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...
Presentations from Orthodox Education Day, our Seminary’s annual open house, this year held October 1, 2016, are being made available on the website of Ancient Faith Ministries . All presentations center on the day’s theme, “Celebrating Mary,” and included among them is the Fourth Annual Father John Meyendorff Lecture, given...
His Grace the Right Reverend Irinej (Dobrijevic), a graduate of both St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary (M.Div. ’82) and St. Tikhon’s Orthodox Theological Seminary, was enthroned as bishop of the Eastern American Diocese of the Serbian Orthodox Church on Saturday, October 1, 2016, at Holy Trinity Serbian Orthodox Cathedral...
[img_assist|nid=21186|title=|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=300|height=341]A business woman and college professor, a wife, mother and grandmother, and a Coptic Orthodox Christian, Maggie Gobran has devoted herself to rescuing Christians—children above all–who are forced to live in the garbage slums of Cairo, Egypt. Known as “Mama Maggie” by the numberless people she has helped, she epitomizes Christian witness in a Muslim culture and country. Although Maggie Gobran has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, she is virtually unknown in America. Now is your chance to meet her! Join us Friday, October 21, 2016, 7:30 pm in the Metropolitan Philip Auditorium of the John G. Rangos Family Building on our campus.
Saturday, November 5, 2016 11:30am – 1:30pm Gardens of Salonica 19 Fifth St NE Minneapolis, MN 55413 RSVP by Nov 1st to Kathy Jurichko Text or call 612.963.0482 or events@svots.edu Spouses welcome Download the flyer [img_assist|nid=21206|title=|desc=|link=none|align=|width=600|height=360]
When “Mama Maggie” Gobran spoke Friday evening, October 22, on our seminary campus, she not only shared the wisdom of the gospel—she embodied it. Through the extraordinary witness of her own life, which is lived among destitute people in Cairo, Egypt’s teeming slums, she humbly but liberally shared the spiritual...
[img_assist|nid=21246|title=|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=300|height=237]A St. Vladimir’s Seminary’s select choir—made up of students, alumni, student spouses, and community members and led by Robin Freeman, director of Music at SVOTS—will be singing Divine Liturgy at the Church of the Dormition (Greek Orthodox Archdiocese) in Southampton, NY on Sunday, November 6, 2016, at 10 a.m. The Very Reverend Dr. Alexander Rentel, the John and Paraskeva Skvir Lecturer in Practical Theology at the Seminary, will be accompanying the choir and concelebrating with Protopresbyter Alexander Kartloutsos, rector of the parish.
On October 30, 2016, Alexandru M Popovici, a St. Vladimir’s Seminary Alumnus (M.A. ’16) and currently the school’s Director of Web Services, represented the Seminary at the elevation of His Eminence Nicolae (Condrea) to the rank of Metropolitan of the Romanian Orthodox Metropolia of the Americas, at a ceremony in...
Hundreds of guests filled the historic St. Mary’s Orthodox Cathedral in Minneapolis on Friday, November 4, 2016, for a concert of liturgical music honoring the legacy and supporting the on-going mission of St. Vladimir’s Seminary. The concert was presented by the 32-member Men’s Chorale, featuring men from the Cathedral’s choir...
Have you experienced awkward or painful moments when visiting an ill friend in the hospital or caring for someone nearing the end of life? A new podcast series on Ancient Faith Radio, “The “Wounded Healer,” can help you reflect on suffering, visitation of the sick, and the healing process from...