The Seminary’s Revitalizing Parish Music program , which offers custom-tailored educational sessions for parishes in their home settings, recently visited communities in New York and Michigan. “I work with choirs that want to take their singing to the next level,” said Robin Freeman , Director of Music at the Seminary...
On Wednesday, the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Orthodox Church in America (OCA) gathered at St. Vladimir’s Seminary (SVOTS) for an eventful and momentous day, celebrating Divine Liturgy for the Feast of Saint John Chrysostom at Three Hierarchs Chapel ; announcing the fiftieth anniversary celebrations of the autocephaly of...
[img_assist|nid=29382|title=|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=300|height=389]Hear St. Vladimir’s Seminary Chorale perform western and Orthodox carols at Holy Trinity Orthodox Church ’s annual Christmas concert. On Saturday, December 7 at 7 p.m., St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary (SVOTS) and Holy Trinity Orthodox Church in East Meadow, NY are partnering to present an evening of carols, hymns, and scripture readings in preparation for the celebration of the Holy Nativity of our Lord. Under the direction of Robin Freeman and former SVOTS faculty member Dr. Nicholas Reeves, Holy Trinity’s choir director, the combined choirs will sing familiar carols and Orthodox liturgical hymns interspersed with readings from the Old and New Testaments.
[img_assist|nid=29385|title=|desc=|link=none|align=right|width=299|height=388]A special edition of the Father Alexander Schmemann Memorial Lecture will commemorate fifty years of autocephaly for the Orthodox Church in America (OCA). His Eminence, Archbishop Michael of New York and the Diocese of New York and New Jersey will headline events on January 30, the Feast of the Three Hierarchs. As part of the special celebration, three more distinguished speakers will be featured in workshops throughout the day along with a Hierarchical Divine Liturgy, Mid-Year Commencement, the launch of a special 50 th anniversary commemorative book (published by SVS Press and edited by Academic Dean Dr. Alexandru Tudorie), and a reception. Schedule of Events
The board of the Orthodox Church in America (OCA)'s Thriving in Ministry program (TIM) held an all-day meeting at St. Vladimir's Seminary on Tuesday, November 19. Through TIM, the OCA seeks to establish pan-Orthodox learning groups for priests and their wives throughout the United States and Canada. Tuesday’s work included...
St. Vladimir’s Seminary (SVS) Press has published the first scholarly biography of the desert hermit who became a most unlikely patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria, Pope Kyrillos VI (1902–1971). The biography, titled, A Silent Patriarch , by Fr. Daniel Fanous, has been well received among the Coptic...
Several seminarians from St. Vladimir’s Seminary (SVOTS) performed for the Pan-Orthodox Christmas Concert Sunday in Paramus, NJ. The concert took place at St. Mark’s Syriac Orthodox Cathedral, and featured choirs from the Orthodox Church in America (OCA) and Greek, Antiochian, Serbian, Coptic, Armenian, Syriac, and Ethiopian Orthodox churches. Representing the...
[img_assist|nid=29394|title=|desc=|link=none|align=right|width=300|height=300]Do you feel called to serve the Church, either in ordained ministry or another vocation? Explore the idea of enrolling at St. Vladimir’s Seminary! Come experience community and academic life on campus at the Winter Open House, January 16 and 17. Plan to arrive Wednesday evening (January 15), join chapel services and classes on Thursday, and enjoy a seminary-wide academic symposium (not open to the public), meals, and fellowship on Friday. Schedule Wednesday, Jan 15, 2019 By 4:30 p.m. – Open House guests arrive on campus 5:00 p.m. – Vespers 5:45 p.m. – Dinner
For the second year running, the St. Vladimir’s Seminary (SVOTS) Chorale teamed up with the choir from Holy Trinity Orthodox Church, East Meadow, NY . On Saturday the choirs performed “Lessons & Carols: Music of the Christmas Season from East & West” at Holy Trinity. Listen to the “Lessons &...
With faith in Christ and in the hope of resurrection, we share the news of the repose of our alumnus and ardent supporter of St. Vladimir’s Seminary, Dr. Frank Kulik. Kulik, of Phoenix, AZ, fell asleep in the Lord Tuesday, December 18, at the age of 81. Doctor Frank and...