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LIBRARY GUIDE

The Library at St. Vladimir's Seminary currently holds over 142,000 volumes and receives over 350 periodicals. The library is  considered one of the richest resources available on the North American continent for research on Eastern Christianity. The collection is especially strong in the areas of Orthodox church history, Orthodox theology, philosophy, and culture. Significant literature in other areas is also systematically acquired. The holdings have been immensely enriched by the donation of the following private collections (among others):

• Nicholas Arseniev
• Fr. Georges Florovsky 
• John Kolchin                  
• Metropolitan Makary
• Fr. John Meyendorff
• Nicholas Ozerov
• Anthony Repella
• Fr. Alexander Schmemann

The library serves the needs of the faculty and students of the seminary, and the worldwide scholarly community as well. It represents one of the major assets of the seminary as an institution of higher learning.

The Library is home to:

• Microfilm archives of the Russian Alaskan Missionary Diocese
• The Ostrog Bible, published in 1581. It is the first book printed in the Cyrillic alphabet.
• Books printed in many different languages, including Japanese, Chinese, and Tlingit Indian
• The largest book in the library displays the architectural drawings of Hagia Sofia in Istanbul and is 24” x 81”.
• The smallest book in the library is 1" x 1" and is on the Percheskaia Lavra in Kiev.

The seminary is a founding member of the New York Area Theological Libraries Association (NYATLA), giving faculty and students ready access to the collections of other major theological libraries in the metropolitan New York area.

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