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'''St. Tikhon's Orthodox Theological Seminary (South Canaan, Pennsylvania)''' is one of three [[seminary]] institutions of professional theological education in the [[Orthodox Church in America]]. (The other two schools are [[St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary (Crestwood, New York)]] and [[St. Herman's Orthodox Theological Seminary (Kodiak, Alaska)]].) It is attached to [[St. Tikhon's Orthodox Monastery (South Canaan, Pennsylvania)|St. Tikhon's Orthodox Monastery]] and is located on the same grounds.
== Overview ==
Some students pursue a baccalaureate equivalency program in cooperation with Marywood University, which makes them eligible to enter the M.Div. course of studies.
==Faculty and staff==
The president of the seminary is the current [[primate]] of the OCA, Metr. [[Herman (Swaiko) of Washington and New York]], and the current rector is Bp. [[Tikhon (Mollard) of Philadelphia]], both of whom serve on the faculty. Additionally, there are two deans, Archpriest [[Michael Dahulich]] and Archpriest [[Alexander Golubov]], who serve as dean of the seminary and academic dean, respectively.
Most of the faculty are ordained clergy, the bulk of whom serve as adjunct instructors, being parish priests, as well. In former times, members of the monastic community also served as faculty and staff, but with the advanced age of much of the brotherhood, such activity has been more limited in recent years.
There are also several lay professors, as well, notably including Dr. [[Harry Boosalis]], Drs. [[David Ford]] and [[Mary Ford]], and Dr. [[Christopher Veniamin]], all of whom are published contributors of Orthodox materials in English, including history, theology, patristics and translation work. Drs. Mary Ford and Christopher Veniamin were also associated personally with Elder [[Sophrony of Essex|Sophrony (Sakharov)]], the spiritual son and biographer of St. [[Silouan the Athonite]]. Multiple works regarding St. Silouan and Elder Sophrony have been published by members of the faculty, and ties with Elder Sophrony's [[monastery]] in Essex, England, remain strong.
==Student life==
In former years, most students entering St. Tikhon's were under the age of twenty and unmarried, but the current student population now has a slight majority of married students, who are often older and have children. In total, there are roughly sixty seminarians studying at St. Tikhon's, along with a few of the seminary wives who take classes. While most seminarians are affiliated with the OCA, a growing number of about one third come from other [[jurisdiction]]s, the largest group of which are from the [[Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America|Antiochian Archdiocese]] and make up a little over 10% of the student body. There have also been a small handful of [[Oriental Orthodox]] seminarians, as well. Most seminarians are American citizens, but about a tenth are from other countries, usually studying to return to serve in their homelands. Most foreign students come from eastern European nations, but there have been seminarians from Africa, the Pacific, and northern and western Europe, as well. The majority of seminarians were also not born into the Orthodox faith but embraced it later in life.
Unmarried students live in the Metropolitan Leonty Dormitory. As there is not yet married student housing, seminarians who are married live with their families in nearby towns, especially Carbondale and Simpson, and commute to classes and church services.
