Since the beginning of the spring semester through the end of the academic year, nine new priests and five new deacons have been added to St Vladimir’s Seminary’s student body and alumni fellowship. Another four were elevated in rank. Together with ordinations from the fall and summer, 28 seminarians and...

With faith in Christ and hope in the resurrection, we share news of the repose of Hieromonk Alexis (Lisenko), an alumnus of St. Vladimir’s Seminary. Fr. Alexis, who is remembered as a kind, gentle, and gifted priest, fell asleep in the Lord on Friday, June 12. Hieromonk Alexis was born...

Ten years removed from “The Holy and Great Council,” how should the large pan-Orthodox council, convened by the Ecumenical Patriarch and held in 2016 on the island of Crete, be remembered? What lessons have we learned? What can we see more clearly now, in retrospect? The Council of Crete’s legacy...

Master iconographer Dr. George Kordis was back at St. Vladimir’s Seminary in June, leading workshops and offering demonstrations to students. The Seminary’s Institute of Sacred Arts (ISA) has been collaborating with Dr. Kordis and his Writing the Light school of iconography for several years. He was ISA’s inaugural Artist in...

With the help of generous supporters of the Seminary, St. Vladimir’s Seminary (SVS) Press is closer to publishing St. John of Damascus’ masterwork, The Fount of Knowledge. It will be the third of the new Popular Patristics Series: Longer Works. Longer Works is an extension of the classic SVS Press...

This year’s Summer Music Institute at St. Vladimir’s Seminary brought together more than sixty people from Orthodox parishes across North America. From June 22–27 participants of all musical levels and experience studied and worshipped alongside noted liturgical music experts and instructors including Fr. Stephen Meholick, Alexander Lingas, Vladimir Morosan, Photini...

Longserving Deacon John Dibs joined the ranks of the Holy Priesthood this summer. Fr. John, an alumnus of St. Vladimir’s Seminary, was ordained on Saturday, July 4, during Divine Liturgy held in San Diego at the Parish Life Conference of the Antiochian Orthodox Diocese of Los Angeles and the West...

By the grace of God, St. Vladimir’s Seminary Alumnus Archpriest Paul Shafran celebrated his 104th birthday this July. Fr. Paul, the oldest living Seminary alumnus, marked the occasion on July 2. His daughters Nina Shafran and Paula Koerte arranged an in-home celebration with family. Then, on Sunday, July 5, the...

The community of St. Vladimir’s Seminary joyfully celebrates the twenty-fifth anniversary of Archpriest Alexander Rentel’s ordination to the Holy Priesthood! The Very Rev. Dr. Alexander Rentel is Rector of the Three Hierarchs Chapel and Assistant Professor of Liturgical Theology and Canon Law at the Seminary. “Fr. Alexander has a legacy...

By Sh. Kim Whiteside The Rev. Dn. John Whiteside is entering his third year of study in the M.Div. Program at St. Vladimir’s Seminary. He was ordained to the Holy Diaconate by His Eminence Metropolitan Saba on December 7, 2025, at St. George Antiochian Orthodox Church of Little Falls, NJ...