The renowned Professor R.W.L. Moberly joined a notable group of Orthodox biblical scholars on the campus of St. Vladimir’s Seminary (SVOTS) this October with a firm question in mind: Is there, or could there be, a distinctively Orthodox mode of biblical scholarship? The theme “Orthodox Biblical Scholarship Between Church and...
Fitting & Right: A Tribute to Boris Ledkovsky The...
Theodore (Ted) Bazil (center) at the Seminary bookstore with then-seminarian Fr. Steven Belonick (left) and bookstore volunteer and longtime friend Joseph Domanick, circa late 1970s. Have you ever enjoyed a book published by St. Vladimir’s Seminary (SVS) Press ? Have you or has someone you know—perhaps your own parish priest—lived...
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A memorable celebration took place on campus as Theodore (Ted) Bazil was honored for his tremendous contributions to St. Vladimir’s Seminary and the Church. On Thursday, October 30, His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon bestowed the Primatial Gramota upon Ted Bazil in recognition of his more than fifty years of faithful service...
The St. Vladimir’s Seminary Chorale sang before a packed audience at Three Hierarchs Chapel and hundreds of online viewers Thursday evening, November 6, in memory of eminent Orthodox Church musician Boris Ledkovsky (1894–1975). The concert, Fitting and Right, paid tribute to Ledkovsky’s foundational contributions to the repertoire and ethos of...
By Sarah Bracey-Johnson Thanksgiving is a classic example of how time flows here St. Vladimir’s. Other institutions may experience it in a roughly linear fashion. Here it pools and eddies, and occasionally it seems to be going backward. Thus it is only natural that we celebrate Thanksgiving well in advance...
[img_assist|nid=4205|title=|desc=|link=none|align=right|width=200|height=440] Online ticket sales have finished. In order to purchase a ticket for this event, please show up at Will Call at the concert location, The Church of St. Paul the Apostle, Columbus Avenue between 59th & 60th Streets, starting at 6:15 PM. In 1727, J. S. Bach drew church congregations into the drama of Christ’s suffering and death through his monumental composition, the St. Mat thew Passion. Today, Russian Orthodox Christian composer and churchman Metropolitan Hilarion Alfeyev is offering the post-modern world a corresponding experience with his fresh and original St. Matthew Passion, a profound piece of sacred concert music that combines Gospel narrative with liturgical texts of the Orthodox Church.
Two affable Orthodox Christian Swedes visited our campus this week, to gain "inspiration" and to glean "knowledge" that will help them develop "Sankt Ignatios teologiska seminarium"—that is, "St. Ignatios Theological Seminary"— a newly formed school in the town of Södertälje, Sweden, which opened its doors September 2010. Olle Westberg, the...
November 7, 2010 [Photos: courtesy of Sub-Deacon Vasily Gardecki and the Diocese of Eastern Pennsylvania]