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Source: Orthodox Church in America YONKERS, NY [SVOTS Communications] Priests, chaplains, and other professionals in ministry may now earn an accredited Doctor of Ministry (D.Min.) degree online through a new program at Saint Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary, Yonkers, NY.The hybrid program, which combines distance learning with one–week, on–campus intensives, is bridging a gap for students who cannot reside full time on campus. The program will begin in fall 2013, and applications now are being accepted. “Pastors today face immense challenges,” emphasized the Rev. Dr. J. Sergius Halvorsen, assistant professor of Homiletics and Rhetoric at Saint Vladimir’s and the program’s director.…