As Orthodox Christians, we strive for that inner stillness, hesychia—but St. Vladimir’s Seminary alumna Amber Rose Prather wants to make sure kids and their parents alike know that it’s still okay to move.
Prather authored the new children’s book A Saint’s Guide to Praying with Your Feet from Ancient Faith Publishing. The book is inspired by the life of the sixth-century saint Elizabeth the Wonderworker.
“A lot of Christianity in our culture tends to be very disembodied in the way it approaches faith,” Prather explained in an interview about the book. “It’s very much an intellectual exercise. And Orthodoxy is not just that, it’s not just your mind. There’s holy movement in our faith.”
As the mother of an active toddler herself, Prather understands the struggles and emotions children and their parents go through as kids learn to control their energy and movement during church services.
“I know the moment where your kid is the one bolting across the church like, ‘Oh, please. I'm sorry! I'm sorry!’ So having a book like this—where you can talk to your kids about the holy ways to move in church and talk to your kids about how God can use what we have to make us holy—can also remind the parents that it’s okay. It’s okay that your kid struggles with something. It's okay that you struggle.”
Amber Rose Prather graduated from St. Vladimir’s Seminary in 2024 with an M.Div. degree, alongside her husband Andrew. Amber and Andrew met as seminarians at St. Vladimir’s and were married at the Seminary’s Three Hierarchs Chapel in 2021. Amber also holds bachelor’s degrees in Medieval and Byzantine Studies and Theology and Religious Studies from the Catholic University of America. She has a master's degree in Philosophy, also from Catholic University.
Andrew and Amber were married at the Seminary’s Three Hierarchs Chapel in 2021.
By the grace of God, Dn. Gregory Hanson was ordained to the Holy Priesthood this winter at Holy Trinity Cathedral in San Francisco—marking a first for St. Vladimir’s Seminary and the Orthodox Church in America’s Diocese of the West (DOW). Fr. Gregory is the first member to be ordained from the Priestly Formation Cohort, a pilot program developed by the Seminary and the DOW.
The Priestly Formation Cohort launched in January 2025 as a prototype program with the blessing of the Holy Synod of Bishops. It is a three-year course for carefully selected, theologically educated men from the Diocese. Candidates must be individually approved by the Holy Synod before being ordained to the Holy Priesthood. Fr. Gregory, a previous graduate of the OCA’s Diaconal Vocations Program, had been serving as a deacon when he entered the pilot program.
“His Grace Bishop Vasily and the Diocese of the West are firmly committed to residential formation at one of our Orthodox theological seminaries,” explained Archpriest Kirill Sokolov, Chancellor of the Diocese of the West and faculty member at St. Vladimir’s Seminary. “We currently have six seminarians each at St. Vladimir’s and St. Tikhon’s seminaries.
“This partnership in the Priestly Formation Cohort allows us to ‘tap’ potential priesthood candidates to fulfill pressing needs. The long-standing practice of the Orthodox Church in America invites those who have attended non-Orthodox seminaries to attend seminary for a special one-year program of study. In reality, this cohort model is intentionally not a short-cut but, truly, a longer experience of formation with the highest caliber of seminary instructors.”
Fr. Gregory Hanson is a California native. He was raised Evangelical Protestant, attended Fuller Seminary, and served in youth ministry with Youth For Christ. While at Fuller Seminary he was exposed to the writings of the Early Church Fathers and realized that what the Early Church taught and how it worshiped did not match the denomination he belonged to. So Fr. Gregory embarked on a journey to find the Church that Jesus Christ established, and was received into the Orthodox Church in 1998. He served as reader, then subdeacon, and was ordained to the Holy Diaconate in December 2024. He was ordained to the Holy Priesthood on Zacchaeus Sunday, January 25, 2026, by the hands of His Grace Bishop Vasily (Permiakov). He is assigned to Holy Trinity Cathedral as an associate priest and will benefit from direct mentoring from His Grace and Fr. Kirill.
Fr. Gregory and his wife, Matushka Hope, are parents of five adult children and five grandchildren.
May God grant the newly ordained Priest Gregory many years!
Two institutions profoundly impacted by the life and legacy of Protopresbyter John Meyendorff (February 17, 1926–July 22, 1992) came together this February to celebrate 100 years since his birth.
St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary (SVOTS) and the Orthodox Christian Studies Center at Fordham University hosted a joint, two-day tribute February 6 and 7 to honor Fr. John Meyendorff, one of the most influential Orthodox theologians of the twentieth century.
A scholar of extraordinary range, Fr. John Meyendorff shaped the study of Byzantine theology, Orthodox ecclesiology, and ecumenical dialogue for generations. His dual role as Professor (1959–1992) and Dean (1984–1992) at St. Vladimir’s Seminary and Professor of Byzantine History at Fordham University (1967–1992) made him a unique bridge between Orthodox theological education and the broader academic world.
SVOTS Dean Dr. Ionuț-Alexandru Tudorie and Dr. George Demacopoulos, Fordham’s Fr. John Meyendorff & Patterson Family Chair of Orthodox Christian Studies, served as chief organizers of the Centennial Tribute.
On the first day of the joint event, St. Vladimir’s Seminary welcomed distinguished former students of Fr. John: His Grace Bishop Irinej (Dobrijevic), Bishop of Washington-New York and Eastern America of the Serbian Orthodox Church and an alumnus of the Seminary (M.Div. ’82); and alumna Dr. Vera Shevzov (M.Div. ’86), Professor of Religion and Director of the Program in Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies at Smith College. Two of Fr. John’s four children also delivered beautiful reflections and memories about their father: Dr. Paul Meyendorff, alumnus (M.Div. ’75) and the Seminary’s Fr. Alexander Schmemann Professor of Liturgical Theology Emeritus; and Dr. Anna Meyendorff, a former member of faculty at the University of Michigan.
Following a panikhida at Three Hierarchs Chapel, the Seminary community and guests moved to the Metropolitan Philip Auditorium for the talks and reflections.
“Fr. John’s classes were all inspiring in a most unique way, as they were quite exhilarating,” recalled His Grace Bishop Irinej, “replete with a vast array of intense knowledge, presenting both the broad spectrum and zeroing in at times on pertinent telling detail. … He presented with such piercing perception as though he had come to know the [historic] person of whom he spoke or was physically located at a particular historic event.”
“The last words he said [before his repose]. … his eyes opened, and he said, ‘The Eucharist,’ and what he was seeing was that icon that you may have seen in the back of the apse of [the Seminary Chapel], which he commissioned. … And I think that summarizes his vision … it’s more than eucharistic ecclesiology—it’s life, it’s the Church.”
The second day of the Centennial Tribute was the Academic Symposium, “Orthodoxy, Byzantium, and the Rise of Russia Revisited,” hosted at Fordham’s Rose Hill Campus.
Dr. Tudorie was one of several scholars who gave talks at the Symposium, along with Dr. Aristotle Papanikolaou, Professor of Theology and Archbishop Demetrios Chair in Orthodox Theology and Culture at Fordham University; Dr. Nadieszda Kizenko, Professor of History at the University at Albany; Dr. Dimiter Angelov, Dumbarton Oaks Professor of Byzantine History at Harvard University; and Dr. Tikhon Alexander Pino, Director of the Pappas Patristic Institute at Hellenic College Holy Cross.
“When I think about Fr. John Meyendorff, there are two important topics that come to my mind. One is obviously his love and passion and great contribution to the study of St. Gregory Palamas. The other one … the autocephaly of the Orthodox Church in America,” said Dr. Tudorie, as he introduced his talk, entitled, “Rediscovering St. Gregory Palamas: The Contributions of Frs. Dumitru Stăniloae and John Meyendorff.”
“For me [Fr. John] was smart and witty and funny and enormously gracious, and I feel very honored and very blessed to have known and studied with him, and I'm eternally grateful for his support of my work,” Dr. Papanikolaou noted before his presentation, “Why Do We Need the Essence/Energies Distinction? Virtue as the Missing Link.”
“He inspired a whole new generation of Orthodox scholars, all of whom are in his debt,” added Dr. Papanikolaou, “and I’m happy to be included in that group.”
May God remember always in His Kingdom the Protopresbyter John Meyendorff!
Giving glory and thanksgiving to God, the St. Vladimir’s Seminary community celebrated the ordinations of two priests and one deacon in the month of February.
The first ordination took place on February 2, the Feast of the Meeting of our Lord in the Temple. Seminary alumnus Dn. Habib (Caleb) McGee (M.Div. ’24) was ordained to the Holy Priesthood at St. George Antiochian Orthodox Christian Church in Houston, TX, by the hand of His Eminence Metropolitan Saba. Fr. Habib currently assists His Eminence at the Antiochian Archdiocese Headquarters in Englewood, NJ.
Metropolitan Saba with the newly ordained Fr. Habib McGee.
Archbishop Alexander ordained Dn. Sergio Lopez to the Holy Priesthood on Feb. 5, 2026. (Photo: Holy Cross Orthodox Church
Then on February 15, the Sunday of the Last Judgment (Meatfare Sunday), Metropolitan Saba ordained seminarian Ibrahim Aldaiob to the Holy Diaconate at Virgin Mary Antiochian Orthodox Church in Yonkers, NY. Dn. Ibrahim hails from Homs, Syria, and is in his first year of studies in the Seminary’s M.A. program. Prior to enrolling at St. Vladimir’s, Dn. Ibrahim studied at St. John of Damascus Institute of Theology at the University of Balamand in Lebanon.
Dn. Ibrahim was ordained at Virgin Mary Orthodox Church in Yonkers, NY.
May God grant the newly ordained Fr. Habib, Fr. Sergio, and Dn. Ibrahim and their families many years!
Throughout its history, St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary has served, and continues to serve, as a training ground for Orthodox men and women, preparing them to serve the Church in its many ministries. The Church needs bishops, priests, and deacons, as well as scholars, teachers, catechists, choir directors, and educated leaders of many kinds.
If you feel called to ministry in the Church, are interested in broadening your understanding and experience of the Orthodox Christian Faith, are curious about what seminary life is like, or are planning to apply for the Fall 2026 Semester, then please join us on campus at the St. Vladimir’s Seminary Winter Admissions Open House on February 15-16, 2026.
At this Open House, prospective seminarians are invited to experience “life at St. Vladimir’s” in its many facets. Worship with the seminary community in the chapel, attend classes, speak with seminarians and professors about the spiritual, academic, and residential life at the seminary, and, if applying, schedule interviews. Come and see if St. Vladimir’s Seminary is the place for you!
Transportation: Open House attendees will be responsible for their transportation to and from the seminary.
Arrival & Meals: Attendees are welcome to arrive as early as Saturday, February 14 and to stay through Tuesday, February 17. Meals during the official Open House, February 15–16, will be provided free of charge. If your stay extends beyond these dates in either direction, meals will be available for purchase.
Housing: Pending available space, attendees may request to be housed on-campus on a first-come, first-served basis for free, at the invitation of St. Vladimir’s Seminary. Alternatively, rooms may be booked at the Hampton Inn & Suites Yonkers-Westchester; a block rate is available until January 31, 2026.
Registration Deadline: The registration deadline is Tuesday, February 10, 2026.
9:00 a.m. — Divine Liturgy at Three Hierarchs Chapel
10:30 a.m. — Coffee hour & fellowship in the Chapel Basement
11:30 a.m. — Lunch provided in Germack Refectory
1:30 p.m. — Group Discussion with the Director of Admissions in Gerich Board Room (Rangos Building)
Why Seminary?
Degree Programs
Tuition & Financial Aid
Housing
Admissions Process
Discussion
3:00 p.m. — Tour of Campus
4:00 p.m. — Q&A with Current Seminarians in Germack Common Room
5:00 p.m. — Dinner in Germack Refectory
Evening — Informal Activities (TBD): socialize, explore the area, rest!
Monday, February 16 - A Day at Seminary
7:30 a.m. — Daily Matins at Three Hierarchs Chapel
8:15 a.m. — Breakfast in Germack Refectory
9:00 a.m. — Faculty Roundtable in the Gerich Boardroom (Rangos Building)
10:30 a.m. — Attend classes or schedule individual meetings
12:15 p.m. — Lunch in Germack Refectory
1:00 p.m. — Attend Choir Rehearsal (optional)
2:00 p.m. — Attend classes or schedule individual meetings
5:00 p.m. — Daily Vespers at Three Hierarchs Chapel
5:45 p.m. — Dinner in Germack Refectory
*This is the official end of the Open House; if you would like to stay through the the morning of Tuesday, February 17, please let us know, especially if you would like to attend one of the classes, schedule a meeting with the Director of Admissions, and/or have any meals in the refectory.
Tuesday, February 17
7:30 a.m. — Daily Matins at Three Hierarchs Chapel
8:15 a.m. — Breakfast in Germack Refectory
9:15 a.m. — Attend classes or schedule individual meetings
"What do you want Protestants to know about Orthodoxy?" an Evangelical church asked St. Vladimir’s Seminary alumnus Fr. Christopher Foley.
Fr. Christopher’s response to that question and other topics appeared in the video “Perspectives on Liturgy & Orthodoxy.” The interview was produced by Center City Church in Greensboro, NC, as part of a series on liturgy and beauty.
“St. Paul says, if you read it in the Greek, [Christ] is the ‘icon’ of the invisible God, the image of the invisible God. ... So the fact that Christ really took on flesh means that matter matters,” reflected Fr. Christopher. “And this is the underpinning of all of our sacramental and liturgical life and understanding, that we participate in Christ through the sacramental life of the Church. So our worship is extremely kind of sensual, in the sense that it engages all of the senses.”
Watch the full interview below. Fr. Foley appears in the video starting around the five-minute mark.
Do you feel called to serve the Church—whether in ordained ministry, teaching, the mission field, or another much-needed vocation in the Church? Apply to become a seminarian at St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary (SVOTS)!
Prospective students may complete the entire application process online, including interviews. The deadline to apply is May 1, 2026, with a late application deadline of June 1, 2026. Scholarships and Financial Aid are available to qualifying applicants.*
“Throughout the decades of its existence, St. Vladimir’s Seminary has remained faithful to its call and commission: to train men and women who would serve the Church of Christ,” said SVOTS Dean Dr. Ionuț-Alexandru Tudorie.
“The Gospel speaks of ‘good and faithful servants’ (Mt. 25:21), but imposes no ‘standard mold’ for ministry. At St. Vladimir’s Seminary we welcome men and women with a wide range of experiences, interests, talents, and goals, representing a variety of jurisdictions. Although they all learn to seek, to treasure, and to cultivate ‘the one thing needful’—the Kingdom of God—the Lord forges them into many kinds of servants to be sent into His vineyard.
“We pray that you listen and discern whether, how, and where the Lord is calling you to serve His Church.”
To explore the different degree programs at St. Vladimir's Seminary and learn more about applying, housing, tuition, scholarships, and other information, visit the Seminary’s Admissions Page. For questions or to schedule a campus visit or interview, contact Zachariah Mandell, Director of Admissions, at admissions@svots.edu or 914-961-8313 x342.
About St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary
St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary (SVOTS) is a higher education institution that embraces the challenge of serving the Church and the needs of Orthodox Christians in the twenty-first century. SVOTS trains priests, lay leaders, and scholars to be active apologists of the Orthodox Christian Faith, focusing on academic rigor and spiritual formation within a residential Orthodox community. The Seminary is chartered by the University of the State of New York and accredited by the Commission on Accrediting of the Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada (ATS) to offer the following program degrees: Master of Divinity, Master of Arts, Master of Theology, and Doctor of Ministry. Learn more at www.svots.edu.
*Prospective students who apply after May 1, 2026, will have lower priority for housing and financial aid. The deadline for all financial aid applications, including need-based grants, need-based scholarships, and merit-based scholarships, is May 1. Applications for financial aid submitted after the deadline will be considered only if funds remain available. Notifications of financial aid awards are normally issued with offers of admission.
With faith in Christ and hope in the resurrection, we share news of the repose of His Grace Bishop Seraphim (Sigrist), former Bishop of Sendai, an alumnus of St. Vladimir’s Seminary. Bishop Seraphim fell asleep in the Lord on the morning of February 7, 2026.
Bishop Seraphim was born Joseph Sigrist on December 13, 1941, in New York and baptized in a Presbyterian Church. He was brought up in Pleasantville, NY, and studied at Nyack College. While studying at Nyack he began to attend the Orthodox Church and, on completing his degree there, he was received into the Orthodox Church at Holy Virgin Protection Cathedral in New York. He then began study at St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary and, after graduating in 1967, went to Japan to assist the Orthodox Church in that country.
In Japan, working first as a teacher in a church-related school and assisting as a deacon at the Toyohashi Church, he was tonsured a monk with the name Seraphim and served first as a parish priest in the town of Nakanida and then, being consecrated in Tokyo on December 19, 1971, from that time served as Bishop of East Japan living in Sendai.
Bishop Seraphim served in Japan for nineteen years, returning to the United States in 1987. He taught in the graduate department of religion at Drew University, wrote three books, and visited Russia frequently in recent years in support of mission especially to youth in Russia.
The St. Vladimir’s Seminary (SVOTS) community celebrated a truly joyous altar feast of The Three Holy Hierarchs on Friday, January 30, as the Seminary welcomed to campus seven hierarchs, a number of other noted clergy and alumni, Seminary trustees, friends, and renowned Orthodox theologian the Very Rev. Dr. Andrew Louth. Later that evening, following the morning’s Divine Liturgy, Fr. Andrew delivered the 43rd Annual Fr. Alexander Schmemann Memorial Lecture and received an honorary doctorate from St. Vladimir’s.
Feast of the Three Holy Hierarchs
His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon, Archbishop of Washington, Metropolitan of All America and Canada, and President of St. Vladimir’s Seminary, presided over Divine Liturgy at the Seminary’s Three Hierarchs Chapel. Joining His Beatitude were His Eminence Archbishop Michael of New York and the Diocese of New York and New Jersey (OCA); His Grace Bishop John (SVOTS Class of ’84) of Worcester and New England (Antiochian Archdiocese); His Grace Bishop Irinej (’82) of Washington-New York and Eastern America (Serbian Orthodox Church); His Grace Bishop Nikodhim (’07) of Boston and the Albanian Archdiocese (OCA); His Grace Bishop Benedict (’10) of Hartford and New England (OCA); and His Grace Bishop Vasily (’04) of San Francisco and the West (OCA). Among the priests present were—including Seminary clergy, guests, and alumni—Archpriest Alessandro Margheritino (’14 and ’25), Chancellor of the Orthodox Church in America; Three Hierarchs Chapel Rector Archpriest Alexander Rentel (’95), SVOTS’ Assistant Professor of Liturgical Theology and Canon Law; Protopresbyter Nicolas Kazarian, Ecumenical Officer and Director of the Department of Inter-Orthodox Ecumenical and Interfaith Relations (Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America); Archimandrite Jeremy (Davis; ’04), Archiepiscopal Vicar, Diocese of Toledo and the Midwest (Antiochian Archdiocese), and Seminary Trustee; Archpriest Andrew Louth, Archpriest Emeritus of the Diocese of Sourozh (Moscow Patriarchate); Seminary Spiritual Formation Director Archpriest Michael Nasser; Archpriest Volodymyr Zablotskyy, the Rector of Holy Trinity Orthodox Church in Yonkers, NY; and Archpriest Bogdan Bucur, SVOTS’ Associate Professor of Patristics.
“When a community celebrates its patronal feast day, they pause to give thanks to all those who came before them to bring us to this point … to express the kingdom of heaven in this place and in this time,” His Grace Bishop John noted as he gave the homily. “Let us remember the Three Holy Hierarchs and their love for each other as we learn to know each other and love each other, so that in unity we can, in one voice, proclaim the Good News and share the life that God chooses to share with the entire world.”
On behalf of Seminary Dean Dr. Ionuț-Alexandru Tudorie and the entire community, Fr. Alexander Rentel warmly welcomed all the hierarchs and guests at the conclusion of Divine Liturgy.
His Beatitude then offered a beautiful reflection on the numerology which marked this blessed feast of the Three Holy Hierarchs: Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian, and John Chrysostom:
“The grace and peace of these three great saints is multiplied twofold through the presence of the venerable hierarchs and brothers who join me, six in number, for our concelebration today…”
Part of this busy week at the Seminary, including Friday afternoon, was reserved for a major undertaking by SVOTS administration and the Board of Trustees. Board members engaged in the work of strategic planning that will guide the Seminary for the next several years and beyond. This work was a continuation of efforts that began during the Board’s October 2025 session. During the January session, trustees discussed and discerned important topics about the Seminary's future, work that involves the voice of the Church as well as the Seminary. The Board is eager to ensure this strategic planning reflects the close connection of SVOTS and the Church that has been a strong emphasis of recent administrative and board work overseen by His Beatitude and Dr. Tudorie. Input from stakeholders—including hierarchs, alumni, donors, seminarians, faculty, staff, and others—is part of this ongoing work.
Hierarchs, Seminary Administration, and Trustees
Many trustees were present on campus for the strategic planning work; others joined remotely due to travel difficulties brought on by the recent blizzard.
Schmemann Lecture & Honorary Doctorate
As the Fr. Alexander Schmemann Memorial Lecture got underway that evening, Dr. Tudorie announced a special honor for guest lecturer Fr. Andrew Louth: the bestowal of an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree from St. Vladimir’s Seminary.
“[Father Andrew] is a great teacher of the Church, a scholar of renown, and one of the most respected voices in patristic studies today, for whose decades of ministry both at the altar and in the library we are deeply grateful,” stated Dr. Tudorie.
The Very Rev. Dr. Andrew Louth is Professor Emeritus at the University of Durham; Honorary Fellow of the St. Irenaeus Orthodox Theological Institute at Radboud University in Nijmegen, Netherlands; a Fellow of the British Academy; and Archpriest Emeritus of the Diocese of Sourozh (Moscow Patriarchate). He is the author of several books, including St. Vladimir’s Seminary (SVS) Press’s Greek East and Latin West: the Church ad 681–1071, The Church in History, vol. III (2007); and he has also served as editor and translator for other Press titles over the years.
“I am completely overwhelmed,” said Fr. Andrew upon receiving the honorary doctorate. The honor was a surprise and kept secret from Fr. Andrew until shortly before the Lecture. “St. Vlad’s has always meant a great deal to me, and … over the last thirty years or so [I’ve] kept in touch with the Seminary. … I just feel very, very moved that you’ve chosen to give me this great honor.”
Father Andrew then offered his lecture, entitled, “Shadows and Darkness in Patristic Theology.”
“Orthodox Theology is often regarded, by ourselves and others, as essentially ‘apophatic,’” explained Fr. Andrew in his introduction. “Even though the language of apophatic/cataphatic, affirmation or denial, or negation, was only introduced into Greek Patristic theology by Dionysios the Areopagite in the early sixth century, a negative theology of an unknowable God already had a long history, both among Christian Fathers and among their contemporaries, the philosophers of the Greek Platonic tradition. There has, however, been a tendency to see Greek Patristic theology from the perspective of what is, in truth, Neoplatonic apophaticism, and to regard the various ways in which shadows and darkness feature in the Fathers somewhat as stumbling blocks towards a fully fledged apophatic theology.”
At the end of this memorable day of worship, fellowship, and meditation, His Beatitude offered a word of gratitude before concluding the event with prayer.
“Your inspiring exposition … [reflects] the years of prayerful labor and research that you have offered not just for your own spiritual growth and academic growth—or even for that of your students—but for the Church. And we are grateful to you not only for your words but your example, reminding us so clearly how we all must, in a certain sense, pass through those stages of shadow to image and truth.”
A joint tribute by St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary and the Orthodox Christian Studies Center at Fordham University
Join us for a two-day commemoration honoring the 100th birthday of Fr. John Meyendorff (February 17, 1926–July 22, 1992), one of the most influential Orthodox theologians of the twentieth century.
A scholar of extraordinary range, Fr. John shaped the study of Byzantine theology, Orthodox ecclesiology, and ecumenical dialogue for generations. His dual role as Dean and Professor at St. Vladimir’s Seminary and Professor of Byzantine History at Fordham University made him a unique bridge between Orthodox theological education and the broader academic world. This joint tribute honors that legacy at both institutions where he left an indelible mark.
Registration is closed.
Friday, February 6 | St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary
5:30 PM — Memorial service in the Seminary Chapel followed by reflections on Fr. John’s legacy:
His Grace Bishop Irinej (Dobrijevic), Bishop of Eastern America, Serbian Orthodox Church
Dr. Vera Shevzov, Professor of Religion and Director of the Program in Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies, Smith College
Dr. Paul Meyendorff, Father Alexander Schmemann Professor of Liturgical Theology Emeritus, St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary
Reception to follow, open to all.
Saturday, February 7 | Fordham University, Rose Hill Campus
9:00 AM — Breakfast and coffee
9:30 AM–12:00 PM — Academic Symposium: “Orthodoxy, Byzantium, and the Rise of Russia Revisited”
Speakers:
Dr. Ionuț-Alexandru Tudorie, Dean, St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary
Dr. Aristotle Papanikolaou, Professor of Theology and Archbishop Demetrios Chair in Orthodox Theology and Culture, Fordham University
Dr. Nadieszda Kizenko, Professor of History, University at Albany
Dr. Dimiter Angelov, Dumbarton Oaks Professor of Byzantine History, Harvard University
Dr. Tikhon Alexander Pino, Director of the Pappas Patristic Institute, Hellenic College Holy Cross
Attendance at this joint, two-day event is free and open to the public.
