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January 22, 2015 marked the 42nd anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the historic Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion-on-demand in the United States. Every year hundreds of thousands of people gather for the March for Life in Washington D.C., in a peaceful protest to call for an end to legalized abortion, and to advocate for a culture of life. It has become a tradition each year, for the St. Ambrose Society, St. Vladimir's pro-life student group, to rent a bus to transport seminarians, their families, and members of the wider Orthodox community down to the March.

On November 13, 2013, Campus Chef Nat Fasciani and his student assistants organized the annual and well-loved St. Vladimir's community Thanksgiving Feast. Visiting members of the Board of Trustees, faculty, students, spouses and kids, enjoyed a traditional Thanksgiving meal with all the trimmings.

On November 8, at a special academic convocation, the seminary Board of Trustees and faculty awarded His Eminence The Most Reverend Hilarion (Alfeyev), metropolitan of Volokolamsk and chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate Department for External Church Relations, an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree. Metropolitan Hilarion was on campus to present a public lecture: "Primacy and Conciliarity from an Orthodox Perspective"—a topic of critical importance to the Joint Commission for Theological Dialogue between the Orthodox and the Roman Catholic Churches, of which he is a key participant.

St. Vladimir's annual open house and homecoming, Orthodox Education Day, featured the theme "Do Books Still Matter?" and was a celebration of Orthodox Christian publishing. Vendors from across the U.S. set up shop on the campus, and Dean The Very Rev. Dr. John Behr offered an insightful keynote address on the evolution and importance of the book.

Third-year seminarian Joshua Burnett was ordained to the Holy Diaconate at St. George Antiochian Orthodox Cathedral in Pittsburgh, PA, on September 28. Presiding at the ordination were Antiochian hierarchs His Grace Bishop Thomas, Diocese of Charleston, Oakland, and Mid-America, and His Grace Bishop John, Diocese of Worcester and New England.

On the Sunday of the Elevation of the Holy Cross, third-year seminarian Dn. Mark Vair was ordained to the Holy Priesthood by His Grace Bishop Thomas, Diocese of Charleston, Oakland, and the Mid-Atlantic, Antiochian Archdiocese.

The Most Rev. Melchisedek, archbishop of Pittsburgh and Western PA, Orthodox Church in America (OCA) joined the community of Three Hierarchs Chapel at St. Vladimir's for the first Liturgy of the year on Sunday, August 31.

H.E Mor Theethose Yeldho Pathickal, archbishop of the Malankara Archdiocese of the Syriac Orthodox Church in North America, and a group of youth from his Archdiocese, visited St. Vladimir's over the summer break. Coordinated by seminarian Dn. Shiryl Mathai, the visit featured presentations by SVOTS faculty and staff, and a tour of campus.

Liturgical scholars from around the globe came to St. Vladimir's from June 10-15, 2014, to attend the Fifth International Congress of the Society of Oriental Liturgy. Celebrated scholar and Eastern Catholic Churchman Archimandrite Robert Taft, SJ, presented the keynote address, which was free and open to the public.