St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary (SVOTS) is an

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. It is chartered under the

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and accredited by the

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. It is a pan-Eastern Orthodox institution associated with the

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(OCA).

History

The seminary was founded in 1938. It moved to its current location in 1962. Four years later, it was accepted as an associate member in the American Association of Theological Schools with accreditation following in 1973.

Presidents

* Archpriest Chad Hatfield

Deans

* Bishop Macarius (Ilyinsky), 1938 - 1944 * Archimandrite Dionysius (Diachenko), 1944 - 1947 * Bishop John (Shahovskoy), 1947 - 1950 * Protopresbyter

Georges Florovsky Georges Vasilievich Florovsky (Russian: Гео́ргий Васи́льевич Флоро́вский; – August 11, 1979) was a Russian Orthodox priest, theologian, and historian. Born in the Russian Empire, he spent his working life in Pari ...

, 1950 - 1955 * Metropolitan

Leontius (Turkevich) Metropolitan Leontius (Leonty, secular name Leonid Ieronimovich Turkevich, russian: Леонид Иеронимович Туркевич; August 8, 1876 in Kremenetz, Volhynia – May 14, 1965) was the Metropolitan of the North American Dioce ...

, 1955 - 1962 * Protopresbyter

Alexander Schmemann Alexander Dmitrievich Schmemann (russian: Алекса́ндр Дми́триевич Шме́ман, ''Aleksandr Dmitrievich Šmeman''; 13 September 1921 – 13 December 1983) was an influential Orthodox priest, theologian, and author who had mos ...

, 1962 - 1983 * Protopresbyter

John Meyendorff John Meyendorff (french: Jean Meyendorff; russian: Ива́н Феофи́лович Мейендо́рф, tr. ; February 17, 1926 – July 22, 1992) was a leading theologian of the Orthodox Church of America as well as a writer and teacher. He s ...

, 1984 - 1992 * Protopresbyter

Thomas Hopko Thomas John Hopko (March 28, 1939 – March 18, 2015) was an Eastern Orthodox Christian priest and theologian. He was the Dean of Saint Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary from September 1992 until July 1, 2002 and taught dogmatic theology ...

, 1992 - 2002 * Archpriest

John H. Erickson John H. Erickson is an Eastern Orthodox American scholar, with specialization in the areas of Orthodox canon law and church history. From 2002 until 2007, he served as the Dean of Saint Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary in the United S ...

, 2002 - 2007 * Archpriest

John Behr John Behr (born 16 October 1966) is a British Eastern Orthodox priest and theologian. Since 2020, he has served as the Regius Professor of Humanity at the University of Aberdeen. He is the former dean of St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminar ...

, 2007 - 2017 (Last dean under previous governance structure) * Ionut-Alexandru Tudorie, 2018 - Present (First academic dean under new governance structure)

Academics

St. Vladimir's Seminary is accredited by the Association of Theological Schools (ATS) and approved by ATS to grant the following degrees: Master of Divinity (M.Div.), Master of Arts (MA), Master of Theology (Th.M.), and Doctor of Ministry (D.Min).

St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press (SVS Press)

St. Vladimir's Seminary Press was founded in 1962 and is the largest publisher of Orthodox Christian books in the English language. Among their titles is their

Popular Patristics Series The Popular Patristics Series is a series of volumes of original English translations of mainly first millennium Christian texts published by St. Vladimir's Seminary Press. The aim of the series is "to provide readable and accurate translations of a ...

References

External links

Official website
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