Look out comtemporvant church videos, Swag Seminary is on your tail! Ever wonder? Just look up James 4:4, and thank God that this is a parody... so far. And no, Orthodox seminary is not like this. … [Read more...]
Pastoral School to Provide Comprehensive Seminary Instruction in Spanish
Glorious news! With the blessing of Archbishop Peter of Chicago & Mid-America, President of the Pastoral School, and Bishop John of Caracas and South America, the Pastoral school is pleased to announce that beginning in February 2017 the Spanish Language Sector of the Pastoral School will … [Read more...]
Read This Before You Think About Seminary…
by Fr. George Aquaro I’ve known a lot of men who have deeply yearned to go to seminary. They can all describe in great detail how they felt ‘called’ to become priests, something they sometimes also refer to as ‘ministry’ or ‘ordination to the Holy Priesthood.’ But as we all know, just because you … [Read more...]
Bursting The Seminary Bubble: Part Two
by Jerry Bowyer In this, part two of two, the author, who is not Orthodox, comes to a powerful conclusion. And a healthy one. You will see his logic, and why we have a Tent-Making section to this website. My previous article, The Seminary Bubble, certainly hit a nerve—remarkably so, given that … [Read more...]
The Seminary Bubble: Part One
by Jerry Bowyer The author, though obviously not Orthodox, is on to something important. Seminary is not simply theological grad school. It is primarily a place of formation. Imagine an institution that requires its leaders to attend not only college, but graduate school. Imagine that the … [Read more...]
An Archbishop Speaks With Seminarians
Archbishop Mark of Berlin and Great Britain Speaks With the Students of Sretensky Theological Seminary On Thursday, March 24, 2011, His Eminence Archbishop Mark (Arndt) of Berlin, Germany and Great Britain met with the students of Moscow' Sretensky Theological Seminary and answered questions. … [Read more...]