At its Annual Meeting on November 10–11, 2016, our Seminary’s Board of Trustees welcomed three new members: Sharon Andrzejewski-Rubis, Jeffrey D. Hoff, and Carla Ann Newbern Thomas, M.D. Trustees also bid farewell to long-time board member Anthony Kasmer and bestowed on him the honorary title of “Trustee Emeritus.” Mr. Kasmer...

As part of the Jubilee Celebration marking the 70th birthday of His Holiness Kirill , patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press (SVS Press) released a collection of his writings, titled, Patriarch Kirill in His Own Words , on Friday, November 18, 2016. The new volume is...

SVOTS students are sharing their faith and seminary experience with students from several theological schools—both Orthodox Christians and also adherers of other faiths. This fall, our students renewed their participation in the Orthodox Inter-Seminary Movement (OISM) and the Inter-Seminary Dialogue (ISD), two organizations that enrich and sharpen their theological perspective...

There are two organized groups on the St. Vladimir's campus, offering a wide range of programs and activities for seminarian wives and women students. The St. Juliana Society, formed to support future clergy wives, plans a variety of events with a range of speakers who cover topics that have been...

During fall semester, students in our newly formed “Doctor of Ministry Cohort, Class of 2019” met on campus for their first onsite intensive. The eight students in the Cohort enthusiastically engaged in two core courses in their program : “Youth Ministry,” taught by the Very Reverend Dr. Joseph Purpura...

SVS Press fans in the Midwest will have an opportunity to attend a book launch of the latest Press offering, Patriarch Kirill in His Own Words , recently released on the occasion of the 70 th birthday of His Holiness Kirill, patriarch of Moscow and All Russia. The new volume is part of the Press’s Profile Series, edited by Archpriest Chad Hatfield, and is made up of short excerpts from Patriarch Kirill’s homilies, articles, media interviews, and formal speeches, laid out in a “daily reading” format. Attendees will have the opportunity to hear first-hand about Fr. Chad’s engagement with Patriarch Kirill, which resulted in this extraordinary volume.

SVS Press fans in the Midwest will have an opportunity to attend a book launch of the latest Press offering, Patriarch Kirill in His Own Words , recently released on the occasion of the 70 th birthday of His Holiness Kirill, patriarch of Moscow and All Russia. The new volume is part of the Press’s Profile Series, edited by Archpriest Chad Hatfield, and is made up of short excerpts from Patriarch Kirill’s homilies, articles, media interviews, and formal speeches, laid out in a “daily reading” format. Attendees will have the opportunity to hear first-hand about Fr. Chad’s engagement with Patriarch Kirill, which resulted in this extraordinary volume.

On Saturday, December 3, 2016, our seminary Dean, Father John Behr, will present a free and public lecture, “Dying to Live,” at St. George Greek Orthodox Church, Clifton, NJ, from 9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Coffee and refreshments will be served. Please RSVP at the church office 973.779.2626 or stgeorgeadmn@gmail.com

St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary and the Orthodox Christian Studies Center of Fordham University have issued a call for papers for an international conference that will explore research, practices, and creativity regarding the nexus between sound and the sacred . The conference, entitled, “Arvo Pärt: Sounding the Sacred,” will be...

Devotees of the church fathers will have the pleasure of hearing Archpriest John Behr, dean and professor of Patristics at St. Vladimir’s Seminary, explicate the Paschal Sermon of Melito, second century exegete and apologist who served as bishop of Sardis near Lydia, Asia Minor. The event, hosted by the Amsterdam Center for Orthodox Theology (ACOT) , is the first in a new series about Orthodox theology open to the general public. The study will take place at the Orthodox Parish Amersfoort, Matthias Withoosstraat 34, 3812 ST Amersfoort , on Friday, December 9, 2016. Coffee and tea will be served at 6:30 p.m., and the study will start at 7:00 p.m. and end around 9:00 p.m.