By the grace of God, four current seminarians were ordained to holy orders during the second half of April 2025, adding to the four ordinations which took place during the first part of the month. In addition, the rank of archimandrite was bestowed upon faculty member the Very Rev. Archimandrite...
Dn Argey George (M.Div. ‘25) is a former medical professional and lifelong member of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Christian Church (MOSC). In this spotlight interview, we learn about his life before seminary, his experience as a student, and his hopes for the future. Please tell us a bit about yourself...
Mihailo Vlajkovic (Th.M. ‘25, M.A. ‘24) came to St Vladimir’s Seminary in August 2022, after completing his undergraduate degree in Orthodox theological studies at the University of Belgrade in Serbia, his home country. He is now about to graduate with his second degree from the seminary. Aside from his studies...
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...
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]
By Deborah (Malacky) Belonick “If we have faith, and allow God to do to us that which He wills, everything good will come down to us,” said His Grace Thomas, visiting bishop to our Three Hierarchs Chapel, during his homily on the Feast of St. Barbara and St. John of...
By Deborah (Malacky) Belonick "Tis the Season"...to feed the hungry, clothe the naked, and visit the sick that linger outside New York's Penn Station. During Advent, members of our seminary community have been making several charitable trips to the Big Apple in response to the Gospel's commandments (Matt 25:35–37). Our...
On the Feast of St. Herman of Alaska, the seminary community joined in celebrating a memorial service for Protopresbyter Alexander Schmemann, the prominent 20th-century Orthodox churchman and theologian who served as Dean of St. Vladimir's from 1962 until his death on December 13, 1983. Our current Dean, Archpriest John Behr...
by Deborah (Malacky) Belonick As we approach the New Year, our seminary community remembers our alumni/ae and trustees who have departed this life in 2010. Memory Eternal! Most recently, Protojerej-Stavrofor Milan Savich, 90, fell asleep in the Lord on November 27, 2010 in Chicago. He was preceded in death by...