[img_assist|nid=19876|title=|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=350|height=234]CELEBRATE ST. VLADIMIR’S DAY! Please join us in celebrating the feast of our patron, the Holy and Great Prince Vladimir! RSVP by July 5 to events@svots.edu. VESPERS 5:00pm, with a BBQ TO FOLLOW* *Rain location: John G. Rangos Family Building Event sponsorships are always welcome! Download the flyer
SVS Press is attending the conference, "Tradition, Secularization, Fundamentalism: Orthodox/Catholic Encounters." Every three years, Fordham's Orthodox Christian Studies Center sponsors and produces the Patterson Conference on Orthodox/Catholic Dialogue.
[img_assist|nid=20126|title=|desc=Dr. Lewis Patsavos, retired professor of Canon Law and director of Field Education at Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology|link=none|align=left|width=231|height=285]On Monday, January 30, 2017, Dr. Lewis Patsavos, retired professor of Canon Law and director of Field Education at Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, will deliver the 34 th Annual Father Alexander Schmemann Lecture, titled: “Reflections of a Canonist: Account of a Teaching Ministry Spanning Four Decades." Dr. Patsavos earned his Doctorate in Theology from the University of Athens, Greece in 1974, and he subsequently taught at Holy Cross for 40 years. His dual responsibilities of teaching Orthodox Canon Law and directing the school’s Field Education Program enabled him to experience the pastoral nature of the canons contextually in ministerial settings.
[img_assist|nid=20401|title=|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=300|height=224]On Saturday, September 17, 2016, at 7 p.m., St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary will host a panel discussion titled, “Rethinking Sacred Arts.” The event, which is open to the public, will feature 11 renowned international scholars and artists, drawing on their expertise in the study, practice, and interpretation of the visual arts, music, rhetoric, and aesthetics. The panel discussion will top off a weekend-long “Sacred Arts Symposium,” which is the first in a series of events planned between Fall 2016 and Spring 2018 by the Seminary, all of which are a part of the Seminary’s Sacred Arts Initiative (SAI). These SAI events are funded by a grant from the Henry Luce Foundation, and are designed to explore the Seminary’s contribution to the study and practice of the Sacred Arts.
[img_assist|nid=20411|title=|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=243|height=165]On Saturday, September 24, 2016, 9 am–2 pm, our Dean, Fr. John Behr, will deliver public lectures on the topic "Finding Christ in the Scriptures," as part of The Bible Symposium and Ecumenical Festival of Our Lady of Walsingham, at The Cathedral of All Saints, 62 S. Swan St., Albany, NY. LEARN MORE / GET TICKET CONTACT: The Cathedral Office at 518.465.1342 or office@thechaedralofallsaints.org
[img_assist|nid=20801|title=|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=568|height=677] Tickets $25 StVlads.EventBrite.com or Mat Robyn 914.961.8313 ext 330 events@svots.edu
[img_assist|nid=21186|title=|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=300|height=341]A business woman and college professor, a wife, mother and grandmother, and a Coptic Orthodox Christian, Maggie Gobran has devoted herself to rescuing Christians—children above all–who are forced to live in the garbage slums of Cairo, Egypt. Known as “Mama Maggie” by the numberless people she has helped, she epitomizes Christian witness in a Muslim culture and country. Although Maggie Gobran has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, she is virtually unknown in America. Now is your chance to meet her! Join us Friday, October 21, 2016, 7:30 pm in the Metropolitan Philip Auditorium of the John G. Rangos Family Building on our campus.
Saturday, November 5, 2016 11:30am – 1:30pm Gardens of Salonica 19 Fifth St NE Minneapolis, MN 55413 RSVP by Nov 1st to Kathy Jurichko Text or call 612.963.0482 or events@svots.edu Spouses welcome Download the flyer [img_assist|nid=21206|title=|desc=|link=none|align=|width=600|height=360]
[img_assist|nid=21246|title=|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=300|height=237]A St. Vladimir’s Seminary’s select choir—made up of students, alumni, student spouses, and community members and led by Robin Freeman, director of Music at SVOTS—will be singing Divine Liturgy at the Church of the Dormition (Greek Orthodox Archdiocese) in Southampton, NY on Sunday, November 6, 2016, at 10 a.m. The Very Reverend Dr. Alexander Rentel, the John and Paraskeva Skvir Lecturer in Practical Theology at the Seminary, will be accompanying the choir and concelebrating with Protopresbyter Alexander Kartloutsos, rector of the parish.
SVS Press fans in the Midwest will have an opportunity to attend a book launch of the latest Press offering, Patriarch Kirill in His Own Words, recently released on the occasion of the 70 th birthday of His Holiness Kirill, patriarch of Moscow and All Russia. The new volume is part of the Press’s Profile Series, edited by Archpriest Chad Hatfield, and is made up of short excerpts from Patriarch Kirill’s homilies, articles, media interviews, and formal speeches, laid out in a “daily reading” format. Attendees will have the opportunity to hear first-hand about Fr. Chad’s engagement with Patriarch Kirill, which resulted in this extraordinary volume.