Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary

Holy Trinity Monastery and Seminary Choir under the direction of Deacon Nicholas Kotar

Holy Trinity Publications is pleased to announce its forthcoming publication of the first detailed examination in English of the challenges to Orthodox ecclesiology that have arisen following the intervention of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in the affairs of the Ukrainian Church in 2018. The Ecclesial Crisis in Ukraine and its Solution According to the Sacred Canons will be published on July 1st, 2021, under the Holy Trinity Seminary Press imprint. The author of this important...Continue reading

Jordanville double kliros during clean week - stay tuned for more sounds from Jordanville!

Вечная память to Metropolitan Laurus (Skurla) on the 13th anniversary of his blessed respose!

Today, Jan 30/Feb 12, the Holy Orthodox Church celebrates the Synaxis of the 3 Hierarchs; Sts. Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian and John Chrysostom. Holy Trinity Seminary celebrates this as our patronal feast. Congratulations on this day to our seminary dean, Nicolas Schidlovsky, as well as to our faculty and our students, and in particular, to our Rector, His Grace, Bishop LUKE of Syracuse, on this, the 2nd anniversary of his episcopal consecration. Axios! Many years, Master!

Homily on the Nativity of our Lord His Grace, Bishop Luke of Syracuse Holy Trinity Monastery, Jordanville, NY December 25, 2020 / January 7, 2021... https://orthodoxlife.org/sermons/nativity-2020-bishop-luke/

GREETINGS ON THE FEAST OF THE NATIVITY OF OUR LORD, GOD, & SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST Troparion of the Nativity of the Lord (Tone 4) Thy Nativity, O Christ our God, * hath shined upon the world the light of knowledge; * for thereby, they that worshipped the stars * were taught by a star * to worship Thee, the Sun of Righteousness, * and to know Thee, the Dayspring from on high. * O Lord, glory be to Thee! ... Kontakion of the Nativity of the Lord (Tone 3) Today the Virgin giveth birth to Him Who is transcendent in essence; * and the earth offereth a cave to Him Who is unapproachable. * Angels with shepherds give glory; * with a star the Magi do journey; * for our sake a young Child is born, Who is preëternal God.

Nativity Epistle of His Eminence Hilarion, Metropolitan of Eastern America & New York, First Hierarch of the Russian Church Abroad Your Graces, brother-archpastors, reverend fathers, beloved brothers and sisters in the Lord! GREETINGS ON THE NATIVITY OF CHRIST!...Continue reading

A Big Thank You to our generous benefactors for your support, in helping us to complete the Jordanville 2020 Year-End Drive successfully! May the Good Lord grant each of you and your families a Blessed Feast of the Nativity of Christ, and that you enjoy Joy, Peace and Good Health in the New Year!

Holy Trinity Seminary announces the beginning of a brand-new initiative to invest time, resources, and energy into the creative teaching of music and liturgics. This Living Liturgy course represents a restructuring and recentering of the curriculum towards what has always been Jordanville’s renowned strength. With the special guidance of Dr. Nicolas Schidlovsky (HTS Dean) and Deacon Nicholas Kotar (Director of Choral Programs), this effort is eliciting an enthusiastic response from the Seminary’s students as well as colleagues, liturgists, and church musicians around the world. Stay tuned for exciting developments in the weeks, months, and years ahead

Jordanville’s Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary opened the 2020-21 academic year with a series of events which took place during the first two weeks of September. The majority of students arrived on campus by August 17 .... orientation took place for new students on Monday August 31 and for all students (new and returning) on Tuesday, September 1. for more information, visit our website at https://hts.edu/news_200916_1

Sunrise this morning in Jordanville!

Your participation in the Jordanville Annual Fund 2020 helps to support the many good things that are happening in the Monastery and Seminary’s growing communities! We thank everyone who has made a contribution, and for those who may be interested in donating ... visit our website at https://hts.edu/support

Jordanville Annual Fund 2020 Appeal is Launched Dear Brothers and Sisters, I greet each of you with great joy in the name of Our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ! The recent months have proven to be very different, and indeed challenging for all. And yet, our daily life continues here in Jordanville. In fact, several weeks ago, we celebrated an unprecedented milestone in our seminary with the graduation of our first Master of Divinity student. You can read more about that by vis...iting https://hts.edu/news_200603_1 There are many other good things happening in Jordanville. Your support of the Jordanville Annual Fund again this year will enable us to continue doing all that Holy Trinity Monastery has been so fervently accomplishing on behalf of our Orthodox Church - for ninety years now. Your gift, no matter what size, will be a true vote of confidence in the very special path chosen by all the members of our ever-growing communitythe monastics, the students, and our outstanding faculty at Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary. Let us remember first of allespecially at this moment in historyto increase the fervency of our daily prayer. And, please pray for us too May this message serve as a reminder that Jordanville’s Holy Trinity Monasteryalong with its remarkable Seminaryare ever in need of everyone’s benevolence. You can support our ongoing mission by your donation, which can be sent to us by mail, or if you prefer donating electronically, that can be one through Facebook, through PayPal or directly through our seminary website by visiting: https://hts.edu/support May the Good Lord’s blessings and joy remain with each one of youalways! Sincerely, in Christ, Bishop Luke Abbot of Holy Trinity Monastery Rector of the Seminary

An article by our third year M.Div student and Jordanville Monk Subdeacon Theodore (Stanway) entitled 'Saint Sergius of Radonezh and the Hesychast Movement' 'was published on the website 'Orthodox Christianity' on the Feast of St. Sergius this past Saturday, July 18. For the full article, visit https://orthochristian.com/132745.html

Seminary Associate Professor Deacon Andrei Psarev’s Work in the Inter-Council Assembly Deacon Andrei Psarev, Associate Professor of Canon Law and Russian Church History at Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary in Jordanville is a participating member of the Inter-Council Assembly (ICA) of the Russian Orthodox Church. From January 30 to January 31, 2020, the hall of church councils at the Moscow Christ the Savior cathedral hosted a plenum uniting all members of the Inter-Council Ass...embly. The ICA, founded in 2009 to draft position papers on a range of topics dealing with the external and the internal life of the Church, comprises 204 people: 81 bishops, 74 clerics (including 14 monks and 1 deacon), 12 abbesses, 1 rasaphor nun, 36 laymen and 20 laywomen. At the end of 2019, new clergy members from the Archdiocese of Russian Orthodox Churches in Western Europe were incorporated into the ICA... On March 17, 2020, the Commission met again at the Sretensky Theological Seminary in Moscow... Father Andrei was assigned to submit a report to the commission on practical relations of the Russian Church Abroad with non-Orthodox Christians. He has already touched upon this matter in his talk at the fourth Pan-Diaspora Council in San Francisco, in 2006... For the full write-up on the important work being done by the ICA, as well as a link to Fr Andrei's work during the fourth Pan-Diaspora Council, visit our website at: https://hts.edu/news_200718_1 See more

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The Faculty and Staff of Holy Trinity Seminary in Jordanville regret to announce that the conference -- "Russian Ecclesial Identity in a Changing World: Pathways, Thresholds...Formative Encounters" -- will not take place this October 28-31 as originally planned. We look forward to announcing an alternative schedule just as soon as the conditions change for optimal accomplishment of this exciting public undertaking. Please stay tuned!

Seminary’s M.Div. program graduates first student Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary is pleased to announce that on Sunday, May 31, 2020, Priest Daniel Franzen became the first candidate in the seventy-two-year history of the seminary to be awarded the graduate level degree of Master of Divinity, summa cum laude. Because of well-known restrictions, a limited format was used this year in place of the annual commencement. Fr. Daniel received academic scholarships for each of his t...hree semesters at Holy Trinity Seminary. On Friday, May 29, 2020, he successfully defended his thesis entitled Original Sin: A Challenge to Contemporary Orthodox Views from an Historical Perspective. Substantial interest was expressed by a good number of scholars, who were present at this premier public event via the internet. His Grace Bishop Luke, Rector, and Dr. Nicolas Schidlovsky, HTOS Dean, together with distinguished members of the board of trustees, the administration, and the student body, congratulate Fr. Daniel and his family on this occasion. Much gratitude is also due to the faculty of the Seminary itself, whose members have been so important during these formative academic years for Fr. Daniel. We would also like to acknowledge The Orthodox Pastoral School of Chicago, ROCOR’s Fund for Assistance, The Lukianov Family Foundation, The Col. George Codrea USMC Memorial Scholarship, and The St. Seraphim Scholarship. All of these organizations and their numerous benefactors have made this possible. For additional biographical information, visit our website at https://hts.edu/news_200603_1

Paschal Epistle of His Eminence, Metropolitan Hilarion, First Hierarch of the Russian Church Abroad Eminent Brother-Archpastors, Reverend Fathers, Dear Brothers and Sisters, CHRIST IS RISEN!... With the joy of God’s Kingdom, as we are "divinely glad, for Christ is risen" (from the Paschal Canon), I offer my Paschal greeting to all: both to those who have successfully completed the reclusion of their quarantine, celebrating now in the churches and communing of Christ’s Holy Mysteries; and also to those who yet abide in the desert of solitude and various restrictions, dedicating the better portion of their time to private prayer, spiritually beneficial reading, and interaction with loved ones. May the former and the latter both, in the words of St. John Chrysostom, "honor the day," receiving in their hearts the riches of God’s goodness! As I began to compose my greeting and sought pre-Paschal inspiration in the works of the ever-memorable Metropolitan Anastassy (Gribanovsky), who reposed 55 years ago, I opened a compendium of his writings and found the following words: "In the silence of the desert, your Paschal joy can be fuller, brighter, and more complete than ours, for it is not stolen away by the brilliant tumult with which we fill the Feast, rather than spending it in quiet and thoughtful contemplation of the great Paschal mystery and in serene and imperturbable peace." These instructive words of His Beatitude, Metropolitan Anastassy, remind us that, on the holy Paschal night, everyone is called to become an animate temple, in the depths of which he can and must feel the joy and triumph of the heavens, which glorify Christ the Giver of Life. Visit the EAD website for the rest of Vladyka Hilarion's Paschal Epistle, courtesy of the Eastern American Diocese. https://www.eadiocese.org/news_200418_2

Homily for Great and Holy Saturday by Monk Theodore "In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Dear Brothers!... Today, God lies in the tomb, not as one dead, but as one resting from the completion of a great work. In the silence of this great and holy day, Our Lord keeps His Sabbath, having rendered a new creation by the work of His mighty hands. In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth; today the heavens weep for their crucified King and the earth quakes in horror as it receives its Creator into the protective embrace of the cave. On the first day, He called light and darkness into being; today, the light of the world is seemingly extinguished and darkness reigns in the heart of man. On the second day, He divided the waters; today He Who turned back the Jordan and calmed the storm of Galilee is washed by the tears of the myrrh-bearers. On the third day, He called the dry land from the sea and brought forth the herbs and seeds, the trees and fruits of the earth; today, the root of Jesse, murdered upon the tree, is planted in the tomb as the seed of eternal life. On the fourth day, He called the great lights and the stars into being, the sun to rule by day and the moon by night; today, sun and moon turn their faces away in shame at the cruel murder of their Creator, bringing darkness upon the earth. On the fifth day, He brought forth the birds of the air and creatures of the sea; today, the birdsong has fallen silent in lamentation as their Master lies dead in the sepulcher. On the sixth day, He raised up the beasts of the land and made with His very own hands the crown of His creation: the man Adam, made in His divine image, breathing into him the breath of life; today, the Creator lies dead, slain by the hands of ungrateful Adam........" For the remainder of this homily, visit the monastery website by clicking here: https://jordanville.org/news_200418_1