With faith in Christ and hope in the Resurrection, we share the news of the repose of Archpriest Daniel Skvir (SVOTS ‘69), a respected senior clergyman of the Orthodox Church in America, who fell asleep in the Lord at his home on Sunday, March 23, 2025, after a battle with...

This spring, as we celebrate the first anniversary of the St Vladimir’s Society , we would like to honor a few of our dedicated members and faithful supporters. SVOTS Trustee and one of the Society’s inaugural members, Dn Philip (Carston “Rick”) Wagner, has made giving to St Vladimir’s Seminary a...

The Commencement of the Class of 2025 of St...

Peter Kopcha joined the staff at St Vladimir’s Seminary in late January 2025, capping a distinguished career in public and corporate finance. In this interview, we learn about his upbringing in an Orthodox community in Connecticut, his goals for finance at St Vladimir’s Seminary, and his thoughts on how we...

By the grace of God, four current seminarians from three different Orthodox jurisdictions were ordained to holy orders over the first weekend of April 2025. On Saturday, April 5, Dn Argey George (M.Div. ‘25) was raised to the Holy Diaconate by the hand of His Grace Dr Thomas Mar Ivanios...

The services of Holy Week and Pascha were celebrated with reverence and joy at Three Hierarchs Chapel, with the special blessing of the presence of His Grace the Right Reverend Irinej (Dobrijevic), bishop of the Eastern American Diocese of the Serbian Orthodox Church. His Grace presided over services on Holy...

For the past two years, Ana Legaspi has enjoyed the unique blessing of studying alongside her mother, a fellow M.A. student in her cohort, while taking classes with her father, Associate Professor of Old Testament, Dr Michael Legaspi . We sat down with Ana to learn about her decision to...

Fr Alexander Nelson (M.Div. ‘25) is a native-born New Yorker who came to Orthodoxy as an adult. He and his wife, Alexandra, had comfortable careers in Manhattan and Brooklyn before deciding to offer their lives in service to the Church. We sat down with Fr Alexander to hear more about...

By the grace of God, four current seminarians were ordained to holy orders during the second half of April 2025, adding to the four ordinations which took place during the first part of the month. In addition, the rank of archimandrite was bestowed upon faculty member the Very Rev. Archimandrite...