A curriculum infused with the arts
Academic symposia and conferences
Publications and cultural events
updates
The State of the Sacred Arts
Read an account of our many activities over the past year, and news from our Institute.
In Memoriam: The Very Rev. Dr Ivan Moody
Protopresbyter Ivan Moody (1964–2024) fell asleep in the Lord on January 18, 2024. Fr Ivan was a world-renowned composer and conductor, an affiliated faculty member of the Institute of Sacred Arts (ISA) at St Vladimir’s Seminary, and the founding Chairman of the International Society for Orthodox Church Music (ISOCM). Read the In Memoriam, and listen to a special episode on the Luminous podcast in tribute to Fr Ivan.
Listen to our podcast
Tune in to a series of conversations with artists, scholars, practitioners of all walks of life. How do you experience and understand the sacred, in and through the arts?
Current and future guests include David Rothenberg, Margot Fassler, Makoto Fujimura, Jeremy Begbie, Krista West, and many more.
events
The 42nd Annual Fr Alexander Schmemann Memorial Lecture
Dr Henry Maguire, Emeritus Professor of the History of Art at Johns Hopkins University, will deliver the keynote presentation, “Heaven to Earth, Earth to Heaven: Neoplatonic Theology and the Art of Byzantine Churches.”
Listen & Read
Luminous
conversations on sacred arts
Illuminations
Student voices on the arts
Reflections
videos and essays
curriculum
Ma / Concentration in sacred arts
a curriculum
Faculty
and affiliates
Artists in residence
spring 2023
Past Signature Events
Online Pan-Orthodox Music Symposium
June 11-13, 2020
Byzantine Materiality workshop and Conference
May 8-11, 2019 and September 14-16, 2018
Arvo PÄrt: Sounding the Sacred
May 1-4, 2017
Arvo PäRT Project
St. Vladimir’s Seminary has a longstanding relationship with the Arvo Pärt Centre, resulting in concerts, events, and publications.
