2022: Year in Photos
… campus chapel. JANUARY: The 39th Annual Father Alexander Schmemann Memorial Lecture was given by The Rev. Dr. Khaled Anatolios, who spoke … Joy of Salvation.” FEBRUARY: The seminary community joined Fr Chad in a “house blessing” for the entire SVOTS campus. …
'A Loving Presence:' Conversation with Dr Asimoula Julia Alissandratos
… for me,” she remembers. In this, The Year of Schmemann , Asimoula recalls that even during the years of the blackout of information from the West to the USSR, Fr. Alexander Schmemann was known and respected in Russia as … for Our Time, Vol. 1 features English translations of Fr. Alexander’s Radio Liberty broadcasts into the Soviet …
In Memoriam: Archpriest Paul Lazor
With faith in Christ and hope in the resurrection, we share news of the repose of Archpriest Paul Lazor, an alumnus and former dean of students of St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary. Father Paul fell asleep in the Lord at a hospital near his home of Tobyhanna, PA on May...
2024: Year in Photos
… Read more JANUARY: The 41st Annual Father Alexander Schmemann Memorial Lecture was given by Dr Robin Darling Young, Ordinary … 2024 graduate of the Doctor of Ministry program at SVOTS, Fr Ted Paraskevopoulos presented his doctoral research in a …
New SVOTS Librarian is part of ongoing reimagining of Florovsky Library
… recordings of renowned figures—including Frs. Alexander Schmemann, John Meyendorff, and Thomas Hopko, Metropolitan … different levels, whether that be through The Lyceum or a lecture sponsored by the Library.” Earl has also devoted a … St. Vladimir’s deans, Frs. Georges Florovsky and Alexander Schmemann. Once cataloguing and digitization is completed, …
SVS Press Touts New Releases, including "St. George & the Dragon," by Jim Forest
… in particular, Russian and Greek. To address this need, lecture notes of the professors were hand typed or … clamoring for educational material. To address this need, Fr. Alexander Schmemann (Dean from 1962–1983) produced a series of small …
Orthodox-Catholic Theological Consultation Celebrates Fifty Years of Dialogue
… of America, and Dr. Paul Meyendorff, The Father Alexander Schmemann Professor of Liturgical Theology, delivered … the North American Consultation. Protopresbyters Alexander Schmemann and John Meyendorff, and Fr. Paul Schneirla, attended the first meeting in 1965. In …
SVOTS in Nairobi and Istanbul: Dr. Paul Meyendorff
… 10–17, 2015, Dr. Paul Meyendorff, The Father Alexander Schmemann Professor of Liturgical Theology, traveled to the … Orthodox Seminary in Nairobi, Kenya, accompanied by Fr. Rauno Pietarinen (SVOTS 1980). The Seminary will be the … topics to groups of students, as well as a public lecture, "Towards a Baptismal Ecclesiology," to an audience …
My Life in Church Music
… burial service, a priest was invited from Ohio, the late Fr. Andrew Glagolev, who came for the burial service and … I met Professor Alfred Swan in the late 1950’s at a lecture which he presented at the then St. Seraphim’s Church … began to teach at Harvard. He was replaced by Fr Alexander Schmemann who was appointed as vice-dean of the seminary. Fr. …
Meet a Seminarian: Fr. Giorgi Tskitishvili
… Meet a Seminarian: Fr. Giorgi Tskitishvili September 3, 2020 Father Giorgi … Theological Seminary (SVOTS). Before becoming a priest, Fr. Giorgi was a successful pharmaceutical salesman who often … facing. I discovered two interesting figures: Alexander Schmemann and Thomas Hopko. Some of Schmemann’s books are …