Information and Instructions

Information

Students applying for admission to Saint Herman's Orthodox Theological Seminary must first complete the application process. Applications for admission should be submitted no later than July 1. The ending date for accepting applications is important for financial aid considerations. If you are submitting your application after July 1st, please contact the office at [email protected]

Potential students must be accredited high school graduates, or they must have passed the General Educational Development test (G.E.D.). Since the course program is offered on a yearly basis, students can be admitted at mid-term only by special exception from the Rector and Dean. Alaskan students will receive priority of admission. Although primarily serving the Diocese of Alaska, the Seminary offers educational opportunities to all those interested in theological studies and for those who may be serving the Orthodox Church outside of Alaska. 

Typically, the admission application is sent with the Seminary catalog. Once the Seminary has received the application along with the following required material, the Registrar will send a letter of acknowledgment. Included are directions to assist applicants in completing any unmet requirements. For students who petition the Seminary for readmission, if accepted, the Dean in consultation with the Registrar reserves the right to determine which previously obtained credits may be applied to the completion of the current program.

Instructions

Applicants are required to submit the following to be considered for admission:

1. An Online application or a printed application
2. A hand-written or typed autobiographical essay, no more than two pages in length, describing why you desire to attend seminary, your expectations, interests for seminary, and reflections on aspects of life that have supported your active participation and service in the Church
3. A hand-written or typed autobiographical essay, no more than two pages in length, in your wife's own words, describing why she desire's to attend seminary, her expectations, interests for seminary, and reflections on aspects of life that have supported her active participation and service in the Church
4. A complete official transcript, not a photocopy, from all institutions which the applicant attended
5. A letter of recommendation from the applicant’s confessor, local priest or parish reader AND a letter of endorsement from your Diocesan Hierarch  (click here)
6. A baptismal certificate (or copy)
7. Full background check (click here)
8. A recent, passport-sized (2"x2") photograph
9. A check or money order in the amount of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) as a processing fee