At its Commencement Ceremonies Saturday, May 21, 2016, St. Vladimir's Seminary awarded diplomas in three programs to 29 graduates: 13 Master of Divinity, 12 Master of Arts, and 4 Master of Theology degrees were conferred.
His Beatitude the Most Blessed Tikhon, archbishop of Washington and Metropolitan of All America and Canada, of the Orthodox Church in America (OCA), has announced that the Board of Trustees of St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary has voted to implement a new model for governance at the Seminary. The new...
[img_assist|nid=19771|title=|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=550|height=367] Download the flyer Download the revised schedule Orthodox Education Day, the annual open house of St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary , will begin at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, October 1. The events of the day have been moved forward into the afternoon and evening, out of respect for a neighborhood fireman who was killed in the line of duty on Tuesday morning, September 27, during an explosion in the Bronx.
[img_assist|nid=20106|title=|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=180|height=269]The Very Reverend Dr. Chad Hatfield, CEO of St. Vladimir's Seminary, will be a featured speaker at "Walk Through the Door to Holiness," an ecumenical conference that will explore the nature of Christian character in a post-Christian culture. The Most Reverend George Carey, 103rd Archbishop of Canterbury, and The Right Reverend Edward B. Scharfenberger, Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany, are also guest presenters as well. Download the Conference Schedule Download the flyer
[img_assist|nid=19796|title=|desc=|link=url|url=http://www.svspress.com/the-ways-of-childhood/|align=left|width=200|height=308]The Very Rev. Dr. Chad Hatfield, St. Vladimir's Seminary CEO, and the Reverend Dn. Gregory Hatrak, Director of Marketing and Operations for SVS Press and Bookstore, will be attending the Parish Life Conference of the D ioceses of Los Angeles & the West, and Eagle River, for the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America. A book launch will be hosted for the new Press release, The Ways of Childhood . Additionally, Fr. Chad is serving as a keynote speaker, and his topic will be "The Three Ways to Know the Lord."
His Grace the Right Reverend Irinej (Dobrijevic), a graduate of both St Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary and St Tikhon’s Orthodox Theological Seminary, was recently elected to serve as bishop of the Eastern American Diocese of the Serbian Orthodox Church . Currently, His Grace is bishop of the Metropolitanate of Australia...
St. Vladimir's Seminary is seeking to hire an Assistant Librarian for its campus library, located in the state-of-the-art John G. Rangos Family Building. The seminary library currently holds more than 142,000 volumes and receives over 350 periodicals and serves the needs of faculty, students, and visiting scholars. The Assistant Librarian...
[img_assist|nid=19831|title=|desc=Gevorgyan Seminary|link=none|align=left|width=300|height=174]On June 13, 2016, with the blessing of His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, the Reverend Mardiros Chevian, St. Nersess Armenian Seminary Dean, will accompany SVOTS Dean, the Very Reverend Dr. John Behr to the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, the spiritual and administrative headquarters of the worldwide Armenian Church. The purpose of the visit is for Fr. John to better understand the academic program offered at Gevorgyan Seminary and to further discuss the possibilities of inter-seminary collaboration between Gevorgyan, St. Nersess, and St. Vladimir's seminaries, including an exchange of faculty and students, courses of study, and library books.
[img_assist|nid=1982|title=|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=137|height=217]During the current economic downturn, many faithful Christians may be wondering how to keep their contributions flowing to parishes, favorite charities, church agencies, monastic communities, and so on, as they watch the balance in their checkbooks drop steadily. They also may be wondering if they will be able to pass on any wealth to their children or grandchildren. Certainly, the words of Scripture, "God loves a cheerful giver" (2 Cor 9:7) present a challenge to most believers nowadays, as they wrestle with the Scriptural admonitions "to give generously" (Ps 37:21, Rom 12:8), while facing job losses, pay cuts, and even home foreclosures.
This summer our Dean, the Very Rev. Dr. John Behr, will lead an intensive study unit at the St. Athanasius Coptic Orthodox Theological College in Donvale, Australia. More information is available here.