St. Tikhon’s Orthodox Theological Seminary is an institution of professional Orthodox Christian theological education, chartered by the Department of Education of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and affiliated with the Orthodox Church in America. In a rural environment conducive to spiritual growth and academic study, the Seminary nurtures the theological vocations of its students and faculty, who share the unique opportunity of learning and teaching Orthodox theology in the framework of their daily experience of a rich heritage of Russian Orthodox spiritual and liturgical tradition.
The primary mission of the Seminary lies in providing the necessary theological, liturgical, spiritual and moral foundations for Orthodox men to become, as God so wills, good shepherds of His Holy Orthodox Church.
Someone should make a board game regarding the Faith. At one time, I think there was Bibleopoly. But, find ways to have fun learning, not saying where one loses a sober disposition, but where everyone has fun.
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It is always so hard to concentrate on the teaching with so much background Noise. You know...we need this Now: the Teaching of the Lord for us. So please take seriously your audio and visual technology! If i looked at a Rock Star..yep clear as a bell..but for some interesting reason the Word from a Monastic is always poor quality audio and visual. Step up to the Plate and help the Lord give His Word. Peace! Thank you.
I am going to approach the priesthood with humility and carefulness. I’ve felt the flame a few times but was knocked off course through deception and foolishness. I’m at a point now where I’m saying “ yes” and heading towards it. I’m not sure how it will happen as I hold only an Associate’s degree in Addiction Counselling. I’m soon to be 39. Married with three children living in Central Asia at the moment. But, if it is God’s will nothing will stop it. Please pray for me my friends!
you are here again?? I have seen you at another video somewhere! it seems both of us are going through the same thing so we are finding similar videos hmmm
May God bless you my friend! I will pray for you. Please pray for me. I am also leaning towards the priesthood, and am trying not to resist. Praise be to God.
Matushka is such a cheerful positive woman, God helped these people because they put in 110% but it’s rare to see women want to live in Wayne Co let alone for young people to want to live in wilderness
I think about this often I pray about it and it burns like a fire in me. I am 31 and fear I am too old. I never went to college as I stupidly dropped out to enlist in the military when I was young and naive. I fear I may have ruined my dream before ever being able to recognize it...
@@fadydib2102 hey truly thank you so much for this. I came to the faith within the last year and had given up the fire to wanting to be a priest when I left Catholicism when I was younger. Finding orthodoxy has been the ultimate blessing and I feel that call again attending my parish. I struggled with feeling like I waited to long or am too late.
I am 25, but I have much further to go before I’m ready than most people. I’ve only been Chrismated for 1 year and I’ve yet to defeat a single one of my passions. I certainly don’t think it’s too late for you since most priests I see in my country are over 40 years old.
My godfather was ordained in his late 40s. He basically lived an entire life in a STEM job, but God called him to the priesthood and he answered, and he is now an incredibly faithful and godly spiritual father and servant of the Lord.
@@sushiwithasword5089 thank you for this. I want to be a byzantine Priest but have not even attended a Divine Liturgy because there is none in Nigeria. I figured it out through study and the internet. So i hope i can save up and move to europe soon
I'm not discerning a priestly vocation, but I have received a blessing from my spiritual father to discern the diaconate. I might come here perhaps, a lot of it may depend on my fiancee whom I will wed here soon.
The Diaconate as a lifelong calling is worthy in itself. My mentor is one who was heading toward the priesthood but backed up and became and stayed in the Diaconate-to the angst of those pushing him. The Diaconate is that connective tissue between the laity and the priest. In the Antiochian archdiocese, we saw with the explosive growth in the 80s and 90s "all available" called up to the priesthood. What this meant was that a generation of priests served without having a Deacon there. While the priest can do the Liturgy, it's fullness is not lived out without the Deacon. A parish isn't "complete" without SEVEN deacons (wow).
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I’m trying not to think emotionally, but this video had me crying all the way through. It’s like every objection in my heart was spoken to. But it’s seems impossible. I have a bunch of accumulated credits both from an Orthodox and a Protestant school. My both of my kids will be in high school next year but they are homeschooled. My wife is epileptic and needs care. It all seems so overwhelming, except I can’t escape it.
I am an Orthodox priest who obtained my MDiv rather unconventionally. No undergrad, just a diploma in Respiratory Therapy. Went to SVS for two semesters as a Registered Auditor back in 1999. I only wanted to take courses and get an “education.” Returned home and with one academic year of graduate level credits (actually a year and one half’s worth...I took as many courses as humanly possible), I approached the local RC college and applied for entry into their BDiv program. They saw that since I was a mature student (35 years old) and that I had demonstrated that I could perform well at the graduate level (they transferred nearly all of SVS credits as they are both ATS schools), they gave me entry straight into their MDiv program. I had no idea this could be done! I only discovered this when it was offered to me. So now I have 2 diplomas (I recently earned a Diploma in Digital Media and IT at age 56!) and a Roman Catholic MDiv. I guess what I’m saying is this: if you are being called, the Lord will help you find a way. Your mature status, I’m guessing, will help you quite a bit. The rules tend to be relaxed a bit for mature students. We can talk off line if you wish; just let me know. Fr. Ron.
If you are called, brother, you will know. I understand where you’re at. Like you, I also have a wife who is very sick, with leukaemia, so I know how it is. I am in seminary in my last semester and I don’t even know how I will be able to pay for my final semester because since she can’t work anymore we are struggling pretty bad. Many helped me in the church before, but lately it has not come through. Still, His will be done. I trust that He will find a way and see me through. I have learned that it is all part of the journey in carrying one’s cross. But remember what Our Lord said: “with men it is impossible, but not with God: for with God all things are possible.” - Matthew 19:16-26 You and your family are surely in our prayers. God bless you, and may the Theotokos be with you. ☦️🙏
I was spiritually struggling recently as well and after praying, I [accidentally] found Acts17Apologetics (David Wood); I though it might be useful for you, or someone else reading. Glory to the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit for this find, I feel like I hit a gold mine with David Wood; please pray for him. God bless, thank you for these amazing insightful videos <3
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I know that it requires a bachlors degree to go here but I only have an associate's degree and I'm getting old so if achieving a bachlors degree is not possible, is there any hope for me?
Look up the story of Father Matthew Baker, one of the most intelligent young men the Orthodox Church had to offer, who tragically died too young. He was accepted to Saint Tikhon's without a BA.
Not true, brother. Many seminaries also have certificate programs for people in your situation. I am in the same boat and I am currently finishing my last semester. But I would love to go back eventually and, God willing, earth an M.Div. God bless you, brother.
Very Humbling to see the work of God in a family’s life. The step of faith motivated by a love for God and the quiet call of the Holy Spirit that never ceases. Your lives will never be the same in a good way. For all your days will be lived for an Eternal purpose, that souls will be brought to Heaven to and for God’s Glory.
Can a person who wants to become a priest in the Indian Orthodox church study here... I am 16 years old and my father is also an orthodox priest.. Could you please guide..
@@bijogeojose7209 Actually, the Indian Oriental Orthodox Church does send seminarians to STOTS. They are deeply involved in the community, and many of them became very close with me! It is regrettable they could not share the Eucharist with us, but history and doctrine keeps us separate. Still, their Priests came to celebrate their Liturgy and they traveled to Parishes on the Saturday and Sunday. As their Brother, I always welcomed them to our Liturgies and I would give them Antidoron, sometimes seeing their tears!
