On Sunday, December 11, at the Patriarchal Monastery of Our Lady of Balamand in Lebanon, two of our alumni were among three ordained to the episcopacy in the Self-Ruled Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of North America (AOCANA). The three new hierarchs were ordained by His Beatitude, Ignatius IV, patriarch of the...
Our seminary Men's Choir sang at St. Nicholas Orthodox Church, Cohoes, New York, the weekend of December 4–5, in honor of the parish's feast day. The choir sang both Great Vespers and the Hierarchical Divine Liturgy, at which His Grace The Rt. Rev. Michael (Dahulich), bishop of New York City...
Author: Fr. Theophan Whitfield The Doctor of Ministry Program at St Vladimir’s Seminary: Four Things I’ve Learned (So Far) The pastor and the triage nurse have much in common. Both spend significant time assigning priority among hard cases. In the parish and in the emergency room, the need for urgent...
They sang "Jingle Bells" en français, recited poetry—both classic and post-modern—told jokes, and even played Jewish Klezmer music. Displaying a multitude of artistic gifts, various members of our campus community came together this past weekend for our traditional Christmas Talent Show, to take a breather just prior to final exam...
He held honorary degrees from Butler University, General Theological Seminary, Lafayette College, Iona College, and Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology. Besides teaching at St. Vladimir’s, Fr. Alexander held positions as an adjunct professor at Columbia University, New York University, Union Seminary, and General Theological Seminary in New York...
Our Dean, Archpriest John Behr, has been appointed to serve on the Board of Directors of the Decani Monastery Relief Fund, a non-profit organization committed to rebuilding church and social life in Kosovo. The relief fund sponsors myriad humanitarian projects, including the one hundred fifty-three Serbian Orthodox churches and monasteries...
[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.
More than 120 young preachers from more than 25 states in the U.S. gathered to preach, to learn, and to be inspired by the gospel of Jesus Christ, at the 3rd Annual National Festival of Young Preachers, held from January 2–5, in Louisville, Kentucky. At the event, Jason Ketz, 3rd-year...
[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.