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The State of the Sacred Arts
AUTUMN 2025 UPDATE
Read an account of our many activities and news from our Institute.
State of the sacred arts - Past Updates
News & Events
2026 Summer Music Institute
We are excited to announce the return of St. Vladimir’s Seminary’s Summer Music Institute, to be held on campus from June 23–27, 2026, with pre-institute intensive June 22–23. Teachers and experts including Alexander Lingas, Vladimir Morosan, Photini Downie Robinson, Juliana Woodill, and Alice Hughes will lead courses of study on vocal technique and choral conducting, as well as advanced seminars on Orthodox music.
Rethinking Sacred Arts
What makes art sacred? Can an object be inherently holy—or does sacredness lie in its use?
Saint Vladimir’s Seminary (SVS) Press’s new book, Rethinking Sacred Arts, brings together leading scholars and artists to explore these and other questions across visual art, architecture, music, poetry, and liturgy. This first installment in SVS Press’s new Sacred Arts series is ideal for practitioners and scholars alike. It offers a vital resource for anyone probing the spiritual dimensions of art within an academic or liturgical context.
Iconographer George Kordis Leads Workshops on Campus
This summer, the Institute of Sacred Arts brought back world-renowned iconographer Dr. George Kordis and his icon-painting school, Writing the Light. Kordis also sat down with ISA Director Peter Bouteneff to record another fantastic conversation for the Luminous Podcast.
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.
