As a headmaster, I embrace each year with the hope that students will aspire to holiness and excellence, to become complete humans in search of wisdom and virtue. While academics and discipline are important to a classical education, they are only one small part of student formation.
I have always hated the phrase, “those who can’t do, teach.” For one thing, it presents teachers as ones who only do so because the things they teach can only be done by those with some special skill, one they do not possess, and hence they hold the manual on how to...
The morning dew drips from a blade of grass, as a deer, like a general, stands tall in the field overlooking his domain.
Plato’s Allegory of the Cave from Book VII of the Republic has been a mainstay of discussion for millennia. As a whole, the dialogue wrestles with the definition of justice, what it is and what it is not.
Join The Chamber on Wednesday, May 18, 2022 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM EST, as we celebrate the grand opening of St. John Chrysostom Academy in Bethlehem, PA! Ribbon Cutting Ceremony at 5:30pm. Register Here St. John Chrysostom Academy is an Orthodox private school providing a...
We live in a fallen world⎯a world full of pain, sorrow, and death. Yet, we also live in a world that is beautiful, full of wonder and imagination. If only we had the common sense to stop and observe. Because of these conflicting realities, each one of us is presented...
Join us at Chrysostom Academy for your student to attend in the 2022-2023 academic year! Our Open House is for all seeking to learn more for the first time. We look forward to meeting you.
Dear Saint Constantine Families, Friends, and Supporters, If you are like me, one of the first things you do when you find out you are expecting a child is to give them a name. “If we have a boy, he will be called this…” or “if we have a girl, she will be called...
Classical and Orthodox: An Essay of Education's Permanent Things Part III-Classical and Orthodox Education: What's in a name? In their desire to set themselves apart from the nonsense going on in many public and private schools, many classical schools become knowledge...
Classical and Orthodox: An Essay of Education's Permanent Things Part II-Classical School Distinctions In last week's post, I started a discussion about classical and Orthodox education. In this week's blog, I will investigate those areas which make classical schools...