As many people saw last month, the San Diego region experienced dramatic fires that burned thousands of acres and, interestingly, got people thinking about the fragility of "ordinary" life. At the Orthodox Church in America's St. Katherine of Alexandria Mission, the faithful also shared the view that the area is...
A new video features the unique ministry of Youth Equipped to Serve (YES) with Director Katrina Bitar, St. Vladimir's graduate of the Class of 2009. YES is a program under the auspices of the Fellowship of Orthodox Christians United to Serve (FOCUS); its central purpose is to engage youth in...
The Very Rev. Macarius Targonsky, a 1955 alumnus of St. Vladimir's Seminary, reposed in the Lord Wednesday, June 25, 2014, at Central Peninsula Hospital in Soldotna, Alaska. He was 84 years old. Services were held on June 30 and July 1, with The Right Rev. David (Mahaffey), bishop of Sitka...
Imagine walking in the footsteps of Jesus and his followers. Now imagine uncovering firsthand the very buildings they would have seen and discovering objects they would have used in their daily lives, including domestic wares and implements for fishing. "Such were the experiences of St. Vladimir's seminarian Elizabeth Siniscalchi and...
Alumnus Dr. Will Cohen graduated from Brown University in Providence, RI in 1988, before earning his Master of Divinity at St. Vladimir's in 2002 with the thesis "Ecclesiology and the Dialogues between Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox Churches." At Catholic University of America in Washington D.C., he continued a similar...
The Website for the Orthodox Church in America, Oca.org, published a story on July 29, 2014 about St. Athanasius Orthodox Church, with rector Fr. Justin Patterson (SVOTS '05). On Sunday, July 27, 2014, the faithful of St. Athanasius Church here worshipped for the first time in their new church building...
On August 7-8, 2014, the Diocese of the Midwest, Orthodox Church in America (OCA), held its first ever "St. Macrina Orthodox Institute Catechist and Diaconal Vocations Conference." SVOTS alumni led several sessions at the conference, attended by 43 students and held at St. Andrew's House, a pan-Orthodox center in Detroit...
Seminary Alumnus The Rev. Bohdan Danylo (SVOTS '98) was recently elected as Bishop for the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of St. Josaphat, Parma, OH, an Eastern Catholic communion. Pope Francis appointed the bishop-elect, who is a member of the clergy of the Eparchy of Stamford and the present rector of Saint...
"Thanks be to God, things at our mission—the Nativity of the Lord in Shreveport—are moving along at a steady pace," reported SVOTS alumnus Fr. Jason Foster recently. "Over the last six months, we have welcomed 12 new members into the Church via baptism or chrismation, and we have another 11...
SVOTS alumnus Fr. Joshua Lollar (2006) and faithful recently took yet another step toward the establishment of a “permanent home” for St. Nicholas Mission in Lawrence, KS. “We are in the process of remodeling a bungalow on its property for use as a chapel, while plans are made and funds...