St Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary - News Releases News Release Fr Leonid Kishkovsky to Speak at Twenty-second Annual Fr Alexander Schmemann Memorial Lecture

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Crestwood, NY—St Vladimir's Seminary will host the Twenty-second Annual Fr Alexander Schmemann Memorial Lecture on January 30, 2005 at 7:30 PM in the Metropolitan Philip Auditorium. This lecture series is held in honor of Fr Alexander Schmemann, renowned theologian who served as dean of St Vladimir's from 1962 until his death in 1983. The series is devoted to theological excellence. Past speakers include Dr Albert Raboteau, professor of religion at Princeton University, Metropolitan George (Khodr) of Mount Lebanon, and Fr Boris Bobrinskoy, dean of St Sergius Seminary in Paris.

The seminary is pleased to announce Fr Leonid Kishkovsky as the 2005 speaker. He will deliver a lecture entitled "Orthodoxy Today: Tradition or Traditionalism."

Fr Kishkovsky has served as Assistant to the Chancellor for External Affairs and Interchurch Relations (Orthodox Church in America) and rector of Our Lady of Kazan Church in Sea Cliff, New York, from 1974 to the present. Ordained to the holy priesthood in 1969, Fr Kishkovsky has vast experience serving the Orthodox Church nationally and internationally. He was president of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA from 1989–1990. From 1996–1999 he was member of the Secretary of State's Committee on Religious Freedom Abroad, and from 2000–2003 he was moderator for Action by Churches Together (ACT), a Geneva-based ecumenical alliance of churches and humanitarian agencies where he continues to serve on the emergency committee.

Fr Kishkovsky currently holds leadership positions in: the Standing Conference of Canonical Orthodox Bishops in the Americas (SCOBA); International Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC); the World Council of Churches; the Special Commission on Orthodox Participation in the WCC; the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA; the Europe Forum of Church World Service; the Christian Churches Together in the USA (CCT); the US Conference of Religions for Peace (USCRP); the World Conference on Religion and Peace (WCRP); the Research Center for Religion and Human Rights in Closed Societies (formerly Religion in Communist Dominated Areas); and the Appeal of Conscience Foundation. He is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

St Vladimir's Seminary looks forward to hearing from Fr Kishkovsky and warmly invites all to join us for this lecture, which is free and open to the public.