Following the ordinations in February, more members of the St. Vladimir’s Seminary community were ordained to holy orders in early March. Glory to God!
On Sunday, March 8, on the campus of St. Vladimir’s Seminary, His Eminence Archbishop Alexander of Toledo and the Bulgarian Diocese ordained seminarian Dn. Bogdan Popescu to the Holy Priesthood at Three Hierarchs Chapel. Fr. Bogdan is a seminarian of the OCA’s Bulgarian Diocese.
Fr. Bogdan Popescu being vested for the first time.
The same day in Aurora, Ontario, Canada, Seminary alumnus Dn. Ferenc Féhérvári was ordained to the Holy Priesthood at Holy Forty Martyrs of Sebaste Orthodox Church, a day after his ordination to the Holy Diaconate. His Grace Bishop Andrei of Cleveland, with the blessing of His Eminence Archbishop Nathaniel of Detroit and the Romanian Episcopate, presided over the ordination. Fr. Ferenc Féhérvári studied in the Seminary’s M.Div. program until 2025. He will now be assigned to St. Anne Orthodox Church in Pomona, CA.
Fr. Ferenc Féhérvári and Bishop Andrei (Photo: Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America)
Fellow Seminary alumnus Dn. Christopher Abdelahad (M.A. ’24) was ordained to the Holy Priesthood on Saturday, March 7, by the hands of His Eminence Saba, Archbishop of New York and Metropolitan of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America. The ordination took place at St. Elias Orthodox Church in Austin, TX. Fr. Christopher has been assigned to St. Anthony the Great Orthodox Church (Antiochian Archdiocese) in Spring, TX, where he will serve as assistant priest.
Metropolitan Saba with the newly ordained Fr. Christopher Abdelahad. (Photo: Granger Krajca/Antiochian.org)
May God grant the newly ordained Priests Christopher, Ferenc, and Bogdan many years!
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