Our Seminary’s 2017 Commencement ceremonies, held May 20, included several distinguishing moments, in addition to the granting of degrees to 16 graduates in three academic programs. Among the exceptional highlights were remarks to graduates by His Beatitude the Most Blessed Tikhon , primate of the Orthodox Church in America (OCA)...
Krista Tippett, host of “On Being” —a Peabody Award-winning radio show that explores some of humanity’s oldest philosophical questions—recently presented a public lecture on our campus, titled, “Mystery and the Art of Living.” The lecture, funded by a grant from the Henry Luce Foundation, was arranged by Professor Peter C...
Five of our seminarians—among them a recent graduate—ministered in Guatemala the last two weeks in May, as part of an OCMC mission teaching team. Deacon Christopher Moore, Anthony Davis, Simon Menya, Hans Vomend, and Christopher Stoops (M.Div. Class of 2017) offered religious education, catechism, and encouragement to church leaders, seminarians...
Seminary President Archpriest Chad Hatfield is traveling throughout Romania June 9–21, meeting with key figures instrumental in renewing collaborative efforts between educational institutions of the Romanian Orthodox Church and the Seminary. Cooperative ventures began in 2013, when the Seminary and the Faculty of Orthodox Theology at the University of Bucharest...
Celebrate the Feast of the Great and Holy Prince Vladimir, Our Patron [img_assist|nid=23816|title=|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=300|height=300] We invite all our alumni and friends to join us in celebrating the feast of our patron, the Holy and Great Prince Vladimir, on Saturday, July 15 th from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m., a day beginning with the Divine Liturgy, coffee hour, a brief talk by Fr. Alexander Rentel, followed by a scrumptious BBQ and ending with an Akathist to St. Vladimir in Three Hierarchs Chapel in the presence of his relics. All of our alumni are invited to serve or sing. Come celebrate with us. RSVP by July 7: Please note if you would like to serve or sing
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[img_assist|nid=23806|title=|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=300|height=300]Come, see St. Vladimir’s Seminary We warmly welcome you to our campus Open House October 5–8, 2017 , for an immersion into seminary life :
[img_assist|nid=25586|title=|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=300|height=420]On Friday, February 2, 2018 friends in the Lone Star state will host a banquet to support St. Vladimir’s Seminary. The dinner will be held at Bent Tree Country Club in Dallas, an exclusive venue with superb dining. Alumni Archimandrite Gerasim, dean of the St. Seraphim Cathedral in Dallas, Orthodox Church in America, and Lijin Hannah Raju, general secretary of the Mar Gregorios Orthodox Christian Student Movement of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, both are speaking at the banquet. Seminary President Archpriest Chad Hatfield will be offering remarks as well. Tickets for the banquet meal, which begins at 7 p.m., are priced at $35, with an additional donation requested.
Seminary President Archpriest Chad Hatfield met with the Faculties of Orthodox Theology in the cities of Sibiu and Bucharest, Romania, in an effort to encourage future student and faculty exchanges and co-publications between St. Vladimir’s Seminary and those two major theological centers. Father Chad, who traveled throughout Romania June 9–21...
Our alumna, Dr. Stefanie Yova Yazge , (M.A., Class of 1986), fell asleep in the Lord at her home in Greensburg, PA, on the morning of the Feast of Ss. Peter and Paul, Thursday, June 29. Wife of our alumnus Priest Anthony Yazge, who is Chair of Department of Camping...