This year’s St. Matthias Merit Scholarship Essay Contest challenged seminarians at St. Vladimir’s Seminary to reflect on the liberation of Dachau 80 years ago, toward the end of World War II, and the remarkable celebration of Pascha that followed—recited entirely from memory—by the Orthodox Christian clergy and other survivors of...
What does “classical education” really mean—and what does it look like when rooted in Orthodox Christianity? Saint Vladimir’s Seminary (SVS) Press’s new book Into the Light, edited by David V. Hicks and Anthony Gilbert, brings together reflections from twenty-one Orthodox Christian educators who explore how the Church can recover and...
With faith in Christ and hope in the resurrection, we share news of the repose of Ms. Eleana Silk, an alumna of St. Vladimir’s and longtime librarian at the Seminary. Eleana fell asleep in the Lord on October 21. Eleana was born in Detroit, Michigan, and studied zoology and geology...
The renowned Professor R.W.L. Moberly joined a notable group of Orthodox biblical scholars on the campus of St. Vladimir’s Seminary (SVOTS) this October with a firm question in mind: Is there, or could there be, a distinctively Orthodox mode of biblical scholarship? The theme “Orthodox Biblical Scholarship Between Church and...
Fitting & Right: A Tribute to Boris Ledkovsky The...
Theodore (Ted) Bazil (center) at the Seminary bookstore with then-seminarian Fr. Steven Belonick (left) and bookstore volunteer and longtime friend Joseph Domanick, circa late 1970s. Have you ever enjoyed a book published by St. Vladimir’s Seminary (SVS) Press ? Have you or has someone you know—perhaps your own parish priest—lived...
Attend the 2026 Summer Music Institute We are...
Complete listing of Board of Trustees The seminary's Board of Trustees is independent, experienced, and diverse. Its membership, drawn from the various Orthodox jurisdictions that the Seminary serves, includes clergy and laity distinguished by their achievements in such fields as finance, business, media, law, medicine, and education. In addition to...