Antiochian scholar and author Dr. Bradley Nassif (SVOTS '85), professor of Biblical and Theological Studies at North Park University, recently participated in an international meeting between Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Evangelical church leaders held in Albania during the first week in September, 2013. Convened at the invitation of Archbishop Anastasios...

More than 70 family members, friends, parishioners of local churches, and alumni of St. Vladimir's turned out to honor Protopresbyter Thomas Hopko at St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Allison Park, PA, on Sunday, October 27, in celebration of "Father Tom's" 50th Anniversary of ordination to the priesthood. The event, which was...

A graduate of the Class of 2003, The Very Rev. Dr. Oliver Herbel also earned a doctorate in Historical Theology from Saint Louis University. He is the author of Sarapion of Thmuis: Against the Manichaeans and Pastoral Letters as well as multiple articles and book chapters, many of which concentrate...

One St. Vladimir's seminarian and three alumni have written about their military experiences in the December, 2013 issue of Wonder , the monthly on-line journal of the Orthodox Church in America’s Department of Youth, Young Adult, and Campus Ministry. To commemorate the celebration of the 70th Anniversary of Orthodox Chaplaincy...

he Very Rev. Dr. Alexander Atty, a distinguished alumnus of the Class of 1979 at St. Vladimir's Seminary, reposed in the Lord early Sunday morning, March 23, 2014. Father Alexander was most recently the Dean and Chief Operating Officer (COO) of St. Tikhon's Orthodox Theological Seminary in South Canaan, PA...

Memory Eternal! The entire community of faculty, staff and students at St. Vladimir's Theological Orthodox Seminary (SVOTS) mourns the loss of our Board of Trustees Vice President and Vice Chairman, His Eminence The Most Reverend Philip (Saliba) , Archbishop of New York and Metropolitan of All North America of the...

Over Holy Week and Pascha 2014, alumnus Dr. Brandon Gallaher returned to St. Vladimir's to worship and visit with the community. A British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow in the Faculty of Theology and Religion at University of Oxford, he has been serving as a Fellow of the Notre Dame Institute for...

His Grace Mark (Maymon), Class of 1991, was enthroned as Bishop of Philadelphia and Eastern Pennsylvania, the Orthodox Church in America (OCA), during a Hierarchical Divine Liturgy at St. Stephen Orthodox Cathedral in Pittsburgh, PA, on May 10. His Beatitude The Most Blessed Tikhon , primate of the OCA, presided...

"The joy of the harvest is so great," said Jesse Brandow (alumnus, '13) during his public lecture on Mayan Orthodoxy at St. Vladimir's Seminary. Sponsored by the SVOTS Student Council, the lecture was held on May 18th and drew people from throughout the tri-state area. Mr. Brandow described the explosive...

On June 5, 2014, hierarchs, clergy, and lay delegates from the Self-Ruled Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America convened in Chicago, IL at the Hyatt Regency Hotel for a Special Convention, with the purpose of selecting three candidates whose names will be submitted to the Holy Synod of the...