Metropolitan Mor Eustathius Matta Roham on behalf of the Oriental Orthodox Church. "...