Decades ago, masterpieces from the Orthodox musical tradition by composers such as Tchaikovsky and Bortniansky used to be sung regularly by average church choirs in both Russia and America. However, as choir membership in America dwindled in many parishes, the ability to sing challenging repertoire likewise diminished. Works from the past became mere museum pieces, and new works being created by gifted church musicians remained beyond the reach of many parish choirs. Both traditional and fresh compositions are often now heard only either in concert or on recordings.
[img_assist|nid=27091|title=|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=300|height=424]Come, see St. Vladimir’s Seminary We warmly welcome you to our campus Open House, Thursday, March 8, 2018, for an immersion into seminary life:
[img_assist|nid=27106|title=|desc=Russian Orthodox woman prays, gazing at an icon, in an Orthodox parish in St. Petersburg (CNS photo: Robert Duncan)|link=none|align=left|width=300|height=189]One hundred years after the Russian (Bolshevik) Revolution of 1917, a documentary movie recently produced and released by Catholic News Service chronicles both the ruin of the Russian Orthodox Church during that time and the rebirth of the Church following the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991.
The trustees, faculty, and students of St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary welcome the public to the Commencement of the Class of 2018, Saturday, May 19. Ceremonies will begin at 2:00 p.m., with a “Prayer of Thanksgiving” in Three Hierarchs Chapel, followed at 2:30 p.m. by Commencement Exercises in the Metropolitan Philip Auditorium of the John G. Rangos Family Building.
[img_assist|nid=27281|title=|desc=|link=none|align=right|width=200|height=280]Celebrate Annunciation with us! On Sunday evening, March 25, on the Feast of the Annunciation, friends in North Carolina will host a banquet to support St. Vladimir’s Seminary. The dinner will be held at Maggiano’s Little Italy in Durham. Alumni Priest Christopher Foley and Priest Dr. Timothy Thomas will be speaking at the banquet along with Seminary President Archpriest Chad Hatfield. Fr. Christopher graduated from St. Vladimir’s in 2006 and is currently Pastor of Holy Cross Orthodox Church in High Point, NC. Fr. Timothy, from the class of 2016, serves as Associate Pastor of St. Gregorios Malankara Orthodox Church in Raleigh, and is an Assistant Professor at St. John’s University in New York.
Holy Week begins on Holy Monday, April 2, 2018, and concludes with the celebration of Pascha on April 8, 2018. “Yesterday I was crucified with Christ, Today I am glorified with him; Yesterday I died with him, Today I am made alive with him; Yesterday I was buried with him, Today I rise with him. Let us make an offering to the one who died and rose again for us.... Let us offer our own selves, the possession most precious to God and closest to him. Let us give back to the Image that which is according to the image—recognizing our value, honoring the Archetype, knowing the power of the mystery and for whom Christ died.” —St Gregory the Theologian, Oration 1.4 For the schedule of daily Holy Week services, visit the Three Hierarchs Chapel Calender.
[img_assist|nid=27501|title=|desc=The Doctor of Ministry Class of 2018 with His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon, primate of the Orthodox Church in America (OCA) and Archpriest Chad Hatfield, president of St. Vladimir's Seminary|link=none|align=left|width=350|height=229]Online Presentation (Webinar) – Register here An opportunity to transform your ministry for the better might sound too good to be true, but that is exactly what St. Vladimir’s Seminary’s Doctor of Ministry (D.Min.) program was set up to be. And its most recent graduates want you to see fruits of the D.Min. program for yourself.
* UPDATE: Registration for the 2018 Diaconal Liturgical Practicum is now closed, due to full capacity. If you were unable to register this year, please email diaconal2019@svots.edu to be placed on a list for next year's practicum. You will be first to receive registration materials for the 2019 Diaconal Liturgical Practicum tentatively scheduled for next summer.
[img_assist|nid=27561|title=|desc=|link=none|align=right|width=300|height=400]Come join us in Wichita, Kansas to help support St. Vladimir’s Seminary, and enjoy a little jazz on the side! On Friday, June 1, alumni and friends in Wichita will host a jazz cocktail evening to support the seminary. The event will be held at the Hinkle Law Building. Special guests include His Grace Basil, bishop of the Diocese of Wichita and Mid-America of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America (AOCANA), and Archpriest Chad Hatfield, president of St. Vladimir’s Seminary. The night will also feature live music from the Randy Fields Jazz Band, heavy hors d'oevre by Georges French Bistro, and a cash bar.
An opportunity to transform your ministry for the better might sound too good to be true, but that is exactly what St. Vladimir’s Seminary’s Doctor of Ministry (D.Min.) program was set up to be. And its most recent graduates want you to see fruits of the D.Min. program for yourself.