With members of the seminary community gathered in eager anticipation, His Beatitude The Most Blessed Tikhon, primate of the Orthodox Church in America (OCA), took the opportunity during his first official visit to St. Vladimir's as its President and ruling bishop to bless the new gym facility. Concurrent with his...

[img_assist|nid=11377|title=|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=200|height=308]The public is invited to view "It's a Girl," a chilling and sobering film about the plight of female babies and children, as societies throughout the world make a determination of their "worth," based solely on their gender. The movie will be hosted by the Seminary's St. Ambrose Society, a pro-life, student-led group, and will be shown in the Metropolitan Philip Auditorium of the John G. Rangos Family Building, 7 p.m. on Friday, December 7th. The event is free.

The Orthodox Christian Fellowship (OCF) and the Orthodox Church in America's (OCA) Department of Youth, Young Adult, and Campus Ministry , co–sponsored a free and public forum in the Bashir Auditorium at St. Vladimir's Seminary, on Tuesday, November 27. Titled "Campus Ministry Night," the evening featured presentations by OCF Executive...

His Beatitude Patriarch Ignatius IV (Hazim) of Antioch and All the East, fell asleep in the Lord at St. George Orthodox Hospital in Beirut, Lebanon, after suffering a stroke. Immediately following the Patriarch's repose, His Beatitude The Most Blessed Tikhon, primate of the Orthodox Church in America (OCA), sent condolences...

Thursday, December 13, 2012, the Feast of St. Herman of Alaska, marks the 29th anniversary of the repose of Protopresbyter Alexander Schmemann, dean of Saint Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary (SVOTS) from 1962 until his death in 1983. On Monday evening the community at SVOTS will observe the milestone with a...

His Grace Mathews Mar Barnabas , the former metropolitan of the Northeast American Diocese of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church , fell asleep in the Lord at four in the afternoon on Saturday, December 8, 2012 (EST) in the Pushpagiri Hospital in Kerala, India. Since 1993, Metropolitan Mar Barnabas has...

O who loves Nicholas the Saintly, O who serves Nicholas the Saintly. Him will Nicholas receive, and give help in time of need. Holy Father Nicholas! With the singing of this traditional St. Nicholas hymn, the children of the Three Hierarchs Chapel's Sunday community welcomed special guest St. Nicholas for...

St. Vladimir's Alumnus The Very Rev. Michael Mihalick ('75), fell asleep in the Lord peacefully at home on the morning of Monday, December 10, 2012, at the age of 63. For many years, Fr. Michael had fought a valiant battle against progressive multiple sclerosis. Father Michael was born in Johnstown...

Voices From St. Vladimir's Seminary podcast features a talk by Ian Jones titled "Gender, Economics, and Abortion in the Asian and American contexts." A graduate of St. Vladimir's Seminary and a doctoral candidate at Fordham University, Mr. Jones presented a free, public lecture on Friday, December 7th, in the Metropolitan...

In October of this year, nearly thirty seminarians from an evangelism class at St. Joseph's Seminary in Yonkers (Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York), visited SVOTS for Vespers, a refectory dinner, and a lecture by The Very Rev. Dr. Chad Hatfield, chancellor/CEO. In a reciprocal goodwill gesture, the new rector...