Through
faithful adherence to Orthodox Christianity, St Vladimir's Seminary serves
the Church and society through graduate theological education and
the ministries of its graduates.
With a firm commitment to the structural unity of the Orthodox Church in North
America
and to inter-Orthodox
cooperation
on
all levels of Church life, the seminary accomplishes this mission through
the following programs and activities:
- Graduate programs for candidates for holy orders
- Graduate programs and special training for scholars and lay workers in
the Church
- In-depth theological research and reflection
- Stewardship of the theological resources of St Vladimir's Library
- Lectures, seminars, workshops and retreats at the seminary campus and at
other locations
- Publication of books, icons and audio-visual educational materials on
the Orthodox Tradition through SVS Press
- Publication of St Vladimir's Theological Quarterly
- Providing information on Orthodoxy through faculty, bookstore, library,
internet services, and appropriate other media
- Support of the Church in mission, evangelism, monasticism, family life,
social work, and ecumenism
- Service and participation of SVS graduates and students in parish life,
pastoral work, scholarship, monastic life, missionary activity, and ecumenism
- Spiritual and practical support of SVS alumni /nae
- Interaction with other Orthodox theological schools and centers of theological
education and training within and outside the Church
- Participation in professional and service organizations both within and
outside the Church
Adopted December 1991. Reviewed and amended
December 1994; May 1998; December 1999.
