The gift represents a tithe, one-tenth of the total of $80,000 donated to the seminary during its successful #GivingTuesday campaign conducted on December 2. Seminary Chancellor/CEO Archpriest Chad Hatfield and Dean Archpriest John Behr were received by Patriarch John X and Metropolitan Joseph at the Archdiocese headquarters in Englewood, NJ, on His Beatitude’s first full day in the United States. The St. Vladimir’s leaders also gave him a palitza, embroidered with an icon of the Three Hierarchs, patrons of the seminary chapel.
In addition to presenting gifts to His Beatitude, the Chancellor and Dean presented an icon of the Great and Holy Prince Vladimir to Metropolitan Joseph in honor of his upcoming enthronement, and in recognition of his being the newly elected Vice President of the Board of Trustees of St. Vladimir’s Seminary.
