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St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary (SVOTS) is an Eastern Orthodox seminary in Yonkers, New York. It is chartered under the
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and accredited by the Association of Theological Schools. It is a pan-Eastern Orthodox institution associated with the Orthodox Church in America (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 Chad Hatfield (born December 15, 1953) is an Eastern Orthodox archpriest. He is currently the president of St. Vladimir's Orthodox Seminary, where he teaches missiology and evangelism courses. He is also the editor of the ''Orthodox Christian Pr ...


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, 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, 2002 - 2007 * Archpriest John Behr, 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 ...
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References


External links


Official website
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