Holy Week begins on Holy Monday, April 2, 2018, and concludes with the celebration of Pascha on April 8, 2018. “Yesterday I was crucified with Christ, Today I am glorified with him; Yesterday I died with him, Today I am made alive with him; Yesterday I was buried with him, Today I rise with him. Let us make an offering to the one who died and rose again for us.... Let us offer our own selves, the possession most precious to God and closest to him. Let us give back to the Image that which is according to the image—recognizing our value, honoring the Archetype, knowing the power of the mystery and for whom Christ died.” —St Gregory the Theologian, Oration 1.4 For the schedule of daily Holy Week services, visit the Three Hierarchs Chapel Calender.
Members of the St. Herman Society for Orthodox Ecology , one of several student interest groups at St. Vladimir’s Seminary, are ramping up efforts this spring. The group has plans to begin composting on campus and establish a community garden. “We are very thankful we have such a beautiful campus...
With hope in the resurrection especially present in our hearts during this paschal season, we share the news of the repose of Alumnus Mitered Archpriest John Nehrebecki. Fr. John fell asleep in the Lord on Great and Holy Saturday morning, April 7, 2018. Father John was pastor emeritus of Christ...
[img_assist|nid=27501|title=|desc=The Doctor of Ministry Class of 2018 with His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon, primate of the Orthodox Church in America (OCA) and Archpriest Chad Hatfield, president of St. Vladimir's Seminary|link=none|align=left|width=350|height=229]Online Presentation (Webinar) – Register here An opportunity to transform your ministry for the better might sound too good to be true, but that is exactly what St. Vladimir’s Seminary’s Doctor of Ministry (D.Min.) program was set up to be. And its most recent graduates want you to see fruits of the D.Min. program for yourself.
* UPDATE: Registration for the 2018 Diaconal Liturgical Practicum is now closed, due to full capacity. If you were unable to register this year, please email diaconal2019@svots.edu to be placed on a list for next year's practicum. You will be first to receive registration materials for the 2019 Diaconal Liturgical Practicum tentatively scheduled for next summer.
[img_assist|nid=27561|title=|desc=|link=none|align=right|width=300|height=400]Come join us in Wichita, Kansas to help support St. Vladimir’s Seminary, and enjoy a little jazz on the side! On Friday, June 1, alumni and friends in Wichita will host a jazz cocktail evening to support the seminary. The event will be held at the Hinkle Law Building. Special guests include His Grace Basil , bishop of the Diocese of Wichita and Mid-America of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America (AOCANA), and Archpriest Chad Hatfield, president of St. Vladimir’s Seminary. The night will also feature live music from the Randy Fields Jazz Band, heavy hors d'oevre by Georges French Bistro , and a cash bar.
An opportunity to transform your ministry for the better might sound too good to be true, but that is exactly what St. Vladimir’s Seminary’s Doctor of Ministry (D.Min.) program was set up to be. And its most recent graduates want you to see fruits of the D.Min. program for yourself.
[img_assist|nid=27566|title=|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=300|height=194]25 April 2018 • On-Campus • Three Hierarchs Chapel Seminarians from the Patriarchate of Alexandria helped make for a particularly memorable celebration of the feast day of St. Mark the Evangelist, the patron saint of the Venerable Church of Alexandria. On Wednesday, the seminary community observed the Divine Liturgy for the feast according to rubrics and languages commonly used for the Divine Liturgy in Africa. The Liturgy was led by first-year Seminarian Archimandrite Chrysostomos Onyekakeyah from Nigeria and third-year Seminarian Deacon Simon Menya from Uganda; Seminarian Loveday Okafor, also from Nigeria, sang the responses during the Liturgy. All three students belong to the Patriarchate of Alexandria and All Africa.
[img_assist|nid=27591|title=|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=300|height=420]An opportunity to transform your ministry for the better might sound too good to be true, but that is exactly what St. Vladimir’s Seminary’s Doctor of Ministry (D.Min.) program was set up to be. And its most recent graduates want you to see fruits of the D.Min. program for yourself. On Wednesday, May 9 , we are hosting the second of three webinars featuring D.Min. graduates presenting their final projects. These webinars—free and open to the public—are meant to give people a taste of what the D.Min. program offers and what it can do for your ministry.
Rome-based Catholic filmmaker Robert Duncan took part in a special, public screening of his documentary Faces Among Icons on Sunday at St. Vladimir’s Seminary, followedby a panel discussion about the renewal of Orthodoxy in Russia. The film, recently released by Catholic News Service (CNS), chronicles the rebirth of the Russian...