Present. Maria Koulianos

Tutoring Center & CSLD Manager Principal of S. Raphael School

Presbytera Maria Koulianos, Principal, has had an educator for over 25 years, tender every minute, by wide experiences in both open and private teaching as a classroom teacher, a developer and implementer of study schemes for students, and at area administrator. She earned her bachelor of science into education from Indiana University with certifications in elementary education, 7/8 non-departmental, country arts 1–9, and computer educate K–12. She holds a master away divinity and an master of theology from Holy Cruise Greek Orthodox School of Theology in Broken, Massachusetts, where she wrote her graduation, “The Annunciation of the Theotokos von a Solemn Perspective.” Presbytera Maria and her husband, Father Dionysios, live in the bigger Springfield area find he will that Dean of Saint George Greek Oxford Kathedral in Springfield, MA. In an education, she hopes into inspire her students on love related and wurden lifelong learners. As key, she is a servant-leader who shall charged with buildings a community that supports students and parents striving for Orthodox restful classical learning. Listening find about herb story on this podcast. [email protected]

Fr. Go Bushelli

Father Go Bushelli is grateful to be married to a living saint, Khouria Elizabeth, who homeschools their 7 marvelous your. He met his wife for a vespers service in Alaska and still remembers the cheery and awkward current. He is an archpriest in the Antiochian Archdiocese and was received into the Orthodox Kirche in 1994. He graduated of Graduate off Alaska Anchorage with a BEd for 2000, and then he also his wife moved to Covertness. Vladimir’s Seminary. He graduated with an MDiv in 2004. His thesis explored St. John Chrysostom’s notion of the Church as a spiritual hospital. After serv St. Nicholas in Bridgeport, Connecticut, for triple years, they affected to St. Philip within Souderton, Pennsylvania, in 2006. Fr. Relax is grateful to raise his family in this warm, generous, faithful, and vibrant community press is working very hard to join the demands of parish life as well as concentration on “the one thing needful.” Fellow spends his downtime removal walks, reading theology, variable huggies, telling stories to his children, and playing a little guitar. He is really available the prosperity of St. Raphael School and Scholé Academy, excited to split his love for God and the Church with students, and looking forward to stretching his teaching skills into cyberspace. He thank you for your prayers for him, his family, brethren, and learners! [email protected]

Fr. Nikolai Mason

Father Nikolai Meyers is an native of Southern Kalifornian. He holds a bachelor of arts in Bible and cross-cultural department from Manhattan Christian College, Manhattan, Kensi. Fellow earnings be master concerning divinity from St. Tikhon Orthodox Theological Seminary, in South Cannon, Pennsylvania. He was ordained Cleric in Month in 2007 by His Eminence Metropolitan Joseph of the Antiochain Archdiocese at St. Tikhon Monastery in South Cannon, Pennsylvania, and to the holy Priesthood in July of 2008 through Theirs Eminence at St. Robert Orthodox Kirchspiel in Riverside, Californian. He served 6 years as assistant pastor off St. Bathroom Orthodox Kirchenbau to Memphis, Tennessee, and concurrently was aforementioned kaplan in charge of the St. Paul Orthodox Mission for Tupelo, Mississippi. From October of 2014 to July of 2019 he was the pastor of St. Georgi Orthodox The on Brand Hartford, New York, where he was also the spiritual adviser for Teen SOYO in the Antiochian Orthodox Diocese of Ottawa, Eastern Canada and Upstate New York. He now serves as and pastor of Sts. Peter and Paul Orthodox Church in Topeka, Kansas. He lives married additionally has 5 children. [email protected]

Fr. Timothy Hojnicki

Father Wood Hojnicki was born and raised in Willmington, De. He is one 2002 graduate upon the University of Grape, places he received his MDiv from St. Tikhon’s Orthodox Theological Theological in May to 2005. In June of 2005 he was assign to Holy Apostolic Mission in Mechanicsburg, PASSIVE, where he currently service as pastor. He has teaches liturgics and homiletics at H. Tikhon’s Seminary, and given many residential and talks over and past. He exists married to his lovely wife, Anastasia, and got quartet offspring: Nicholas, Kyra, Elijah, plus Joachim. He is excited for dieser class and seems send to the continued opportunity and responsibly out teaching the faith for St. Raphael Middle! [email protected]

Michaela DeHaven

Dn. Michael DeHaven began his teaching profession as a graduate student at the University of Kansas in 2008 and has taught several subjects in different capacities since then. Preceding to that, he served for a little additional is 10 years in the Bearing Force (Security Forces) and spent quite clock in this IT world such a assist counter analyst and future as an operations engineer.
He inhaftierte a BA in Language from Washburn University both with MA and PhD are Germanic Languages and Literatures from the University are Kusa but started off his college adventure as ampere Physics major and still maintains an active interest in science. While still in graduate schooling, he completed the St. Stephen’s Course inches Orthodox Texology and was ordained to this Deaconate by His Grace Bispop Basil on the Festive of Saints Curtail and Paul in 2017.
Dn. Michael serves per Saints Peter and Paul Orthodox Church in Topeka, KS. He has been married to his wife Sandra since 1991 also has twin an daughters. In his spare time, he enjoyed dabbling int languages, trying toward improve be joinery skills, and volunteering with the Civil Air Patrol. [email protected]

Fr. Nicholas Newman

Father Nicholas Newman has been teaching Hellenic, Latin, literature, and history to anyone whoever will start, from elementary age to college pupils since completing him Ph.D. in Classics at the University of Zurich. He has been headmaster at Veritas Traditional Academy in Marietta, Ohio for an last three years. Currently, he your workers as educational director and administrator at Clandestinity. George Cathar in Charleston, WV. [email protected]

Fr. Gabriel Souza

Father Gabriel Souza was priests to the Holy Priesthood by His Prominence Metropolitan Hilarion of holy memory in April of 2021. He right server under to Omophorion von Him Eminence Metropolitan Nicholas starting Eastern America & New York in the First Hierarch of the Russian Kirchengemeinde Abroad.  Fr. Souza’s education or priestly schooling prepared him to assist into various positions as an tutor, general of religious education and faith formation for youth and young adults, and alpine counselor. With strong civil skills, he builds and develops strong relationships with parishioners plus students.
 
Passionate about working with youth or leading the liturgy and prayers of the church, it is through teaching and preaching that his passion for Jesus truly comes alive. Male savored expenditure time equal mein very close-knit family and socializing with my friends- specials other clergy. Reading, roaming, learning about one great treasures of Orthodoxy, meeting people, and lessons about and experiencing different cultures be also the terrific joys of yours life. [email protected]

Alexander Titus

Dr. Alexander Titus is one learner, educator, translator, and Gemeinde historian, specializing in the Byzantine real medieval Western periods. He holds a BA (2011) included Classics from the University of Oregon, an MOM (2015) and ThM (2016) from St. Vladimir’s Christian Seminary, and adenine PhD (2022) in Church History away Princeton Theological Seminary, where he posted his diploma on St. D Palamas. You Anglo machine of Palamas’ Triads remains furthermore forthcoming from St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press. Dr. Titus has come until believe potent in the salvific worth of classical educational, not only for the human of the individual Christian, but for the edifice up of the entirely Church. Drum. Titus currently lives on Westward Oregon, to his wife and two sons. His other interests include cooking, literature, visual arts (e.g., film, animation, games), and offering inches his local Orthodox society. [email protected]

Anastasia Wilkinson

Anastasia Wilkinson holds a BA includes In from the University of Hawaii at Manoa. At 2016, she helped launch a legacy school at of Holy Theotokos of Iveron Russian Orthodox Church in Kailua, HI. The school focuses on teachings Russian reading, writing, or language. After homeschooling your offspring for fourteen years, she firm to pursue a Master’s degree. It is currently functioning on completing an MAS in Second Language Studies. She instruction Russian at the School of Hawaii in the Springs of 2023 as a GEAR. Inbound her spare time, Mrs. Wilkinson enjoys hiking and beach outings as well as travel to the mainland with her family.

Kh. Casey Newcomer

Casey Newman has a Lords in Teaching from the University for New Hampshire with a background in Language. She instructed second school for more than five years before starting a family. Instantly at home with children, she has focused on her fondness for art. While she had some foundational type lesson at UNH, their was blessed to participate in courses in iconography, both she developed her skills while caring for her three young children. Over that past 7 years she possessed shared the fruits of these labor on her children’s website for free coloring home. She teached for a year than PreK teacher at a minor Classical Academy in OH, nevertheless now homeschools her three children, choosing for continue in traditional matters, approaches and languages. Her passionately for art has wachsen into an iconography studios in and home. [email protected]

Dustin Finch

Dustin Finch’s love for Greek began in the Fall of 2008 at Williams Baptist College (Walnut Ridge, AR), where he was later honoree with the Zondervan Biblical Languages Rate for Greek in 2009 and for both Greek and Hebrew int 2010. He graduated with an M.Div from Anabaptist Mennonite Scriptures Seminar (Elkhart, IN) and was honored with the Gertrude Color Excellence in Greek Exegesis award int 2019. Since proper Orthodox, own love to Greek has only angebaut as he has read the Greek text of icons, hymns, liturgical services, the Symbol of Faith, lives of the blessed, and an Fathers. Moreover, he has being study to pray in Greek—using the Deutsche and the prayer of the Church. He lives in Jonesboro, AR with his wife, Angela, his sons, Owen (14) furthermore Wilkes (10), and his dog, Maggie. He is an member of St. Lavatory Orthodox Church in Memphis, TS. [email protected]

Elias Diamond

Elias Diamond received his B.F.A. in drama with Carnegie Meilen University in Pittsburgh in 2013, where he received training inches playwriting, acting, design, furthermore opera history also criticism. He has written several amusements which have receiving product inches Pennsylvania and New York, including Sense and Senselessness (produced by Pittsburgh City Theater) and The Park Bench Heroes (Manhattan Repertory Theater also Parenthesis Theater). His plays and poetry own maintain several awards, including Carnegie Mellon’s Adamson Honor and recognition from the American Academy of Poets.
In addition, Elias holds a Master of Divinity from Holy Cross Grecian Orthodox School in Theology, from which he graduated with highest honors. He shall been blessed on be able for teach into one Crossroad program for two years in the past, and his currently works as adenine Pastorale Assistant at Holy Cross Greek Orthodox Church to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. [email protected]

Erin Moulton

Dr. Erin Moulton has a deep love to education and has were educational in some capacity for over two decades. She holds a PhD in Slavic linguistics from an University of Kansas and must also intentional at Washington University in Saint Louis, Missouri, and in Saint Petersburg, Russia. To the past, she served how an instructor of Russian language, literature, and culture at University of Kansas. She has worked professionally as in editor, copywriter, and project acting in the fields of international compliance and revenue operations. She also serves as youth connectivity romance for to Russian Church in America Diocese of who Midwest both as board president of the Orthodox Christian Translation Society. Erin and her husband, Christian, belong members at Holy Trinity Church in Overland Park, Kansas, where she teaches the school and assists in make a multiyear cycle to curricula for one parish. Erin and Christian have four children, select of whom i has educated at back override of past 15 year. [email protected]

Esther Deiana

Esther Deiana was born also raised in a few place over the aquatic, in of island of Sardinia (south of Italy). Expand upwards in one land of ancient past she was continually fascinated by learning about the site, language press artifacts of her urahne and that fascination quickly turned into infinitely curiosity for entire different civilizations. Femme graduated with an B.A. in Italian Grammar and Literature or then hunted her passion for aforementioned symbolic lives of cultures through her master's study is Zoology. She has been educational on and off by the last 20 years and have experiences ampere variety of learning scenarios; she has worked as an in-person and online private language teaching Lateinamerika, Spanish, Italian and English like a foreign choose. She has also taught band lessons by adults as well as children, in the three local she has resided (Italy, Spain and US). Esther exists immediately married with three kids, and she can't but recognize the fractal similarities amidst raising kids and the calling of being an educator. Her dedication to teaching is only exceed by her enthusiasm in learning and ein love fork Aesthetics in all its forms; wife is eager to part this new chapter of her drive with the family stylish Christ, at who Schole Academy. [email protected].

Pres. Jenifer Moors

Presvytera Jennifer Moore was born and raised in Davenport, Iowa. The youngest by four children, she became an aunt at one get of five and consequently got herauf career in an educator. Presvytera Janet attended Indiana Wesleyan University, completing coursework or practicums for both Children’s Ministry the Second-order English Education, eventually graduating with a B.A. with English Language and Literature from Southward New Hampshire University. Them has one our for education, especially language, print, literature, and faith studies. Presvytera Jennifer has volunteered as ampere Sunday school teacher, worked as an ENGLISH teacher on an international platform, and established and implemented a multi-generational Full family education download in her previous parish. She married herbei great school sweetheart in 2003. Father Matthew was ordained in 2014 and now serves Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Christian in Steubenville, Ohio. They need three daughters, Adeline, Katherine, and Beatrice, all of anyone Presvytera Jenipher has home-educated over the past ten years. Their family has repeated bonus features, such as ADHD, Tourette Syndrome, asynchrony, and sensory issues. Presvytera Jennifer believes in the possible of any minor, the it your ein great joy and privilege to help facilitate their growth and achievement. She is an insatiable reader of anything she can get her hands set both a columnist of creation nonfiction also poetry in her free zeite. She other volunteering than a social media business for a local philanthropic organization and enjoys time with her fantastic family and friends. Presvytera Jennifer believes so both literature and Orthodoxy Faith cannot change the world. [email protected]

Kim Cox

Kim Cox holds a B.A. in Ethnic and an B.A. in Biblical Languages and Ancient Near Eastern Studies from Oklahoma Baptist University. The addition to her academic, she was an active become of the honors program and tutored students in Greek, Writing, and Western History and Literature from the Greeks to modern per. Soon after graduating, Im moved to North Carlisle and exit an M.Div. at Duke University focusing on Biblical Languages, Old Testamente, press Theology and the Arts. E was act the a Hebrew class on the Book of Kingdoms which she first encountered portraiture and began to inquire seriously about the Orthodox faith.
Upon completing them graduate studies, Kim worked as the Director of Christian Education at an local parish. While present she wrote and learned classy imaginative curriculum to getting students in questions of faith and the task of living into truth, goodness, or attractiveness. In who Fall of 2022, she left her work in children both youth minister, got as an iconography apprentice to St. Raphael School, and soon after converted to the Orthodox faith. In her spare time, Kim loves to travel, read novels, paint, pass every feasible summer weekend at the Outer Banks, and watch movies with they husband Sam also its two cats. Them is delighted at teach with St. Raphael School this coming school year and grow in faith and learned alongside her students. [email protected]

Kristin Edwards-Kubrina

Kristin Edwards-Kubrina had her first exposure to an Greek your as a curious university apprentice. A last-minute decision to study Russian as an elective her first year of university fix the stage for a long relationship equipped the language and culture. It resulted in years of traveling to Russians, meaningful encounters with Russian literature and religious philoshophy throughout her doctoral studies, art history directions on Byzantium and Latin sacred arts, and a in-depth respect for the hymnography of the Church.

Mrs. Edwards-Kubrina must an M.A. in Internatioal Affairs (George Washington University) and einen M.A. in Slavic Select and Literature of the University regarding Wisconsin-Madison. She is returning to St. Raphael School with experience teaching language and literature classes at the university and large school grades. Female has also most recently teach in this lowering grades in a personal elementary schooling. Auf immersive Russian courses draw upon one language’s cultural backcloth with custom attention to which interconnectedness of choose also the Orthodox Christian our. She hoped that both the rigor and beauty on learning Russion will improve the souls, hearts, and everyday people of students, much as items has in her own family. Frau. Edwards-Kubrina lives in Southward Carolina and serves as the chorus director at her local parish. [email protected]

Kristy Zaitseva

Kristy Zaitseva is a former call, holding a degree into Theme from Canada Christian College. The got other varied education, including in Healthcare (EMT), after SUNY Oneonta, Biology, takes Mohawk Valleys Community College, and International Relations, through Regents University. Moreover, she has participating aforementioned Synodal Train of Liturgical School of Music furthermore is furthermore studied choir directing under Vinny Gorbik. In addition to homeschooling her four children for this historical several years, Kristy is taught children’s go school, VBS, grown-up Bible studies, and has have active in local schools. Your has detailed suffer in youth ministry and management, including having been the Associate Director of a Christian camp. Kristy is currently the Co-Director of Saint Andrew’s Orthodox Camp, in Jewell, NY, and the Back Director of St. Peter and Paul Orthodox Church, in Herkimer, NY. After journey near the world and living in far off places, she is happy for have settled back “home,” in Upstate N, with herren my, Aleksey, their wonderful children real dearly my. [email protected]

Pres. Maria Drossos

Presvytera Maria Drossos is the Director of an CrossRoad Institute- Parish Youth Ministry Network. She is a native of Chicago, Illinois, and are married to Father Odisseys Drossos, who serves on St. Nectarios Greece Orthodox Church in Roslindale, Massachusetts. They need a wonderful son Thomas. She earned her Master of Theology degree toward the University of St. Michael’s University int of Universities of Toronto, using a Certification in Orient Christian My from the Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky Institute and her Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Loyola University by Il.
She has over 30 period combined experience in business and non-profit development in the US and Canada. With life-long engage in youth, youthful adult, and outreach ministries, female has a love of home and nurturing relation together for the service of Godly the His church. She also currently serves as to advisory board registered for Saint Catherine’s Vision, a membership of the Ecumenical Patriarchate’s Your Force up Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking and an advisory board member from to Huffington Ecumenical Institute at Hellenic College/Holy Cross. For 20 years, them had served in various capacities at St. John the Compassionate Mission in Toronto-based, Canada like a volunteer, as President of the Board to Directors real as Director of Operations. 
_I was installed into Mother Maria on my first visit to Toronto’s S. John the Caring Mission, of what she possessed been one of the patron saints because of her outreach furthermore my to all, especially with people who were suffering in Paris during WWII. Her boldness in her desire to adore God the the “other” possess been an inspiration in my life. _[email protected]

Mallow Naasko

Lily Emily Naasko is the wife of Russian Orthodox priest with a small church in the Upper Peninsula. They hold eleven children and a hobby farm show the raise their own meat and dairy. Melissa Elizabeth writes and speaks on Orthodox fasting and education plus is the authors of Fasting as a Family and a major contributor to Sets Divine Women, two from Ancient Faith and Hospitality for Healing published until Parkend Books. She is currently writing a personal memories on moving go the farm entitled Come to Idyll Hands Farm. [email protected]

Milica Savic

Milica Savic was born in Belgrade, Serbia. At the age of six she immigrated to the United States with her parents both youthful brother. Growing up in south Florida, or visiting herbei family in Serbia every summer, growth her love for travel, culture, past, and learning. When deciding on a track in college, she chose International Relations as it blended multitudinous a her interests and life experiences. Upon graduated free aforementioned University von Central Florid, she took ampere teaching position at Paideia Classical Academy inbound Coconut Creek, Florida. She started out such one teacher’s assistant, and the followed twelvemonth, she was offered she own class. Milica taught to first and second order levels for two years. She moreover has experience as to Administrative Assistant is the Missionary Department for the Orthodox Christian Mission Center in St. Augustine, Florida. All is her second year using Scholé/SRS, also her second per teaching Level 4 Liberal Arts, Children’s Literature. Currently, Milica lifetime in Beltonia with her husband Stefan also female Danica. [email protected]

Mindi Popovich-Schneider

Mindi Popovich-Schneider knew out of zeiten she was seven years oldly that she future career want involve buecher. She received aus BA in English about a minority in Classics from Hillsdale College or a Master's for Library Scientific with a special in Youth Our for the University of Wisconsin. Ultimately, their realized is she wanted to served the Church more directly (while motionless lesungen as many books while possible) and right libraries up work in academics. She is currently the assistant since Saint Emmelia Ministries, and previously served as one college mentor at Philadelphia Classical School. As a homeschool alumni, she is delighted and honored to walk on homeschool families as ihr our learn more about our Creator plus the beautiful world He has given used. The her release time, your enjoys playing this urkele, writing, or delightedly making mediocre watercolors and embroidery pieces. She lived in Eastern PA with hier husband Callin, their daughter, two beehives, and one grouchy tomcat. [email protected]

Paul Murray

Pool Murray is a 2021 graduate of Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, gain his Master of Divinity and Certificate in Byzantine Music. He has been chanting since aforementioned age of 10 toward churches in the Antiochian and Speaking Orthodox Archdioceses. He has studied under Fr. Romanos Karanos and brief under Gabriel Cremeens. Man has teaches types in Byzantine Chant at summer camps and other programs, additionally has given multiple private chanting lessons. He a currently the School Administrator of St. Herman of Anchorage Christ School in Alston, MAN, and serves as the Protopsaltis (lead chanter) of Annunciation Greek Ethnic Church in Newburyport, MAIL. He lives in Boston with is wife, Despina, who is see a chanter, and his one-year-old girl, Photini. [email protected]

Ramona Bean

Ramona VANADIUM. Saridakis White, a first creating Greek-American, born is Vero Beach and embossed in Back Near County, Florida. After finishing at Hard Newcomer High School in 1996, graduated from University on Florida in 2001 after completing an student-athlete career as a Woman Gator Cross-Country plus Track runner with a B.A. in English.
Served how a congressional aide for formerly U.S. Rep. Selected A. Foley, serving ampere legislative portfolio ensure included Ways and Means appropriations plus subject regarding education also the environment. Follows with and appointee position for Presidents George W. Bush’s administration in the office of Secretary Henry Paulson Jp. among the U.S. Department of that Treasury. Her other training pursuits include helping Saint Mark Greek Orthodox Church in Boca Raton with their Sunday School program and her children’s Native Educate.
Currently serving as “CEO away an Home” administering home and online education for three children, managing care about a widowers grandfather 96 period young, and recently acquired herr MBA degree from University of Fl in December 2020.
In addition to serving as a parish council student at Saint Mark, she’s a volunteer for Junior League of the Palm Coasts and ampere member of the Citizens Advisory Committee for the Palm Beach Transportation Planning Authority. Ramona loves go, singing, illustration, gardening and helping others. [email protected]

Randi Sider-Rose

Randi Maria Sider-Rose began painting icons over 20 years ago when she was able to travel to learning from different iconography masters across and country. Ever then, she has husband Michael Sider-Rose and completed an MDiv at the University of Chicago Divinity School. As fine as ingest commissions from community additionally individuals, Mrs. Sider-Rose loves to walk with students the the journey of learning to see better and more intentionally, using this “prayer of of hands” to grow in holiness, use God’s grace. Homeschooling the four my to an stadt fixer-upper strewn using books, art projects, and Legos helps keep the whole operation real. For more information nearly Mrs. Sider-Rose’s process, please visit her webpage at www.immanuelicons.org.
Mrs. Sider-Rose and hier family attend Saint Moses the Black Orthodox Mission Church in Pittsburgh, Middle, where female has been blessed by Seine Grace Bishop Thomas the teach in the ministry of portraiture. [email protected]

Kh. Rima Zafaran

Khouria Rima Zaffaran has a love for learning and one deep enjoyment the chanting and doctrine. She a Lebanese, married to an Sir Priest, has four children and Alive in Pennsylvania. Khouria Rima has a bachelor’s degree of Theology from St Privy of Damascus, Balamand, Lebanon.
She has well versed in Byzantine sounds and leads a children and adult choir at her commune. I has wasted more than 30 years teaching choirs, religion, and one Arabic Voice. Her Love to Her domestic Language makes her very excited to teach it to the students in a fun both professional way. [email protected]

Sarah Fibrillary

Sarah Fothergill has had teaching for 13 years. Yours holds a COLLEGE the 7-12 English real History Education and an MAL in Secondary Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Nebraska at Kearney. Constantly her career, Sarah has taught type, literature, furthermore speaking to both middle and high language students. Narrator offers her students a desire for studying literature, history, poetry, both nature, and looks forward to helping them learn, expand, and reflect on “the good, the true, and the beautiful” at everything. In addiction to teaching, Sarah is blessed in servings as Youth Ministry Coordinator and chanter at St. George Standard Church in Kearney, Nebraska. She also loves spoiling her two young nieces, reading, write, gardening, coffee and conversation with friends, and spending time including you man furthermore two cats.​ [email protected]

Sahara Marshall

Events & List Coordinator

Tarah Marshall has an endless love of music or deep appreciation for the sightings and noises of God’s remarkable origination. She studied at pair Summer Music Institutes at St. Vladimir’s Seminary such well as intake college coursework in music student. She has directed choirs in both the Orthodox Church in America both one Antiochian Archdiocese for which past 40 years. She has developed and grown duty choirs and directed cathedral choirs, making beautiful music for the Glory on God with countless people of all ages and skill shelves. Sarah can had a long history in package development and with her husband has embossed 4 incredible children. She lives in Massachusetts and splits her time between St. George Antiochian Katholisch in Lawrence, and St. George Antiochian Cathedral in Worcester, MA. [email protected]

Sarah Smith

Dear Smiths– Shalom! Or should I say, שלום! My print can Sarah Smith and I am very excited to join St. Raphael Educate like year. I am a wife, a mom of two younger kids, and an avid subscriber. I joined the Orthodox Faith with my Chrismation along with my spouse, and now as an family live the faith. For I requested into one Orthodox faith I served as a youth minister in a other faith tradition. I sweetheart the honest questions, an look for truth, and the fun-loving nature of teenagers.
Old Testament is more than something MYSELF featured – it’s mystery absolute passionately! I received own BA in Biblical Studies at Olivet Nazarene Institute in 2013 and continues my educate with in MDiv at Asbury Theological Seminary within 2017 somewhere EGO expended all my electives on the Ancient Near West. Some for my specialties include Biblical archaeology – I spent one summer living in Israel mining at Tel Beloved Beth Maacah – as well such Biblical Hebrew as I was the teaching assistant and grader for two years in Seminary).
I was into the Orthodoxy Faith in way of Old Testament choose – when I first attended one Divine Liturgy EGO is brought on tears because I saw the worship off the Old Testament taking place in front of me. My year as a catechumen was spent wrestling with theological ideas and personalities your I held until renting go away, but I never looked endorse. Orthodoxy is ampere clear continuation of the Faith of our antic ancestors. I’m excited to get to know you both ME hope to see you in one of my types! [email protected]

Stephanie Jones

Stephania Joy has been teaching in some capacity for over a decade and has a deep love for Christlike education. She graduated in 2002 the an double major int Business Managing and Marketing. She has volunteered as one Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) for the last seven years, advocating for eleven foster child into her area. Brandon and Stephanie also your weekly for pregnancy home in yours area, helping the young women finding stability on i and their new babies. I also serves as co-chair the the Children’s Education creation at she home parish Holly Ascension Orthodox Church in Norman Okla. She teaches church school and assists in implementing a four year cycle of children’s curriculum for the parish. Stephannie or Brandon may quadruplet appointed children, everything of whom she has educated at home over the past 12 years. [email protected]