St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary (SVOTS) has appointed Dr. Ionuţ-Alexandru Tudorie to the position of academic dean. The Seminary’s Board of Trustees selected Tudorie, a native of Romania, on July 18 after the Academic Dean Search Committee had narrowed down the list of possible candidates to two. The announcement concludes...
Alumnus Very Reverend Archimandrite Seraphim Poulos (John Poulos) fell asleep in the Lord on Friday, July 27, in his hometown of Ithaca, NY. Fr. Seraphim, who had battled cancer, was 68. Fr. Seraphim was born in Groton, NY on May 26, 1950, and at the age of 2 his family...
SVOTS Professor Archpriest Alexander Rentel and Alumnus Archdeacon Joseph Matusiak (’06) have flown to Poland to join His Beatitude, Metropolitan Tikhon , as His Beatitude makes his first official visit to the Orthodox Church of Poland since his election as Primate of the Orthodox Church in America (OCA) in November...
St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary (SVOTS) has announced the 2018 St. Matthias Merit Scholarship Essay Contest as part of the school’s ongoing efforts to help its students afford the costs of theological education and formation. The essay contest is open to current seminarians only. The winning student will see $3,000...
St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary (SVOTS) is beginning to roll out Vision 2020, a plan for the future of formation and education at the Seminary. Vision 2020 incorporates changes in academic and community life at SVOTS to meet the increasingly diverse needs and vocational trajectories of our students. Through Vision...
[img_assist|nid=28441|title=|desc=|link=none|align=right|width=300|height=420]We have a very special event planned for the Ecclesiastical New Year. On Saturday, September 1, our student-led St. Herman’s Society is bringing SVOTS Alumnus and SVS Press author Archpriest Michael Oleksa to campus to headline a full day of events! Fr. Michael, who has ministered and worked for decades in Alaska, will speak to "The Legacy of St. Herman and the Alaskan Mission Today." The special day will also include an Akathist and Supplication service for the New Year, a walking tour, and the planting and blessing of new trees. Here is the full schedule:
St. Vladimir’s Seminary’s 2018-2019 Academic Year has begun! Thirty-three seminarians comprise the incoming class. Thirty-one of them are new students, including 8 in the Doctor of Ministry (D.Min.) Cohort of 2021, 9 in the Master of Arts (M.A.) program, and 14 in the Master of Divinity (M.Div.) program. Two returning...
[img_assist|nid=28456|title=|desc=|link=none|align=middle|width=550|height=711] This November, we invite you to join us in worship, celebration, service, and dialogue at St. Vladimir’s Seminary’s Fall Benefit and Theological Convocation. The two-day event is multi-faceted: it is a celebration of the local feast of the reception of St. Vladimir’s relics to the Seminary’s Three Hierarchs Chapel five years ago; it is a fundraising benefit to help SVOTS seminarians graduate without tuition debt as they go forth to serve the church; it is a celebration of forty years of ordained ministry for The Very Rev. Dr. Chad Hatfield , president of SVOTS ; it is a theological convocation setting the vision for SVOTS, titled, “ Theological Education in the Twenty-First Century .”
Alumnus Archpriest Michael Oleksa (’73) delivered a powerful, enlightening, and heart-felt message on the campus of St. Vladimir's Seminary (SVOTS) Saturday as part of the Seminary's celebration of the Ecclesiastical New Year . The New Year festivities were organized by the St. Herman’s Society for Orthodox Ecology , one of...
[img_assist|nid=28506|title=|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=400|height=711]The Arvo Pärt Project at St. Vladimir’s Seminary is helping to present another beautiful concert featuring the music of the great Estonian composer. In partnership with Sacred Music in a Sacred Space , we are pleased to present Arvo Pärt: The Sound of the Sacred Monday, November 12 at the Church of St. Ignatius Loyola in New York City.