By Seminarian Fr. John Valadez Every year, St Ambrose Society, a pro-life student interest group at St. Vladimir’s Seminary, makes a pilgrimage to Washington, D.C., in order to raise awareness for the protection of the unborn at the March for Life. This year, St. Vladimir’s contingent included more than a...
Three major campus events marked the Feast of the Three Hierarchs on Tuesday, January 30, the day that commemorates the patrons of our campus chapel—Ss. Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian, and John Chrysostom.
1 February 2018 • In Memoriam [img_assist|nid=27036|title=|desc=Alumnus James Balamaci (photo: Anchorage Daily News)|link=none|align=left|width=300|height=229]With faith in Christ and in the hope of resurrection, we share the news of the repose of our alumnus, James (Jim) Balamaci, who graduated from the Collegiate Division (also known as the “pre-theology” program) of St. Vladimir’s Seminary in 1976. Mr. Balamaci was concurrently a student at Iona College in New Rochelle, NY, when he attended St. Vladimir’s Seminary. Mr. Balamaci, as President and CEO of Special Olympics Alaska, was an extraordinary leader who lived to inspire goodness in people and communities. He passed away during the morning of February 1, at the age of 63.
[img_assist|nid=27091|title=|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=300|height=424]Come, see St. Vladimir’s Seminary We warmly welcome you to our campus Open House, Thursday, March 8, 2018 , for an immersion into seminary life :
[img_assist|nid=27106|title=|desc=Russian Orthodox woman prays, gazing at an icon, in an Orthodox parish in St. Petersburg (CNS photo: Robert Duncan)|link=none|align=left|width=300|height=189]One hundred years after the Russian (Bolshevik) Revolution of 1917 , a documentary movie recently produced and released by Catholic News Service chronicles both the ruin of the Russian Orthodox Church during that time and the rebirth of the Church following the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991.
The trustees, faculty, and students of St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary welcome the public to the Commencement of the Class of 2018, Saturday, May 19 . Ceremonies will begin at 2:00 p.m., with a “Prayer of Thanksgiving” in Three Hierarchs Chapel, followed at 2:30 p.m. by Commencement Exercises in the Metropolitan Philip Auditorium of the John G. Rangos Family Building.
[img_assist|nid=27126|title=|desc=(photo: Adrienne Soper)|link=none|align=right|width=300|height=200]19–20 February 2018 • On-campus In keeping with the liturgical and spiritual tradition of St. Vladimir’s Seminary to mark the beginning of Great Lent, the entire seminary community will enter into the holy season by participating in Forgiveness Vespers on Sunday, February 18, and by participating in two full days of Lenten retreat on Monday, February 19, and Tuesday, February 20. During the Lenten retreat, students, faculty, and staff will worship in Three Hierarchs Chapel nearly 12 hours daily, and will hear edifying meditations by Priest Anthony Roeber, sessional professor of Church History at the Seminary. ( See the chapel schedule.)
On Saturday, February 10, 2018, St. Vladimir’s Seminary Chorale commenced its “Orthodox Masterpieces” series, a musical endeavor that invites the public to hear beautifully composed hymns in their proper setting: communal worship. To inaugurate the series, the Chorale sang Great Vespers in Three Hierarchs Chapel, featuring select compositions by Alumnus...
The entire seminary community entered into the holy season of Great Lent by participating in Forgiveness Vespers on Sunday, February 18, and by gathering for worship and reflection during two full days of a Lenten retreat held Monday, February 19, and Tuesday, February 20. This year’s retreat speaker was Priest...