Touching upon all the spiritual gifts the season of Great Lent offers, our Dean, Archpriest John Behr, delivered four talks to the seminary community, in between the lengthy liturgical services in Three Hierarchs Chapel that mark the first two days of Great Lent. With astute attention to the teachings of...

Dr. Daniel B. Hinshaw has been appointed Visiting Professor of Palliative Care at St. Vladimir’s Seminary. Dr. Hinshaw is Professor of Surgery at the University of Michigan Medical School, in the Section of General Surgery. He serves as an attending consultant physician on the inpatient palliative care consultation service at...

Five of us from St. Vladimir’s—Dn. Timothy Yates, Monk James Stevens, Seminarian Adam Horstman, Hierodeacon Herman Majkrzak, and myself, Dn. David Wooten—recently traveled to nearby St. Joseph’s Seminary (aka "Dunwoodie"), a Roman Catholic seminary in Yonkers, to take advantage of a post-abortion counseling training seminar. St. Joseph's was hosting "Lumina...

Priest David Mezynski, currently Associate Dean for Student Affairs at St. Vladimir's, became "Father-Doctor David," when he earned his Doctor of Philosophy degree from Fordham University this past week. Father David defended his thesis titled "The Effects of the Origenist Controversy on the Pastoral Theology of Barsanuphius and John" before...

Fellow students honored two senior seminarians this past Sunday with a small reception that recognized their recent great accomplishments. Seniors Logan Johnson and Sarah Johnson (no family relation!), who will graduate this spring with Master of Divinity degrees, have been accepted into highly competitive and prestigious full-time CPE (i.e., Clinical...

[img_assist|nid=878|title=Metropolitan Jonah Speaks to New Students, 2009 Orientation|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=280|height=373]New and returning students are entering the rhythm of seminary life in preparation for Fall semester 2010 by attending Orientation Week, August 21–29. Students may view a complete Orientation Week schedule, which also includes details about the first few days of classes and chapel services. We look forward to greeting old friends and new faces as we begin our academic year, and we look forward to worshipping together on the first major feast day, The Nativity of the Theotokos.

Seminarians Speak, a reflection by Monk James What is living at St. Vladimir’s like for a monk? I am not what one would call a stereotypical monk. From my days as a novice I have been given “obediences,” that is to say I’ve accepted certain tasks given to me by...

[img_assist|nid=8806|title=|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=102|height=95]Little Compline and the Fourth Stasis of the Salutations of the Theotokos, with renowned chanter Christos Chalkias from Greece, will be served according to the Byzantine liturgical tradition, in Three Hierarchs Chapel at 7 p.m. A reception will follow, with members and friends of The Axion Estin Foundation as the seminary's guests.

Alumni and friends of St. Vladimir's Seminary are invited to attend a fellowship dinner at St. Joseph Church, 412 Crescent Street, Wheaton, Illinois on Bright Friday, April 20, 2012 at 7 p.m. The alumni and friends gathering will be the first in a series hosted by the seminary's Alumni Office...

"The Alumni Association of St. Vladimir's Theological Seminary is announcing the opening of elections to the Alumni Board," says our Director of Alumni Relations and Recruitment, Protodeacon Joseph Matusiak. "All SVOTS Alumni are encouraged to participate in the election of three new (at-large) board members." "The Alumni Board," explains Pdn...