Saint Basil Academy

by Father Jesse Philo “O heavenly King, O Comforter...” My daughter, Emma, and I join voices for the beginning of evening prayers. I have been praying the evening prayers with Emma since she was an infant—6 years of prayers. For the most part she has merely listened, perhaps saying “amen” at the end as her only vocal contribution. “Holy … [Read more...]

From The Illumined Heart, a program on Ancient Faith Radio: There is a growing movement afoot to create elementary and secondary "Orthodox schools" in the U.S. Kevin Allen discusses this development with veteran educator Bryan Smith, the Director of the Orthodox Schools Association and the Director-Headmaster of Saint Peter's Classic School in Fort … [Read more...]

by Mrs. Thompson “Six pages a day... no way!” “That was really interesting. I would read that book again!” “Ten pages a day? Really? That's impossible!” “It is getting to the interesting parts now. Can we read ahead?” These were just a few of the comments uttered by the 5th through 8th grade Literature class. The high expectations … [Read more...]

Services for the Feast of Saint Basil will be celebrated at St. Silouan Church: Great Vespers: 6:30pm, Wednesday, January 13 Divine Liturgy: 6:30am, Thursday, January 14 Immediately after the Liturgy, we will have a blessing and share St. Basil's bread. Vasilópita (St. Basil's bread) is a traditional New Year's Day bread or cake in Greece … [Read more...]

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Above: A few of the items in the Picturing America materials. From top left: “Freedom of Speech” by Norman Rockwell; Anasazi handicrafts; William Van Alen’s Chrysler Building; Frank Lloyd Wright’s house Falling Water; Ambrose Bierstadt’s “Looking Down Yosemite Valley”; Winslow Homer’s “The Veteran in a New Field”; James Kareles’ … [Read more...]