Eight students have been accepted into the Doctor of Ministry (D.Min.) program at St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary (SVOTS) and will form the 2021 D.Min. Cohort. Comprised of clergy, chaplains and ministry professionals from six different jurisdictions, this cohort brings a new level of diversity and pastoral experience to the...

A new website is preserving and resurrecting hundreds of lectures delivered by illustrious teachers and brilliant theologians of the Orthodox Church in the twentieth century. St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary (SVOTS) launched the new site, digi.svots.edu , this June. The project is a combined effort by St. Vladimir’s Seminary and...

[img_assist|nid=28016|title=|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=300|height=388]This year’s Orthodox Education Day (OED) is a special one. Join us as we celebrate not one, but two fiftieth-year commemorations: fifty years of OED and fifty years of St. Vladimir’s Seminary (SVS) Press !

A delegation from St. Vladimir’s Seminary (SVOTS) presented a gift of $13,000 to the Pro Vita Association for the Born and Unborn in Romania Saturday. The presentation of the gift fulfills a promise the Seminary made to tithe 10% of the total funds raised on #GivingTuesday to Pro Vita...

Saint Vladimir’s Seminary has signed a concordat of cooperation with Saint Andrei Saguna Faculty of Orthodox Theology in Sibiu, Romania in an effort to encourage future student and faculty exchanges and other collaborations between the two institutions. The agreement was signed Monday at the Faculty in Sibiu by Archpriest Chad...

In the spring of 2018, SVOTS Seminarians engaged in a remarkable undertaking , engaging with representatives of churches that both did and did not participate in the divisive Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church in 2016, often referred to as the “Council of Crete.” Now, the fruits of...

A long-awaited, 60-plus page document by His Beatitude the Most Blessed Tikhon, archbishop of Washington, metropolitan of All America and Canada, and chair of St. Vladimir’s Seminary, titled “Of What Life Do We Speak? Four Pillars for the Fulfillment of the Apostolic Work of the Church,” was released on Friday...

[img_assist|nid=29002|title=|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=300|height=400]The 36 th Annual Father Alexander Schmemann Lecture promises to be an insightful tribute to Fr. Alexander’s memory. On Wednesday, January 30 , St. Vladimir’s Seminary welcomes featured lecturer Dr. David Fagerberg , professor of theology at the University of Notre Dame and author of the recently released Liturgy outside Liturgy: The Liturgical Theology of Fr. Alexander Schmemann (Chora Books, 2018). His lecture for the event is titled “The Anchor of Schmemann’s Liturgical Theology.”

St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary (SVOTS) is pleased to announce the hiring of Dr. Tracy Davis Gustilo as Sessional Assistant Professor of Theology. Dr. Gustilo joins the Seminary faculty as a graduate of both its Master of Arts (M.A.) program (’13) and Master of Theology (Th.M.) program (‘18). Dr. Gustilo...

St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary (SVOTS) is pleased to announce the honoring of two recently-retired and distinguished professors, Very Rev. Dr. Paul Nadim Tarazi and Dr. Paul Meyendorff. The Seminary’s Board of Trustees has bestowed the title of “Professor Emeritus” on both Fr. Paul and Dr. Meyendorff in recognition of...