St. Vladimir’s Seminary Lectures

The Fellowship of St. Alban and St. Sergius - Rome, Constantinople and Canterbury, Mother Churches?

The Fellowship of St. Alban and St. Sergius was hosted by St. Vladimir's Seminary for their conference entitled, "Rome, Constantinople and Canterbury. Mother Churches?" This Fellowship, founded in 1928, exists to work and pray for greater understanding and cooperation between Christians, particularly Anglican and Orthodox. Ancient Faith Radio is pleased to present the lectures given at St. Vladimir's Seminary on June 4-8, 2008. Speakers were:

Metropolitan Philip (Saliba) of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America

Metropolitan Kallistos (Ware) of Diokleia

Bishop Hilarion (Alfeyev) of Vienna and Austria, Russian Orthodox Church

Bishop Keith Ackerman of the Anglican Diocese of Quincy

The Very Reverend Patrick Henry Reardon, Senior Editor, Touchstone Magazine

The Very Reverend John H. Erickson, Professor, St. Vladimir's Theological Seminary

The Reverend Richard John Neuhaus, Editor in Chief, First Things Magazine

Igumen Jonah Paffhausen, Abbott of Monastery of St. John of Shanghai and San Francisco

The Reverend Warren Tanghe, SSC, Chaplain to All Saints' Sister of the Poor Convent

The Reverend Canon J. Robert Wright, Professor of Ecclesiastical History, General Theological Seminary

Thursday June 5, 2008

Metropolitan Philip-Canon 28 of the Fourth Ecumenical Council

Bishop Keith Ackerman-Authority:Magisterial, Confessional or Conciliar?

Rev. J. Robert Wright (paper read by Fr. Paul Clayton)-Primacy in the Anglican Tradition

Fr. Patrick Henry Reardon-Holy Scripture and the Evangelization of America

Friday June 6, 2008

Fr. John H. Erickson-Primacy and Primacies in the Orthodox Church

Fr. Richard John Neuhaus-Reconciliation Between East and West

Bishop Hilarion (Alfeyev)-Primacy and Catholicity in the Orthodox Tradition

Fr. Warren Tanghe-Primacy, Authority and Communion

Panel Discussion - Where Are We So Far?

Saturday, June 7, 2008

Fellowship announcement by Fr. Stephen Platt and a greeting and remarks from Archbishop Rowan Williams of Canterbury (delivered by Canon Jonathan Goodall from the office of the Archbishop

Metropolitan Kallistos-Primacy and the Pope

Igumen Jonah Paffhausen-Primacy and Eccesiology

2008 Lenten Retreat - Fr. Constantine Nasr

On Saturday, April 12, 2008, St Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary welcomed Orthodox faithful who came from parishes all around New Jersey, Connecticut, and New York for inspiration and ideas on how to have an energized parish. The 2008 SVS Lenten Retreat’s theme was The Energized Parish: Clergy and Laity together and was led by Fr Constantine Nasr from St. Elijah Antiochian Orthodox Church in Oklahoma City. (SVS ‘73).

Fr. Constantine Nasr - Part 1

Fr. Constantine Nasr - Part 2

The Feast of the Three Hierarchs

Ancient Faith Radio is pleased to present four talks given at St. Vladimir's Seminary on January 30th, 2008, the Feast of the Three Hierarchs.

Three of the talks were part of a Symposium on St John Chrysostom, given on the Feast of the Three Hierarchs, which wrapped up a year-long commemoration of the 1600th anniversary of his repose. The symposium featured three contemporary theologians illuminating his ancient, yet relevant teachings:

St John Chrysostom as Homilist

Dr. Margaret Mitchell addressed St John Chrysostom as homilist. With her own new translation of one of St. John’s sermons on 2 Corinthians 4:13, the Professor of New Testament and Early Christian Literature at the University of Chicago’s Divinity School discussed the structure and content to show how St John communicated his profound and practical message. She particularly highlighted St. John’s emphasis on the importance, even necessity, of alms giving. “His teachings almost always communicate an exhortation to care for the poor and needy,” said Dr Mitchell.

Dr. Mitchell is Professor of New Testament and Early Christian Literature in the University of Chicago’s Divinity School and author of The Heavenly Trumpet: John Chrysostom and the Art of Pauline Interpretation

St John Chrysostom as Liturgist

Igumen Gregory Woolfenden, Ph.D., focused on St John’s liturgical thinking as expressed in his sermons. Fr Gregory is pastor of St Mary’s Ukrainian Orthodox Church in New Britain, Connecticut and serves as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Liturgical Studies at Yale Institute of Sacred Music/Yale Divinity School. He is also author of Daily Liturgical Prayer: Origins and Theology.

St John Chrysostom and Married Life

The Very Reverend Josiah Trenham, pastor of St Andrew’s Orthodox Church in Riverside, California spoke about St John Chrysostom and his teachings on married life. Fr Josiah read excerpts of texts where St John described the ideal Christian married and family life and "fleshed out" St John’s teachings on the differences in mankind’s state before the fall, after the fall, and in the Kingdom of Heaven, and how those differences affect the experience of marriage. His book on "Marriage and Virginity according to St John Chrysostom" is scheduled to be published later this year.

The fourth talk was given at the Seminary's 25th Annual Fr. Alexander Schmemann Memorial Lecture:

Fr Schmemann as Teacher and Liturgist

His Grace Bishop Basil of Wichita and Mid-America of the Antiochian Archdiocese (SVS 1973) has been serving as a bishop since 1992 at St George Cathedral in Wichita, KS. Bishop Basil is also the compiler and English translator of The Liturgikon: the book of Divine Services for the priest and deacon (1989).

A press release from St. Vladmir's Seminary, with more details about these events, is available here.

Orthodox Education Day 2007

On Saturday, October 6, 2007, St Vladimir's Seminary welcomed hundreds of guests who traveled to the seminary's campus for this year’s Orthodox Education Day. It was a full day of prayer, fellowship, good food, and educational workshops as participants explored this year's theme: "Our Church: Her Mission and Her Future.” One of the highlights of the day was the keynote address by Fr Chad Hatfield, SVS Chancellor and CEO. Fr Chad spoke on the topic of Our Mission Today, challenging his audience to consider the lives of the great Missionary Saints in America’s Orthodox history: St Herman, St Innocent, and St Tikhon – and how they call us to bear witness to the truth of the Gospel today. His address was immediately followed by a panel discussion with representatives of mission work in the Antiochian Archdiocese, Greek Archdiocese and OCA. Fr Chad moderated, taking questions from the floor addressed to Fr Eric Tosi (OCA), Fr Gregory MacGregor (Antiochian Archdiocese) and Fr James Kordaris (Greek Archdiocese).

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