The seminaries of the Orthodox Church in America celebrated their 2026 commencement exercises in May. His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon presided at the commencement exercises of St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary and St. Tikhon’s Orthodox Theological Seminary, offering words of encouragement and his archpastoral blessing to the graduates, their families, and the seminary communities. St. Herman Seminary in Kodiak, Alaska, also marked its commencement exercises with the tonsuring of new readers and the recognition of students and members of the seminary community.
