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July
14, 2009
Jordanville,
NY: HTS participates in meeting of Seminary leadership held at St.
Tikhon’s Seminary in South Canaan, PA
On
Thursday July 9, 2009, St. Tikhon’s Orthodox Theological Seminary
hosted a meeting of Seminary leaders in the United States and Canada
at the diocesan center of His Grace, Bishop Tikhon.
Prior to the meeting, Protodeacon Vladimir Tsurikov met with the abbot
of St. Tikhon’s monastery, Fr. Sergius, and presented him with the
reproduction of an icon of the Holy Theotokos “It is truly meet”
on behalf of Archimandrite Luke, abbot of Holy Trinity Monastery. The
original of the icon is located at the Holy Trinity Monastery’s
cathedral in Jordanville, N.Y.
Present
at the meeting were His Grace Bishop Tikhon, rector of St. Tikhon’s
Seminary (STOTS), Archpriest Alexander Golubov, Academic Dean of STOTS,
Archpriest Michael Dahulich, Dean and Director of Admissions of STOTS,
Archpriest Nicholas Triantafilou, President of Hellenic College and
Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology (HCHC), Deacon Nicholas
Belcher, Dean of Students at HCHC, Archpriest John Behr, Dean of St.
Vladimir’s Seminary (SVOTS), Archpriest Chad Hatfield, Chancellor of
SVOTS, and Mrs. Anne Glynn Mackoul, Executive Chair, Board of Trustees
of SVOTS. Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary was represented by its Dean,
Protodeacon Vladimir Tsurikov, and Sergei Jakubov, recent HTS graduate
and faculty appointee for the Fall semester of 2009.
The
meeting’s agenda included a review of last year’s meeting, held at
Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology in Brookline, MA, on
October 18, 2008, discussions of an inter-seminary retreat, updates on
St. Herman’s Seminary in Kodiak, AK, proposals for the creation of
an undergraduate program for Orthodox Christians with components in
theology and history, inter-seminary communications, the creation of a
library consortium, as well as goals for future meetings and events.
Following
the meeting, participants visited the monastery’s bookstore, and had
an opportunity to venerate the relics of St. Alexis Toth. An informal
meeting and discussion of items of mutual interest to both HTS and
STOTS took place between Fr. Alexander Golubov and Fr. Vladimir after
the conclusion of the scheduled events. Both deans touched upon the
challenges relating to distance education, and efforts in providing
bi-lingual instruction.
Before
returning to Holy Trinity Seminary, Fr. Vladimir and S. Jakubov had
the opportunity to meet and speak with His Eminence, Metropolitan
Jonah, who had just arrived at the monastery.
The next meeting of Seminary leaders has been scheduled for October
22, 2009, and will be hosted by Holy Trinity Seminary in Jordanville,
N.Y.
Official
website of the Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary
Jordanvile, NY
www.hts.edu
