Winners of the 2021-22 Saint Kosmas ESSAY CONTEST

Senior Division:

Birth Years 2002-2006 (age 15-19 in 2021)

1st Place (Senior Division):
“Beauty will Save the World” by THEA FREDERICK
St. Maximus Orthodox Church (Denton, Texas)

2nd Place (Senior Division):
“Where the Spirit of the Lord Is, There is Liberty” by LUCIAN ANDREI ROSCA
"The Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ and St Catherine" Church
(Bârlad City, Vaslui County, ROMANIA)

3rd Place (Senior Division):
“Beauty as Demonstrated Through the Church” by AVA ORTWEIN
St. John Orthodox Church (Memphis, Tennessee)

Junior Division:

Birth Years 2007-2010 (age 11-14 in 2021)

1st Place (Junior Division):
“Made Out of Quotations” by ABIGAIL MORGAN
St. Jonah’s Orthodox Church (Spring, Texas)

2nd Place (Junior Division):
“Chastity” by EVYENNIA RAUDENBUSH
Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathedral (Camp Hill, Pennsylvania)

3rd Place (Junior Division):
“Pathways of Obedience” by DANA CENUSA
St. Sophia Orthodox Church (Bayonne, New Jersey)

Elementary Division:

Birth Years 2011-2013 (age 8-10 in 2021)

1st Place (Elementary Division):
“What is Beauty?” by JUDITH CRAFFEY
Holy Archangels Russian Orthodox Church (Phoenix, Arizona)

2nd Place (Elementary Division):
“Obedience” by ESTELLE RAUDENBUSH
Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathedral (Camp Hill, Pennsylvania)

3rd Place (Elementary Division):
“Beauty of Saints” by VERA JACKSON
St. Andrew Orthodox Church (Riverside, California)