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Icon festival draws huge crowds on Orthodox Education Day 2008

svots.edu — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:03:04 +0400

Curator of The Russian Museum of Icons, Kent dur Russell, engages Masha Mondello, visitor to OED 2008, in a lively...

Saint Vladimir�s Orthodox Theological Seminary, Crestwood, NY

38th Annual Adult Educational Lecture Series Continues

stots.edu — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 09:00:00 +0400

On Tuesday, September 30, the 38th Annual Adult Educational Lecture Series continued with David C. Ford, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Church History at St. Tikhon’s Seminary, who spoke on the theme: "The Home as a Little Church."

St Tikhon's Orthodox Theological Seminary, South Canaan, PA

Pilgrimage to Holy Myrrhbearers Monastery

stots.edu — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 09:00:00 +0400

On Saturday, September 20, several students and family members from the St. Tikhon’s Seminary community made a pilgrimage to Holy Myrrhbearers Monastery.

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Feast of the Elevation of the Holy Cross

stots.edu — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 09:00:00 +0400

On the evening of September 13 and the morning of September 14, the monastic and seminary communities gathered with His Grace, Bishop TIKHON to celebrate the Vigil and Hierarchial Divine Liturgy for the Feast of the Elevation of the Holy Cross.

St Tikhon's Orthodox Theological Seminary, South Canaan, PA

Annual Alumni Picnic

stots.edu — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 09:00:00 +0400

On Tuesday, September 9, members of St. Tikhon’s Alumni Association sponsored the Annual Alumni Picnic, welcoming faculty members, staff, students and the families back to the campus for another fall semester.

St Tikhon's Orthodox Theological Seminary, South Canaan, PA

Feast of the Nativity of the Theotokos

stots.edu — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 09:00:00 +0400

On the evening of September 7 and the morning of September 8, the monastic and seminary communities gathered with His Grace, Bishop TIKHON to celebrate the Vigil and Divine Liturgy for the Feast of the Nativity of the Theotokos.

St Tikhon's Orthodox Theological Seminary, South Canaan, PA

Two Icons Bless New School Year

stjohnsacademysf.org — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:29:41 +0400

The first days of the 2008 school year were blessed by the presence of two miracle-working icons of the Mother of God. On September 2, 2008, the Kursk Root icon arrived at the Holy Virgin Cathedral in San Francisco where the Academy is located, and the opening moleben for the school year was served in [...]

St. John of San Francisco Orthodox Academy (school), SF, California

Orientation of new students focuses on priestly vocation

svots.edu — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:56:59 +0400

Fr. John Breck, former faculty member at St. Vladimir’s, and guest speaker at Orientation 2008, greets incoming students (from left)...

Saint Vladimir�s Orthodox Theological Seminary, Crestwood, NY

2008 New Student Orientation

stots.edu — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:00:00 +0400

On August 25-27, the incoming students were given an orientation about the life of the seminary.

St Tikhon's Orthodox Theological Seminary, South Canaan, PA

Memory Eternal: Alexander Solzhenitsyn (1918-2008)

svots.edu — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 13:38:26 +0400

Saint Vladimir�s Orthodox Theological Seminary, Crestwood, NY

Seminary campus becomes "neighbor" to wider community

svots.edu — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 13:53:25 +0400

What has seminary campus life to do with disaster survival, water critters, and light-emitting diodes (LEDs)? “Community,” according to The Very...

Saint Vladimir�s Orthodox Theological Seminary, Crestwood, NY

Seminary Graduate Deacon Nikolai Meyers is Ordained to the Holy Priesthood

stots.edu — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 09:00:00 +0400

On Sunday, July 20, His Grace, Bishop JOSEPH of the Antiochian Diocese of Los Angeles and the West, ordained Seminary Graduate Deacon Nikolai Meyers to the Holy Priesthood at St. Andrew Antiochian Church in Riverside, California. Father Nikolai has been assigned as the Assistant Pastor of St. John Church in Memphis, Tennessee.

St Tikhon's Orthodox Theological Seminary, South Canaan, PA

Town Hall meeting held on seminary campus

svots.edu — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 18:53:38 +0400

On Saturday, July 12, 2008 St Vladimir’s Seminary hosted a Town Hall meeting on its campus, as part of an...

Saint Vladimir�s Orthodox Theological Seminary, Crestwood, NY

Town Hall meeting on seminary campus (Jul 12)

svots.edu — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 20:40:35 +0400

On Saturday, July 12, St Vladimir's Seminary will host an Orthodox Church in America (OCA) Town Hall meeting, from 3...

Saint Vladimir�s Orthodox Theological Seminary, Crestwood, NY

Orthodox Education Day (Sat Oct 4)

svots.edu — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 02:40:41 +0400

Theotokos with Child Emmanuel, painted by Tamara Elchaninov, will be among the many types of icons displayed at St Vladimir’s...

Saint Vladimir�s Orthodox Theological Seminary, Crestwood, NY

Musicians gather for immersion in composition

svots.edu — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 11:20:01 +0400

With a lecture on the interplay between liturgical ritual and musical composition, Mark Bailey opened the Composers Seminar held on the seminary...

Saint Vladimir�s Orthodox Theological Seminary, Crestwood, NY

Audio presentations on missions and evangelism available

svots.edu — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:02:41 +0400

St Vladimir's Seminary and Ancient Faith Radio (http://ancientfaith.com) are excited to present audio recordings on mission and evangelism from talks...

Saint Vladimir�s Orthodox Theological Seminary, Crestwood, NY

Wild fires threaten monastery in California

svots.edu — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:03:36 +0400

His Grace, Bishop Maxim of the Western American Diocese of the Serbian Orthodox Church urges all of our Orthodox faithful...

Saint Vladimir�s Orthodox Theological Seminary, Crestwood, NY

Letter from Metropolitan Hilarion

stjohnsacademysf.org — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 20:34:48 +0400

June 5th, 2008 The Very Reverend Protopriest Serge Kotar and the Students and Teachers of St. John of San Francisco Orthodox Academy Dear Father Serge, Beloved in Christ Students and Teachers of the Academy, Please accept my heartfelt greetings wit the holy Feast of our Saviour’s Ascension. Thank you so much for your kind words of greeting and congratulations on the [...]

St. John of San Francisco Orthodox Academy (school), SF, California

Annual Literary Dinner

stjohnsacademysf.org — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 21:22:17 +0400

On Thursday, May 15, students in grades 7-11 participated in a Literary Dinner at Mrs Maximova’s home, which was decorated with a Midsummer Night’s Dream theme. Students came dressed as one of their favorite literary characters. During dinner, students presented their character, and afterwards students played literary games.

St. John of San Francisco Orthodox Academy (school), SF, California

Graduation 2008

stjohnsacademysf.org — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 20:30:35 +0400

St. John’s senior graduation ceremony was held on Thursday night, May 29. There were well over 100 people in attendance to honor the two graduates, Artur Gazaryan and Mikhail Yakovlev. Archbishop Kyrill of San Francisco and Western America, the school’s Headmaster, spoke briefly about education and the Christian life, comparing them to a marathon race [...]

St. John of San Francisco Orthodox Academy (school), SF, California

Delegation From Ekaterinburg Visits St. John’s Academy

stjohnsacademysf.org — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 18:00:10 +0400

On Friday, April 4, a five-person delegation from Yekaterinburg, under the auspices of the US Dept. of State�s International Visitor Leadership Program, visited St. John of San Francisco Orthodox Academy. Two priests and three officials from the Ministry of Education and various city educational departments were part of the Civic and Ethical Values in Schools [...]

St. John of San Francisco Orthodox Academy (school), SF, California

Team ‘B’ Knows!

stjohnsacademysf.org — Fri, 30 May 2008 21:29:41 +0400

On May 19, at St. John’s annual “I Know” contest, Team B took the honors by answering 24 questions. Nina Avroneva, Sasha Kondratyeva, Jessica Makhlin, Daria Mushtaev, Steven Philipoff, Terence Triantafillidis and Captain Anya Jackovich were Team B’s winning members. The other three teams finished in a near dead heat for the runner up [...]

St. John of San Francisco Orthodox Academy (school), SF, California

66th Annual Commencement

stots.edu — Sat, 24 May 2008 09:00:00 +0400

On Saturday, May 24, St. Tikhon's Seminary held its 66th Annual Commencement. This year's commencement speaker was His Eminence, the Most Reverend SERAPHIM, Archbishop of Ottawa and the Archdiocese of Canada. Congratulations to all the graduates!

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Relics of St. Seraphim of Sarov Come to St. Tikhon's Monastery

stots.edu — Fri, 23 May 2008 09:00:00 +0400

On Friday, May 23, the relics of St. Seraphim of Sarov came to St. Tikhon's Monastery marking the beginning of the Annual Memorial Day Weekend Pilgrimage.

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