Saint Vladimir’s Seminary (SVS) Press has released On the Ecclesiastical Mystagogy by Saint Maximus the Confessor (c. 580-662). The new book, the latest title in SVS Press’s highly-praised Popular Patristic Series (PPS), features the original Greek text of St. Maximus’ work along with an English translation by Jonathan J. Armstrong...
After more than thirty years of faithful service in Christ to St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary (SVOTS), Eleana Silk is retiring from her position as librarian of the Seminary’s Father Georges Florovsky Library . "So many students, so many graduating classes, the internet and library database have helped to catalog...
His Eminence, the Most Reverend Nikon , Archbishop of Boston, New England, and the Albanian Archdiocese (Orthodox Church in America), fell asleep in the Lord on Sunday, September 1, 2019 in Southbridge, MA. Born to a pious Orthodox family in 1945 in New York, Archbishop Nikon graduated from St. Vladimir’s...
It has been a busy and blessed summer! Since the end of the 2018-2019 Academic Year in May to the beginning of the 2019 Fall Semester, eight new priests have been added to the ranks of our student body and alumni fellowship, as well as three new deacons. More seminarians...
On Wednesday and Thursday, eight hierarchs from three Orthodox churches visited St. Vladimir’s Seminary (SVOTS) to get a closer look at the Seminary’s operations, curriculum, and future plans: Metropolitan Tikhon , Archbishops Benjamin , Melchisedek , Michael , and Alexander , and Bishop Paul from the Orthodox Church in America...
St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary (SVOTS) Professor and former dean Very Rev. Dr. John Behr is joining the faculty at the University of Aberdeen in Scotland. Father John has been appointed as a professor in divinity at the University’s School of Divinity, History and Philosophy. Father John, the Seminary’s Father...
A large group of Orthodox Christian leaders—including well-known authors and speakers Fr. Barnabas Powell and Kh. Frederica Mathewes-Green and successful entrepreneurs Gabriel Otte and Calee Lee—once again gathered at St. Vladimir’s Seminary (SVOTS) for the annual Orthodox Christian Leadership Initiative (OCLI) Conference. The Orthodox Vision Foundation (OVF) has hosted the...
Three hierarchs from the Syriac Orthodox Church (SOC) visited their seminarians on campus and met with Seminary leadership Thursday: His Eminence Mor Dionysius John Kawak, archbishop and patriarchal vicar of the Archdiocese of the SOC for the Eastern United States of America; His Eminence Mor Titus Yeldho, archbishop and patriarchal...
Saint Gregory of Nyssa’s Catechetical Discourse is now available through St. Vladimir’s Seminary (SVS) Press. The new entry in the Popular Patristic Series (PPS) features the original Greek text along with an English translation by Seminary Alumnus and SVS Press Editor Rev. Ignatius Green. Saint Gregory of Nyssa wrote the...
St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary (SVOTS) has announced Seminarian Andrew Kayaian as the winner of the 2019 St. Matthias Merit Scholarship Essay Contest. The contest was opened to current SVOTS students at the beginning of the fall semester . For his winning entry, titled, “’Follow me’: Religious Reality over Facebook...