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On Saturday, February 10, 2018, St. Vladimir’s Seminary Chorale commenced its “Orthodox Masterpieces” series, a musical endeavor that invites the public to hear beautifully composed hymns in their proper setting: communal worship. To inaugurate the series, the Chorale sang Great Vespers in Three Hierarchs Chapel, featuring select compositions by Alumnus Archpriest Sergei Glagolev. Robin Freeman, director of Music at the Seminary, conducted the singers, and Archpriest Alexander Rentel, chapel ecclesiarch, presided at the service, assisted by seminarians Dn. Larry Soper and Dn. Herman Fields.

Hundreds of friends and alumni attended our annual open house, Orthodox Education Day, which this year had the timely theme, “Modern Martyrs: Christians of the Middle East and North Africa.” Explicating the theme in an eloquent and informative keynote address was biblical scholar the Reverend Dr. George Parsenios, associate professor of New Testament, Princeton Theological Seminary, and sessional professor of New Testament at St. Vladimir’s.

Our Seminary’s 2017 Commencement ceremonies, held May 20, included several distinguishing moments in addition to the granting of degrees to 16 graduates in three academic programs.

Our Three Hierarchs Chapel community—seminarians, faculty, and staff, and their families and friends—soberly and joyfully celebrated 22 liturgical services together during the period from Lazarus Saturday to Bright Tuesday [photos by Glen Mules and Diakonissa Adrienne Soper].

On the Saturday afternoon before the start of Great Lent, the Metropolitan Philip Auditorium was filled to capacity for a book launch hosted by St. Vladimir's Seminary Press (SVS Press). The event celebrated the release of the first title in the groundbreaking "Coptic Studies Series," titled The Life of Repentance and Purity.

On the last day of 2015, third year seminarian William Rettig was ordainted to the Holy Diaconate at Holy Trinity Orthodox Church, St. Paul, MN, by the hand of His Grace Bishop Paul, Diocese of the Midwest.

On Sunday, December 6, the Three Hierarchs Chapel community enjoyed a favorite St. Vladimir's tradition when they sang a collection of carols and then welcomed "St. Nicholas" to campus. The carol "All who love Nicholas the saintly" ushered in the good saint, whose identity was hidden under his flowing white "beard." During the celebration, grown ups and kids alike also enjoyed a potluck meal, and St. Nicholas presented each child with a gift.