[img_assist|nid=7920|title=|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=300|height=200]Come and bargain hunt at our Huge, Giant, Multi-Family Tag Sale on Saturday, October 15, from 9 a.m. to noon. We will be selling everything from household items to sports items to furniture and clothing. Proceeds from the sale, which will be held in the Kunett Auditorium (basement) under Three Hierarchs Chapel, will benefit children's activities on campus, including our children's choir. Please stop by and search for your "treasure" amid the multitude of goods that we will be selling. Or, simply come to browse and buy a cup of coffee to benefit our campus kids.

[img_assist|nid=7948|title=|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=300|height=200]Our St. Vladimir's Men's Choir is on the road again this fall! They will begin parish visitations by singing at the Orthodox Christian Church of the Annunciation, in Brick, New Jersey, where Archpriest Gary Breton is rector. The choir will sing at the Divine Liturgy, which begins at 10 a.m., and then will offer a few musical selections at the coffee hour following the service. Archpriest Chad Hatfield, chancellor/CEO at St. Vladimir's, will accompany the choir, and Dn. Gregory Hatrak, marketing manager for SVS Bookstore, will have books and other items for sale at the coffee hour. The Men's Choir is comprised of the following:

Save the date! [img_assist|nid=8266|title=|desc=We welcome back Dr. Vigen Guroian, who spoke at St. Vladimir's Orthodox Education Day in 2009.|link=none|align=left|width=300|height=366] Dr. Vigen Guroian, professor of Religious Studies at the University of Virginia, will lead our annual public lenten retreat this year on Saturday, March 31, 2012. The retreat will begin with a Divine Liturgy celebrated in our campus Chapel of the Three Hierarchs at 9 a.m., followed by a lenten brunch and then two presentations by Dr. Guroian. First Talk with Q&A 11:30 a.m.: "I confess the Cross because I know of the Resurrection" Coffee and Bookstore Break: 12:30 p.m. Second Talk with Q&A 1 p.m.: "O Death, where is your sting?"

[img_assist|nid=8772|title=|desc=Fr. Chad Hatfield, Chancellor, giving a retreat at St. George Cathedral, Charleston, WV, where Alumnus Fr. Olaf Scott serves as Dean.|link=none|align=right|width=450|height=331]Our Chancellor/CEO Archpriest Chad Hatfield frequently travels around the country—preaching in parishes, teaching at other seminaries, touring with our Men's Choir, engaging in inter-Orthodox and ecumenical dialogue, and even leading missionary teams. It's his way of connecting with alumni, friends, donors, and potential students, informing them of what's happening at our school and receiving feedback as to how the seminary might better serve them and the Church at-large. We hope you meet up with Fr. Chad if he visits your locale; he will warmly greet you. His schedule for 2012 is posted below. 2012 1 January

[img_assist|nid=8717|title=|desc=Fr. John Behr (third from left) visits St. Gregory the Theologian Church in Wappingers Falls, NY on the occasion of the parish's patronal feast and the blessing of their beautiful new facilities.|link=none|align=left|width=285|height=218]Our Dean, Archpriest John Behr, travels nationally and internationally: visiting parishes and clergy assemblies to present retreats and book studies, meeting with administrators from Orthodox Christian seminaries throughout the world, speaking at colleges and universities, and serving on many non-profit boards. Father John is a renowned scholar of the church fathers, and he lectures both in academic circles and in popular venues.

[img_assist|nid=8334|title=|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=300|height=468]On Saturday, February 4th at 1 p.m. a prayer service for the sick will be held at St. Vladimir’s Seminary in Three Hierarchs Chapel. The Paraclesis (or, lesser supplicatory canon) to the Mother of God will be sung by the seminary community choir, as an intercessory service for all those who are ill, and the seminary invites friends and alumni to attend. The Paraclesis will be sung to a new setting by composer Robert Sirico, who is the founder of the Orthodox Christian Music Project (OCMP), and a private student of our Assistant Professor of Liturgical Music at the seminary, Dr. Nicholas Reeves.

[img_assist|nid=8341|title=|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=300|height=191]During the second week of Great Lent, March 10–11, 2012, which commemorates St. Gregory Palamas, our seminary Men's Choir will be singing at two parishes in Western Pennsylvania: St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Allison Park, Pennsylvania (OCA), at Vespers and Divine Liturgy, and Holy Trinity Church, State College, Pennsylvania (OCA), at Sunday evening Vespers. The choir is under the direction of Hierodeacon Herman (Majkrzak), lecturer in Liturgical Music and Chapel Music Director at St. Vladimir's Seminary. The choir will be accompanied by Archpriest Chad Hatfield, chancellor/CEO of the seminary.

[img_assist|nid=8358|title=|desc=Fr. John Parker, seminary alumnus and newly appointed chair of the OCA's Department of Evangelization, delivering a paper at SVOTS last summer at the Ss. Alban & Sergius Conference.|link=none|align=right|width=300|height=450]Priest John E. Parker III, newly appointed chair of the Department of Evangelization for the Orthodox Church in America (OCA), will be speaking Tuesday, January 31st, at 7:30 p.m. in the Bashir Auditorium on the seminary campus. A dynamic presenter, he will address the topic, "The Realities of Life in Orthodox Mission Churches." The talk is free and open to the public, and Father John especially welcomes all SVOTS seminarians who have an interest in inter-jurisdictional cooperation among Orthodox Christians in planting new missions across the U.S. Note: the Bashir Auditorium is directly across from the SVS Bookstore, on the second floor of the Education Building.

[img_assist|nid=8734|title=|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=300|height=388] DOORS OPEN AT 7 P.M.! GENERAL SEATING! View the Concert Program by clicking here! Listen to details about the concert on Ancient Faith Radio by clicking here. Join us for an exquisite evening of liturgical music sung in the traditional styles of Orthodox Christian churches worldwide. In a multi-media program that interweaves luminous icons, sacred texts, and a rich a cappella sound, the St. Vladimir's Seminary Chorale will perform ORIENT: Sacred Song and Image at the famous St. Malachy's,"The Actors' Chapel," in the heart of Manhattan, at 239 West 49th Street, New York City. This stirring concert will begin at 7:30 p.m.

Overview Schedule On-campus Accommodations Off-campus Accommodations Registration Pastoral Counseling Skills Workshop: “Becoming a Healing Presence” —Overview Thursday, June 7 – Saturday, June 9, 2012