This coming year's presenter of the 28th annual Father Alexander Schmemann Memorial Lecture is His Eminence Hilarion, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate Department for External Affairs. His Eminence has chosen "The Meaning of 'Icon' in the Orthodox Church" as his topic, and he will deliver the free and public lecture on Saturday afternoon at 3:30, February 5, 2011, in the Metropolitan Philip Auditorium of the John G. Rangos Family Foundation Building on our campus. A public reception will follow and the All-Night Vigil will be celebrated at the usual time of 6:30 p.m., with Metropolitan Hilarion presiding.

Off-Campus Event • Deborah (Malacky) Belonick [img_assist|nid=4111|title=|desc=Seminarians will travel January 15th-16th to parishes in Harrisburg and York, PA.|link=none|align=left|width=300|height=388]In the tradition of the traveling "St. Vladimir's Seminary Octet," which began in 1962, our current "St. Vladimir's Seminary Men's Choir" will take to the road this weekend and visit two parishes in Pennsylvania. The group will be conducted by Hierodeacon Philip Majkrzak, our Chapel Choir Director, and accompanied by our Chancellor, Archpriest Chad Hatifeld.

[img_assist|nid=4208|title=|desc=Listen to the details of the weekend with Metropolitan Hilarion|link=url|url=http://ancientfaith.com/podcasts/features/met._hilarion_in_new_york|align=right|width=300|height=300] Listen to a recap about the extraordinary upcoming weekend with our guest Metropolitan Hilarion Alfeyev, recently recorded on Ancient Faith Radio! Archpriest Chad Hatfield, our chancellor, and Nicholas Reeves, choir director at Holy Trinity Church in East Meadow, NY and producer of the New York City premiere of the St. Matthew Passion, composed by Metropolitan Hilarion speak about:

Register Now! $50 registration fee waived if you sign up and pay prior to May 1st. Registration for our 2011 Summer Programs has begun. Please join us in June for a major conference, “Women Disciples of the Lord,” and for continuing education workshops. June 7–8: Missiology and Evangelism Workshop In an effort to reach two indigenous and rapidly growing North American populations with the message of Orthodox Christianity, our two-day workshop on missiology and evangelism will focus on outreach to people of African heritage and Spanish-speaking cultures in the U.S. and Canada. Workshop leaders will be Fr. Moses Berry of St. Louis, Missouri, and Fr. Antonio Perdomo of Pharr, Texas, two experienced "evangelists."

[img_assist|nid=4925|title=|desc=Very Rev. Dr. Harry Pappas, retreat master for April 2, 2011|link=none|align=left|width=170|height=226]This year’s public lenten retreat on Saturday, April 2, 2011, will take participants “Back to Basics” in an exploration of the biblical books of Genesis, Proverbs, and Isaiah. The Very Rev. Dr. Harry Pappas, adjunct professor of Pastoral Theology at our seminary and retreat master for the day, will be examining the overall theme, "Back to Basics: Old Testament & Life."

On Monday, February 28th at 5 p.m., His Beatitude, Metropolitan Krystof, primate of the Orthodox Church in the Czech Lands and Slovakia, will receive an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree at an Academic Convocation held in his honor on our campus. His Beatitude will deliver an address to the seminary community during the [img_assist|nid=4944|title=|desc=His Beatitude Krystof, primate of Czech Lands and Slovakia|link=none|align=left|width=200|height=198]cermonious occasion. The convocation, which is open to the public, will be held in the Metropolitan Philip Auditorium of the John G. Rangos Family Building.

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March 23, 2011 • Off-Campus Event[img_assist|nid=5001|title=|desc=Our seminary Men's Choir, with Chancellor Archpriest Chad Hatfield (far right).|link=none|align=right|width=300|height=179] On Wednesday, March 23, at 6:30 p.m., our seminary Men's Choir will be singing the responses to the Presanctified Liturgy at the Church of Our Saviour Greek Orthodox Church in Rye, New York. The Men's Choir, led by Hierodeacon Philip Majkrzak, is versed in several styles of traditional church music, including Byzantine chant. The Rev. Fr. Elias G. Villas, rector of the parish, will preside at the liturgy, and a lenten repast will be held following the service.

Our faculty will be delivering several retreats and homilies throughout North America during this season of Great Lent. Please check your local church listings and come to hear them when they visit your geographical area. Archpriest John Behr, Dean [img_assist|nid=5022|title=|desc=|link=none|align=right|width=328|height=493] Saturday, March 12, 2011, 7 p.m., St. Joseph Church, Wheaton, IL, public lecture on "The Meaning of Icons" Sunday, March 13, 2011, 6:30 p.m., St. George Antiochian Orthodox Church, Cicero, IL, Homilist at the Triumph of Orthodoxy Vespers

March 13, 2011 • Off-campus Event This year's homilist for the Triu[img_assist|nid=5063|title=|desc=The Very Rev. Paul Nadim Tarazi|link=none|align=left|width=200|height=266]mph of Orthodoxy Vespers service, sponsored by the Westchester County Orthodox Clergy Fellowship, is St. Vladimir's Seminary's Professor of Old Testament, The Very Rev. Dr. Paul Nadim Tarazi. The service, which marks the 41st annual gathering for this occasion, will be celebrated at 6 p.m. at the Virgin Mary Antiochian Orthodox Church, 236 Grandview Blvd., Yonkers, NY. Our seminary Men's Choir will sing portions of the service.