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Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary is a graduate and undergraduate institution for professional Orthodox Christian theological education under the jurisdiction of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia and is chartered by the Board of Regents of The University of the State of New York for and on behalf of the State Education Department. Sharing its grounds with Holy Trinity Monastery, a spiritual center of the Russian Diaspora, in the environs of picturesque and historical Upstate New York, the seminary provides a unique environment for immersion in the living Tradition of the Russian Orthodox Faith, for spiritual growth and academic formation of students to serve the Church as clergy, monastics, choir directors, cantors, iconographers, and lay leaders.

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  • A Clear Threat For The Future of Holy Trinity Monastery and Seminary
    07/07/25
    Terra-Gen Energy, a renewable energy developer, is surrounding the properties of Holy Trinity Monastery and Seminary, a National Historic Site registered on the National Register of Historic Places.
  • ANNOUNCEMENT: ACCREDITATION CANDIDATE STATUS GRANTED TO THE SEMINARY BY MIDDLE STATES COMMISSION ON HIGHER ACCREDITATION
    07/01/25
    We are pleased to announce that Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary is now accredited by the Middle States Commission of Higher Education, in Candidate Status.
  • Dual Degree Alumnus Ordained to the Holy Priesthood
    06/26/25
    On Sunday June 22, the second Sunday after Pentecost, the commemoration of All Saints of Russia, after the Cherubic Hymn at the Hierarchal Divine Liturgy, His Grace, Bishop LUKE of Syracuse ordained D
  • COMMENCEMENT 2025: HOLY TRINITY SEMINARY MARKS THE CONCLUSION OF THE 77TH ACADEMIC YEAR
    06/23/25
    On June 15, 2024,  the 1st Sunday after Pentecost, the Sunday of All Saints, Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary held commencement exercises at the conclusion of its 77th academic year.
  • M.Div. Student Ordained to the Holy Diaconate
    05/23/25
    On the Fourth Sunday of Pascha, The Sunday of the Paralytic, His Grace, Bishop LUKE of Syracuse, ordained first year M.Div. student, Subdeacon Nicholas Wildman, to the Holy Diaconate.
  • Bishop Luke makes Archpastoral Visit to The Parish of the Entrance of the Holy Virgin
    05/20/25
    On May 4, the Sunday of the Myrrh-bearing Women, the 3rd Sunday of Pascha, His Grace Bishop Luke of Syracuse made an archpastoral visit to the Church of the Entrance into the Temple of the Holy Virgin
  • Seminary Alumnus Ordained in the Serbian Orthodox Church by Another Seminary Alumnus
    05/16/25
    On April 17, 2025, Great and Holy Thursday, Deacon Miloš Božić (HTOS Class of 2019) was ordained to the Holy Priesthood by His Grace, SERAFIM (Baltić - HTOS Class of 2008) Bishop of Kostajnica
  • Jordanville Seminary Annual Fund Paschal Appeal 2025
    05/02/25
    May, 2025 Your generous support of Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary is making a difference. Whenever we think of you and your fellow seminary supporters, our hearts are full of gratitude. Thank you
  • Youth Lenten Pilgrimage To Holy Trinity Monastery
    03/25/25
    From March 14-18, youth from across the New England Deanery of the Eastern American Diocese gathered for the 4th annual pilgrimage to Holy Trinity Monastery in Jordanville, NY.
  • Bishop Luke Hosts Tea Time With Wives Of Seminarians
    03/20/25
    Just prior to the beginning of the Great Fast, His Grace Bishop Luke hosted a ‘Russian Tea’ with the wives of our current married seminarians.
  • Clean Week and Sunday of Orthodoxy in Jordanville
    03/12/25
    Clean Week began the Great Fast in Jordanville with the seminarians and brotherhood engaged in strict fasting and a rigorous cycle of services and prayer.
  • HTOS 2024 Annual Report
    02/28/25
    Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary Releases 2024 Annual Report
  • Two Seminarians Ordained On The Feast Of The Meeting Of Our Lord In The Temple
    02/26/25
    On Saturday, February 2/15, two ordinations of seminarians took place on the Great Feast of The Meeting of Our Lord in the Temple.
  • Feast of the Three Hierarchs includes an Ordination to the Holy Diaconate
    02/26/25
    The feast of the Three Hierarchs, the patronal feast of the seminary, was celebrated on February 12th, 2025 at Holy Trinity Monastery Cathedral in Jordanville, NY.
  • Seminarians from Holy Trinity participate in OISM retreat at St. Tikhon's Seminary
    02/23/25
    With the blessing of His Eminence, Metropolitan Nicholas (Olhovsky), seminarians representing Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary (HTOS) attended a retreat over the weekend of November 8-10, 2024, which wa
  • Seminary's Professor of Canon Law Participates in Inaugural OCLSNA Conference
    02/23/25
    The seminary administration is pleased to share that Rev. Protodeacon Andrei Psarev, Ph.D., Professor of Canon Law and Russian Church History, and Seminarian John Kurr (3rd year B.
  • Protodeacon Victor Lochmatow marks 50th Anniversary of Diaconal Ordination
    12/31/24
    On December 6/19, 2024, the feast of St Nicholas, Archbishop of Myra and Lycia, the Wonderworker, the entire seminary and monastery community in Jordanville congratulated Protodeacon Victor Lochmatow
  • Bishop Luke leads Seminary Choir delegation to St Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Howell (Lakewood) NJ
    12/25/24
    On the weekend of December 7-8, at the invitation of cathedral rector, Archpriest Serge Lukianov, His Grace Bishop Luke, bringing the Jordanville Pochaev Mother of God, led the seminary choi
  • Seminary Congratulates Priest Ephraim Willmarth on Clerical Award
    12/04/24
    On Saturday, November 2, 2024, during the Hierarchal Divine Liturgy celebrating the 60th anniversary of the founding of St. John of Kronstadt Memorial Church in Utica, NY, and the 7-0th anniversary&nb
  • Seminary's Office of Development Launches 2024 Year End Appeal
    10/30/24
    October, 2024 Your generous support of Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary is making a difference. Whenever we think of you and your fellow seminary supporters, our hearts are full of gratitude. Thank
  • Convocation held to open the 2024-25 Academic Year
    09/21/24
    The new academic year has begun at Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary. After a few days of orientation for new students and the traditional Labor Day pilgrimage to the monastery, the annual convocation w
  • Seminary Professor Visits Southern States
    09/11/24
    Our Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia is multifaceted. Here one can see parishes consisting of the descendants of those who founded the ROCOR, parishes founded after the collapse of the USSR,
  • Summer Youth Program 2024
    08/28/24
    The Summer Youth Program at Holy Trinity Monastery was created to introduce young men to the deep spiritual traditions of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad.
  • HTOS MDiv Student and Member of the Monastery Brotherhood is Ordained to the Holy Priesthood
    08/01/24
    On the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul, His Grace, Bishop LUKE of Syracuse, ordained Hierodeacon Ignacio (Matzschke-Brull) to the Holy Priesthood.
  • Holy Trinity Seminary Choir travels to San Francisco to participate in the 30th anniversary celebration of St John's Glorification
    07/17/24
    At the invitation of His Eminence, Archbishop KYRILL of San Francisco and Western America,  a delegation from Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary in Jordanville, NY, headed by His Grace Bishop LUKE of
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