With the blessing of His Eminence, Metropolitan PHILIP, the Antiochian Seminarians from St. Tikhon's Seminary, St. Vladimir's Seminary and Holy Cross Seminary, gathered at the Antiochian Village for three days of discussion and fellowship.

This new track, as part of the Antiochian House of Studies, was led by the Very Reverend John Abdullah and the Reverend Fred Pfeil, and it provided the seminarians a chance to get to know each other and discuss issues that do not get addressed at the seminary.

Seminarians from the Diocese of Los Angeles and the West that participated in the gathering were:

Deacon John Christianson (First Year, St. Tikhon's)
Subdeacon John Mahfouz (First Year, St. Vladimir's)
Subdeacon Nathan Thompson (Second Year, St. Tikhon's)
Subdeacon Kevin Meyers (Third Year, St. Tikhon's)
Subdeacon Michael Habib (Second Year, St. Tikhon's)
Reader Rico Monge (Third Year, St. Vladimir's)
Ashur Alkas (First Year, St. Vladimir's)