“What is life?” is one of the great questions that has stimulated and confounded human thought for centuries. From Platonism to naturalistic pantheism, from Judaism to Tenrikyo, and from the Death Anxiety supposition to the RNA world hypothesis, human beings have developed theories in attempts to offer the Ultimate Answer...
Our Alumni Office is organizing a cookout to follow Great Vespers for the Feast of the Holy and Great Prince Vladimir this Thursday evening. Great Vespers begins at 6:30 p.m. and the cookout will follow immediately afterwards on the seminary grounds. All alumni in the area are invited to join our faculty, staff, students, and community members. Come pray, sing, and enjoy the evening with us! For more information, contact Protodeacon Joseph Matusiak, Director of Alumni Relations and Recruitment: jmatusiak@svots.edu or (914) 961-8313 EXT 342.
Our seminary community marked its Patronal Feast with a celebration that included fellowship, fun, and worship. Neighboring alumni joined our staff, faculty, and resident summer students for Great Vespers on Thursday evening, followed by a cookout on the grassy knoll below Three Hierarchs Chapel. The next morning, our Dean, Archpriest...
The Opening Address of our summer conference, "The Joy to Serve," by Matushka Juliana Schmemann, is now available as a podcast on Ancient Faith Radio. Mat' Juliana's talk commenced the conference titled "Women Disciples of the Lord," held on our campus from June 17–19, 2011. To listen to Mat. Juliana...
[img_assist|nid=7255|title=|desc=Dean Fr. John Behr with seminarian Harrison Russin at Orientation 2010. Dr. John Barnet stands in the background.|link=none|align=right|width=200|height=300]Our student-less, slower-paced summer routine here at St. Vladimir's will soon yield to an incredibly active schedule, as we welcome new students and returning seminarians to campus for Orientation. The annual August orientation sessions are crucial for seminarians and their families, preparing them for living within Christian community, and especially, for the particularities that mark our rhythm of life here at SVOTS.
The Marketing[img_assist|nid=7257|title=|desc=SVS Press has produced more than 400 titles related to Orthodox Christianity. Here, Nina Matusiak browses our on-campus bookstore (Photo: Robert Lisak).|link=none|align=right|width=182|height=125] Manager of our St. Vladimir's Seminary Bookstore, Dn. Gregory Hatrak, will be taking a traveling bookshop on the road this summer and fall. He will be setting up temporary bookstalls—filled with St. Vladimir's Seminary Press (SVS Press) titles—at some key gatherings and places, nationally and internationally:
The seminary community remembers with great fondness its former Dean and Professor of Church History and Patristics, Protopresbyter John Meyendorff (1926–1992), on the 20th anniversary of his death, July 22, 1992. You may view a touching still-shot video in remembrance of Fr. John (created by Andrew Matthews) here. Born in...
Photos by Michel P. Poulin and Dn. James Bozeman Why would a small group of Orthodox Christian clergy and laity, college-age and up, rent a vendor's booth at the famed Cornerstone Music Festival—basically a Christian rock music event? Perhaps, to evangelize? Or, to minister to youth and young adults? Maybe...
Class Attendance Guidelines for class attendance. Course Workload Guidelines for assigning course work. Extensions for Courses or Thesis Guidelines for course or thesis extensions. Student Portfolios Guidelines and submission instructions for student portfolios. Theses & Final Project Guidelines, style sheet, and submission procedures for M.A., M.Div., and Th.M. thesis, and...
As part of its ongoing self-assessment, St Vladimir’s Seminary requires M.Div. senior students to submit portfolios of their work. Compiled from student essays, sermons, and fieldwork evaluations, these serve as cross-sections of the seminarian’s work and growth. Portfolios are reviewed by the Director of Institutional Assessment and evaluated by an...