With faith in Christ and in the hope of resurrection, we share the news of the repose of our alumnus, Archpriest Paul Richard Ziatyk, who graduated from St. Vladimir’s Seminary in 1964. Fr. Paul, long time Chancellor of the Archdiocese of Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvana and retired Rector of Saint...

[img_assist|nid=27281|title=|desc=|link=none|align=right|width=200|height=280]Celebrate Annunciation with us! On Sunday evening, March 25 , on the Feast of the Annunciation, friends in North Carolina will host a banquet to support St. Vladimir’s Seminary. The dinner will be held at Maggiano’s Little Italy in Durham. Alumni Priest Christopher Foley and Priest Dr. Timothy Thomas will be speaking at the banquet along with Seminary President Archpriest Chad Hatfield. Fr. Christopher graduated from St. Vladimir’s in 2006 and is currently Pastor of Holy Cross Orthodox Church in High Point, NC. Fr. Timothy, from the class of 2016, serves as Associate Pastor of St. Gregorios Malankara Orthodox Church in Raleigh, and is an Assistant Professor at St. John’s University in New York.

St. Vladimir’s Seminary welcomed several guests to campus Thursday, March 8, including a hierarch from Lebanon and nine prospective students. The visiting hierarch and the prospective students each came for a glimpse into seminary life at St. Vladimir’s. HIERARCHS’ VISIT His Eminence Metropolitan Antonios (Al-Soury) of Zahle, Baalbek and Dependencies...

The seminary community experienced a taste of Africa this month—literally! Three seminarians at St. Vladimir’s Seminary—two from Nigeria and one from Uganda—cooked up an African meal March 7 to help raise funds for an upcoming mission trip to Uganda . Nine students from St Vladimir's will be participating in a...

Over twenty-five chaplains of different faiths convened on the campus of St. Vladimir’s Seminary March 5 and 6 to assess and certify clinical chaplains serving in hospitals, long-term care, and hospice. The seminary hosted certification meetings for the Board of Chaplaincy Certification Inc. (BCCI), the national certifying body affiliated with...

When the Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church met in Kolymvari, Crete, June 19–26, 2016, it culminated a nearly 60-year period of preparation and capped months of anticipatory work in ecclesial circles. Religion media channels had touted it as the first major council of the Orthodox Church since...

Three Hierarchs Chapel was brimming with singers of all ages Saturday. On March 17, members of the youth choir from Holy Trinity Orthodox Church, East Meadow, NY stood together with seminarians from St. Vladimir’s Seminary to sing All-Night Vigil. The youth choir, under the direction of Danielle Miller and Dr...

Pope Benedict XVI and Metropolitan Kallistos Ware are among those praising a monumental new work authored by Metropolitan Hilarion Alfeyev and published by SVS Press . Jesus Christ: His Life and Teaching, Vol. 1 was released in March. It is the first of Metropolitan Hilarion’s six-volume study on the life...

At its commencement Saturday, May 19 , 2018, St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary will confer honorary doctorates to three people for their contributions to the Orthodox Church: composer Mitered Archpriest Sergei Glagolev, Seminary Trustee Emeritus Protodeacon Peter Danilchick, and University of Kentucky Professor David Bradshaw, Ph.D. “Their contributions align so...

St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary is pleased to announce that Cameron Beahan has been hired as the new managing director of Marketing and Operations for St. Vladimir’s Seminary (SVS) Press . Beahan will supervise SVS Press and bookstore operations and lead the strategic vision for both acquisition of Press content...