St. Vladimir’s Seminary welcomes the public to several 2009 spring and summer events, including a Lenten retreat, prospective student open house, iconography workshop, Diaconal Liturgical Practicum, and summer conference.

In summer 2009, St. Vladimir’s Seminary (SVS) will host several events for the public, in keeping with its commitment to outreach, evangelism, and service to the faithful. We invite you to join us, and we welcome you to make our campus your home for a day…or more.

Two master iconographers, one painting in the Russo-Byzantine style and the other painting in the Greek-Cretan School tradition, will offer exclusive iconography workshops on the campus of St. Vladimir’s from June 11–17. Protodeacon Nazari Polataiko, of the Ss. Alipij & Andrei Rublev Icon Studio in Ottawa, Canada, and Khouriya Erin Mary Kimmett of Norwood, MA, will open their summer workshops to 12 students each, with experience ranging from novice to master.

Already-ordained deacons and future candidates receive intense liturgical training at our Diaconal Liturgical Practicum June 14–17. The annual practicum is coordinated by lead deacon of the seminary chapel, Associate Chancellor for Systems, and Lecturer in Liturgics at the Seminary, Archdeacon Kirill Sokolov, who now also serves as Archdeacon to His Beatitude Metropolitan Jonah, of the Orthodox Church in America.  While registration for this event is now closed, interested persons are encouraged to e-mail Fr. Kirill at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Finally, from June 18–20, 2009 the seminary will host a summer conference titled, “The Council and the Tomos: Twentieth-century Landmarks towards a Twenty-first-century Church.” Conference speakers will focus on two watersheds that have shaped the Orthodox Church in America (OCA): the All-Russian Council (Sobor) of 1917–18 and the Tomos of Autocephaly granted in 1970 by the Russian Orthodox Church to its daughter church, the OCA, then known as the “North American Diocese.” The conference will address the significance of the OCA’s presence in North America, and future paths and possibilities open to it, including its interface with the multi-jurisdictional Orthodox Christian communities in the U.S. and Canada. The Very Rev. Alexander Garklavs, Chancellor of the OCA, will deliver a free public lecture at 7:30 p.m. on June 18, 2009 to commence the summer conference.

Follow the highlighted links to register and view the details for each event.  Questions? E-mail This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .