Class attendance is essential for achieving course and program objectives. Absence or tardiness diminishes the effectiveness of courses and programs. Consequently, students are expected to attend all class sessions. Absence or persistent tardiness may result in the lowering of course grades or even mandatory withdrawal from a course, as noted...

Khouria Frederica Mathewes-G Vocation," which was presented at our "Women Disciples of the Lord" conference held on our campus June 17–19, 2011, is now available as a podcast on Ancient Faith Radio. Kh. Frederica speaks and writes on a wide range of topics—movie reviews, Eastern Orthodox Christianity, the pro-life cause...

St. Vladimir’s has a long-standing history of supplying its northern sister school with faculty and library books. More recently, our Chancellor/CEO Archpriest Chad Hatfield, who also acted as Dean of St. Herman’s from 2003 to 2007, has begun conducting retreats and seminars within the Alaskan Diocese and at St. Herman’s...

A $50,000 endowed scholarship fund was recently established at St. Vladimir's Seminary in honor of Peter A. Herbut, M.D., and Margaret Fetsko Herbut, R.N., by their daughter, Paula Herbut. The fund is intended to assist students at St. Vladimir's who are studying to be priests in the Orthodox Church in...

[img_assist|nid=7615|title=|desc=Metropolitan Kallistos blesses the loaves at Vigil.|link=none|align=right|width=300|height=406]Tonight, renowned Orthodox Christian author, teacher, and churchman, Metropolitan Kallistos (Ware) of Diokleia, will deliver a free and public lecture on our campus. His presentation will be the keynote to commence the North American Conference of the Fellowship of Ss. Alban and Sergius, an Orthodox-Anglican dialogue that traces its beginnings to the early twentieth century. [img_assist|nid=7613|title=|desc=Metropolitan Jonah (left) and Metropolitan Kallistos together, after serving Vigial for the Feast of the Nativity of the Theotokos in Three Hierarchs Chapel|link=none|align=left|width=300|height=206]

Definition of Credit Hour A “credit hour" is the unit by which an institution measures its course work. The number of credit hours assigned to a course is defined by the number of hours per week in class, or contact hours, and the number of hours allotted for class preparation...

At the Divine Liturgy for the Feast of the Nativity of the Theotokos, our seminary community was honored to have three hierarchs serving: His Beatitude The Most Blessed Jonah, primate of the Orthodox Church in America, presiding; and His Eminence The Most Rev. Justinian, archbishop of Naro-Fominsk and administrator of...

Following the Divine Liturgy in celebration of Feast of the Nativity of the Theotokos, His Beatitude Metropolitan Jonah, primate of the Orthodox Church in America and president of the Board of Trustees of St. Vladimir's Seminary, was publicly honored by a committee of Orthodox Christians based in Russia. His Beatitude...

Recognizing the many gifts that Metropolitan Kallistos (Ware), bishop of Diokleia, has offered to the Orthodox Church and to Christians worldwide, the seminary Board of Trustees and faculty bestowed upon him an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree, during an academic convocation held on the Feast of the Nativity of the...

With an insightful, prophetic, and entertaining keynote, Metropolitan Kallistos (Ware), bishop of Diokleia and renowned churchman, inaugurated the North American Conference of the Fellowship of Ss. Alban and Sergius, an Orthodox-Anglican gathering which is meeting on our campus September 8–10. In his talk, titled "The Present and Future of Orthodoxy,"...