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Thine Apostle Among Kings, Constantine…
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 Education: What’s in a Name?
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 School Distinctions
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...
From the Headmaster’s Desk… Reflections on Classical Education
Classical and Orthodox: An Essay of Education's Permanent Things Part I- An Introduction Undeniably, there has been a shift over the last century in what schools teach as well as the way they teach. The product of this shift should cause all of us to pause, for the...
A Year in the Life of Opening an Classical Orthodox School…Reflections from the Headmaster
Dear St. Constantine School Families, Friends, and Benefactors, This post represents the first, God willing, of many documenting "Year Zero" at St. Constantine School of Lehigh Valley. The school was born out of a desire of parents, clergy, and families for a...
Christian Education through Life’s Labyrinth
by Nathan Friend, PhD Adjunct Instructor at DeSales University and Moravian College What is education? Central to my own answer is my own experience. If I could sum up in a sentence my quest: that the truth was Christ, that a relational pursuit of Him was key, and...
The One Thing Necessary for a Good Student
by Cyril Gary Jenkins, PhD Director, St. Basil Center for Orthodox Thought and Culture “We are not sure we are right until we have made the best case possible for those who are wrong.” Lord Acton Debates during the time of the Reformation could turn into bruising...