Giving thanks to God, St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary (SVOTS) hosted its 86th Commencement Exercises on Saturday, May 17, 2025. The graduating class of 2025 began the day celebrating the Divine Liturgy at Three Hierarchs Chapel, presided over by His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon and fellow OCA hierarchs His Eminence Archbishop...
Saint Vladimir’s Seminary Alumnus Archpriest Alessandro Margheritino has been appointed chancellor of the Orthodox Church in America (OCA). On May 21, the Holy Synod of Bishops confirmed His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon’s nomination of Fr. Alessandro for the position. Upon receiving the Chancellor’s Cross from the hand of His Beatitude at...
By the grace of God, The Rev. Dn. Matthew (Galen) Wiley was ordained to the holy priesthood on the great feast of Pentecost, Sunday, June 8. His Eminence Metropolitan Saba of the Archdiocese of New York and All North America (AOCANA) presided over Fr. Matthew’s ordination at St. Mary Antiochian...
On Friday, May 9, a group of students at St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary (SVOTS) performed the “bibliodrama” Saul and David for a full audience in the Metropolitan Philip Auditorium. The play was originally written in Serbian by Dr. Nenad Božović, former professor of Old Testament and the director of...
Over the winter and spring of 2025 six new priests and nine new deacons were added to St Vladimir’s Seminary’s student body and alumni fellowship. Another was elevated in rank. Together with ordinations and elevations occurring last fall and summer, twenty-five seminarians and alumni of St Vladimir’s Seminary were ordained...
Saint Vladimir’s Seminary Alumnus Priest David Bozeman has been confirmed as Secretary of the Orthodox Church in America (OCA). The Holy Synod of Bishops made the appointment official during a special session held via teleconference on Tuesday, June 17, 2025. Fr. David (M.Div. ’12) succeeds Archpriest Alessandro Margheritino (M.Div. ’14...
Abby Legaspi joins St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary (SVOTS) as Student Affairs Administrator, but her ties to SVOTS already run deep: She is an alumna, having graduated with a Master of Arts (M.A.) degree in May of 2025; her daughter, Ana , was part of the same graduating class; and...