The Seminary’s celebration of the Feast of the Nativity of the Theotokos was made even more joyous with the presence of His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon and the ordination of Seminarian Daniel Werner to the Holy Diaconate. His Beatitude arrived to campus Sunday evening, September 7, and celebrated Vigil with the...
Meal times at St. Vladimir's Seminary (SVOTS) have been completely transformed with a distinctly new look and flavor this academic year. This is due in large part to a new partnership with FLIK Hospitality Group, a subsidiary of Compass Group USA—one of the largest hospitality providers in the world. FLIK...
Dr. Peter C. Bouteneff could certainly be described as a “Renaissance man.” He is a theologian, widely traveled speaker, successful author, conservatory-trained musician, Luminous Podcast host , and devoted husband and father, with a myriad of passions, interests, and achievements. After taking a degree in music in 1983, he lived...
Scripture has never been just a text. In the Orthodox Church, it is a way of life. In SVS Press’s new book, The Life of Our Fathers, Fr. Silviu Bunta shows how Scripture functions in the Orthodox Church. Rather than giving a method to interpret Scripture, he points to the...
St. Vladimir’s Seminary’s Fr. Georges Florovsky Library has greatly expanded its electronic research resources by acquiring full access to the JSTOR Archival Journal & Primary Source Collection. The Florovsky Library previously had access to JSTOR Essential (nearly 700 titles). The upgrade to the Archival Journal & Primary Source Collection means...
“How Readest Thou?” (Lk 10.26): Orthodox Biblical...
With faith in Christ and hope in the resurrection, we share news of the repose of Archpriest Michael Zaparyniuk, Jr., a former student of St. Vladimir’s Seminary. Fr. Michael fell asleep in the Lord at the age of 92 on Monday, September 22, 2025, in West Palm Beach, FL, following...
This year’s St. Matthias Merit Scholarship Essay Contest challenged seminarians at St. Vladimir’s Seminary to reflect on the liberation of Dachau 80 years ago, toward the end of World War II, and the remarkable celebration of Pascha that followed—recited entirely from memory—by the Orthodox Christian clergy and other survivors of...
What does “classical education” really mean—and what does it look like when rooted in Orthodox Christianity? Saint Vladimir’s Seminary (SVS) Press’s new book Into the Light, edited by David V. Hicks and Anthony Gilbert, brings together reflections from twenty-one Orthodox Christian educators who explore how the Church can recover and...
With faith in Christ and hope in the resurrection, we share news of the repose of Ms. Eleana Silk, an alumna of St. Vladimir’s and longtime librarian at the Seminary. Eleana fell asleep in the Lord on October 21. Eleana was born in Detroit, Michigan, and studied zoology and geology...