Detailed Descriptive Information Now Available on Holy Trinity Seminary's Archival Collections!

"In 2007, the Hoover Institution of War, Revolution, and Peace received a generous grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities for an eighteen-month long project to preserve, process and microfilm a number of significant collections of Holy Trinity Seminary’s archival holdings. The primary goal was to preserve the materials and make them accessible to researchers in the reading rooms of both the Hoover Institution and Holy Trinity Seminary in microfilm form, as materials had previously not been generally available to outside researchers.

The project resulted in full processing, including conservation, creation of finding aids, cataloging, and microfilming, of twenty nine collections, comprising 274 boxes of archival materials.
Matching contributions in materials, labor and training were provided by the Hoover Institution. John Raisian, Director of the Hoover Institution, served as Principal Investigator. Richard Sousa, Linda Bernard, and Anatol Shmelev of the Hoover Institution also assisted in the project. On behalf of Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary, Michael Herrick, Slavic librarian, and Sergei Jakubov, archival assistant, along with other volunteers provided the necessary support to complete the project on time. The project archivist was Vladimir von Tsurikov. "

For more information and descriptions see: Project Description and Collections Listings

New Book in a New Series on the Orthodox Liturgy from St. Vladimir's Seminary Press!

"The healing ministry of Jesus Christ is a primary task of the Church. This work describes the healing ministry of the Church as it is expressed in Scripture, Tradition, and the liturgical life, focusing particularly on the sacrament of the anointing of the sick. The author discusses both the history and theology of this sacrament, which has its roots in the Tradition of the Church as expressed in James 5.14(–) 15: “Is any among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord; and the prayer of faith will save the sick man, and the Lord will raise him up; and if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.” The theology of this rite embraces the whole person and addresses the connection between sin and sickness, and the disintegrating power of illness on a person and the reintegrating power of grace. A new translation of the rite is appended, as well as an abbreviated version for use in a hospital or home setting. "

For more information see: St. Vladimir's Seminary Press

$2 Million Gift Funds Chair in Orthodox Theology and Culture

Fordham University has received a $2 million gift to establish the Archbishop Demetrios Chair in Orthodox Theology and Culture. The donation comes from the Jaharis Family Foundation, which provides grants to arts, cultural and religious institutions.“This chair will make it possible for Fordham to continue the work it has done to establish itself as a center for Orthodox study in America,” said Joseph M. McShane, S.J., president of Fordham. For more information

see Fordham University