October 25, 2007 Dearly Beloved Alumni of St. Vladimir's Seminary: Words cannot begin to express my feelings for the honor bestowed upon me by the Alumni Association at its Annual Reunion held at the Seminary on October 16, 2007! When I was first informed about the event, I was pleased...
Saint Vladimir's Seminary participates in the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program. This program allows students to borrow funds to help meet their educational costs at the post-secondary level and is available to U.S. citizens and permanent-resident aliens. Applicants must be in good academic standing and enrolled at least...
Author: SVOTS Priest Justin Mathews (Class of ’07) works along the “dividing line” of Kansas City, MO—Troost Avenue. He is the executive director of Reconciliation Services, an organization working to help address the wounds from generations of racial and economic inequality in the surrounding neighborhood. Fr Justin Mathews The kind...
Any student who does not meet the minimum conditions for retaining a seminary grant or scholarship, as defined for each grant or scholarship, will be placed on probation for the following semester. If the student demonstrates appropriate improvement during the following semester, then probation is lifted and the student continues...
Dr. Ionut-Alexandru Tudorie, academic dean of St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary (SVOTS), has a clear vision for the Father Georges Florovsky Library. "I want St. Vladimir’s Seminary to be a hub for Orthodox scholars. Relating to this goal, we have been working to grow and put more resources into the...
Author: SVOTS Alexander Earl is a 28-year-old Master of Divinity student in his first year at St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary (SVOTS). A graduate of Yale Divinity School, he had been on his way to becoming an Anglican priest when he discovered Orthodoxy reading St. Vladimir’s Seminary (SVS) Press books...
St. Vladimir's Seminary prides itself on its international student body. This diversity provides a unique and rich blend of different people, cultures, and educational experiences. In recent years, students have come from Australia, Bosnia, Canada, Egypt, Estonia, Great Britain, Greece, India, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Sweden...
Master of Divinity (M.Div.) The Master of Divinity may be described in the most general terms as a graduate professional degree whose purpose is preparation for the ministries of the Church. At St. Vladimir's the degree program is designed chiefly for qualified Orthodox students who wish to prepare themselves for...
In the unrolling and implementing of Vision 2020, we have come to a much deeper understanding of the role of the seminary community in the development and formation of our students. We are slowly moving away from a “one-size-fits all” program of formation to one that recognizes the diversity of...