Books on Orthodox Education — Oratorical Festival SPEECH SCRIPT Deadline Extension — RSVP for Pre-Conference Recreational Event at Canyon Lake

Conference Update: 27 States! — 1 Week Left to Register! — Fasting as a Family — Books on Orthodox Education — ORATORICAL FESTIVAL Updates

Our Journey to Pascha! — Conference Update: Children's Program Almost Full! REGISTER TODAY! — Five Reasons to Visit a Monastery This Lent — ORATORICAL FESTIVAL Judging Ballot and Dress Code

Conference Registration Update (21 States!) — FAQs — Article by Abbess Michaila "Instilling Our Spiritual Inheritance" — Pre-Conference Event at Canyon Lake — Post-Conference Pilgrimage — 4 Weeks Left to Register!

ORATORICAL FESTIVAL for Orthodox Youth — YOUNG ADULT TEENS' Conference Program — Children's PASCHAL THEME ARTS & CRAFTS, Archery, and Astronomy

WINNERS ANNOUNCED for the 2021-22 Essay, Art, and Photography Contests! — Oratorical Festival Registration — Conference Children's Program "STAR PARTY" presented by Astronomy Association of Arizona

ALL VIDEOS from 2021 Conference Now Posted! Trenham: "THE DOMESTIC CHURCH & EDUCATION" (Parts 1 & 2); Tarpley: "POST-MODERNITY & OUR CHILDREN"; Volmensky: "Daily Life Through the Cross & Resurrection"

2022 Conference: Announcing 4th Keynote Speaker, Fr. John Palmer, CHILDREN'S PROGRAM (options for children under 5), Plus New Exhibitors — Essay, Art, & Photo CONTEST ENTRIES DUE December 31

2021 Keynote: MODERNITY'S VISION FOR EDUCATION and Why We Should Be Concerned (Video Posted) — VIDEOS for Children on the Entry of the Theotokos Into the Temple — St. Katherine Resources

REGISTRATION OPEN for 2022 Conference, Curriculum Fair, and Oratorical Festival — Conference Schedule Posted for 35 Presentations! — Exhibitor & Sponsor Info

Announcing the 15 SPEAKERS and 35 PRESENTATIONS for the 2022 SAINT KOSMAS CONFERENCE — October Contest Entries Due — Learn more about Contest Submission Deadlines for Art, Photography, and Essay

Essay, Oratorical, Art, and Photography CONTEST REGISTRATION OPEN — Essay & Oratorical Topics Expanded: Wisdom, Freedom, Beauty, Chastity, and Obedience — ART & PHOTOGRAPHY Theme: "Creation"

AUGUST BLOG POSTINGS: August Feast Days, ST. KOSMAS and ST. JOSEPH the Hesychast — 3 CHARLOTTE MASON Videos — Recordings from a Spiritual Retreat on the DORMITION — Early Childhood Development

NEW BLOG! — Transfiguration & Dormition CHILDREN'S LESSON — Topics Announced for ESSAY & ORATORICAL — NEW BOOK: Why Christian Educators Should Reject Progressive Education

PENTECOST Children's Lesson — Closing Out the School Year, Creating High School Transcripts — Resources for the Summer Feastdays

Online Summer Courses — Conference Photo Gallery — CLRC Discount — 20th Century Elders of Greece — Russia's New Martyrs and the Catacomb Church — Mid-Pentecost

TO ALL ATTENDEES: Preparing for Your Trip to Arizona — Suggested Packing List, Check-In, Parking, FAQS, Exhibition Hall Diagram, FINAL SCHEDULE PDF to print, Pre-Conference Event, and more!

Free Resources for ANNUNCIATION — Holy Trinity Seminary & Memoria Press Join Conference — Info for Classroom Educators — REGISTRATION CLOSES TUESDAY, MARCH 30 — Updated YOUTH PROGRAM Schedule

On Parenting & Christian Education "Instilling Our Spiritual Inheritance" (Abbess Michaila) — Winning Essays Posted — Eikona, CiRCE, & CovenantEyes Join Conference — 5 Reasons to Visit a Monastery This Lent

FINAL CALL for Essay, Art, & Photography CONTEST ENTRIES (Deadline is Monday evening, March 1) — 2021 Conference Registration Update — Lecture Topics & Talk Descriptions — New Exhibitors! — The Path to Confession

2021 Conference — New SPONSORS! 18 EXHIBITORS! — HSLDA, College at Saint Constantine, CLRC, Sebastian Press, SAAOT — CHILDCARE for ages 6 months & up — Contest Deadline is March 1 (Two Weeks to Go!) — Technology & Orthodox Links

2021 Conference — CHILDREN'S PROGRAM Details — 12 States! — USK — COVID protocols and FAQs page — TALKS WITH THE YOUTH — Contest Deadline is March 1 (One Month to Go!)

2021 Arizona Conference — Introducing 14 SPEAKERS — Curriculum Fair EXHIBITOR Information — MARCH FOR LIFE UPDATE — Contest Deadline is March 1 (Essay, Art, Photography)

St. Katherine — Fasting as a Family — Free Penmanship Copywork — Children Chanting Troparia — Photography of St. Katherine's Monastery on Sinai — VIDEOS for Children — Introducing "Orthodox Heritage" & Studion Ministries

St. John Chrysostom & St. Gregory Palamas on Education — Best Orthodox Children's Books — WRITING Opportunities for Students — WRITING Resource for Parents/Teachers — HOMESCHOOLING

Saint Nektarios (100th Anniversary of his Repose) — Essay Contest Topics Announced — Introducing Orthodox Makers of Wooden Toys and Games — Resources for Following the Church Calendar in November

St. Demetrios — Teaching Children about Persecution — Video: Q&A on Praise in Education — Introducing "Studion Ministries" & "Draw Near Designs" — Art & Photography Contest Deadline Extended

2021 Arizona Conference! — October Resources — Essay Contest — Introducing "Future of Orthodoxy" Youth Newspaper — Online Catechism Course Beginning October 6

The Universal Exaltation of the Cross — Free Orthodox Education Resources for Every Day in September: Audio Synaxarion, Children's Illustrated Synaxarion PDFs, Hymnography sheet music PDFs, Read-Aloud texts about the Saints

Beginning of the Indiction — Free Orthodox Education Resources for Every Day in September: Audio Synaxarion, Children's Illustrated Synaxarion PDFs, Hymnography sheet music PDFs, Read-Aloud texts about the Saints

Dormition Lesson for Children — Dormition Hymns (Free audio downloads) — Feastday Resources — Conference Update — Introducing the Children's Program Leaders

Transfiguration Lesson for Children— On the Mother of God (Carellas)— Introducing New Resource: Family Chotki— Introducing 2020 Conference Guest Speaker: Nathan Pierce of Family Protection Ministries

Introducing Parousia Press - View Conference Lecture Tracks for New & Veteran Homeschoolers, Classroom Educators, and Community Leaders Seeking to Support Orthodox Education in the Parish

Announcing the 2020 SAINT KOSMAS CONFERENCE Speakers, Schedule, & Children's Program "Educating Orthodox Christian Children in a Post-Christian World" - “Technology & Orthodoxy” Series: Lectures # 3,4,5 - “Educating Children Within an Orthodox Ethos” Series - “Why Should My Child Prep for the ACT/SAT?”

"Technology & Orthodoxy" VIDEO SERIES Online Now! - “Technology & Addiction” (Fr. Josiah Trenham) - “Instructing Our Children on Understanding Technology in the World Today” (Dr. Mark Tarpley) - PHOTO SLIDESHOW from the First Four Conferences! - NEW RESOURCES from Paidea Classics

Pentecost Short Video Lesson for Children - Introductory Lecture to the Technology & Orthodoxy Series: “How Technology Reaches Deeper Than We Think” (Dr. Mark Tarpley) - “Teaching and Assessing Writing” (Andrew Kern) - Life is Beautiful: Exploring the Art of Establishing a 'Home Culture' (Gorgonia Lewis)

SEEKING WISDOM Orthodox Education and the Right Relationship of Human and Divine Wisdom According to St. Gregory Palamas (Fr. Matthew Penney, Ph.D.) - EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION Special Edition - Save the Date! 2020 Orthodox Education Conference - Art & Photography Contest

Patristic View of Education & Salvation (Fr. Peter Heers) - Three Holy Hierarchs on Education (Fr. Josiah Trenham) - College Preparation in the Homeschool Setting - Making High School Transcripts (Presv. Ana Coman) - Introduction to Charlotte Mason - The Best Kind of Socialization

HAVE COURAGE (Fr. Josiah Trenham) - On the Upbringing of Children (Bishop Irenaius of Ekaterinburg) - Holy Week & Pascha Resources - Online Courses, Free SAT & ACT Prep - Grand Canyon Group Trip - You Can Homeschool, You Can Homeschool Your High Schooler

SEEKING TRUTH (Fr. Peter Heers) - St. Paisios on Parenting - Learning All the Time (Ginny Silva) - 3rd Homeschool Alumni Panel (Interviews with Orthodox Adults Who Were Homeschooled) - Beginning to Read the Church Fathers - The Life of St. Mary of Egypt - AUDIO: Contemporary Miracles of the Cross

SEEKING VIRTUE (Dr. Mark Tarpley) - St. Nektarios on Parenting, - Fr. Artemy Vladimirov on the Spiritual Life of Teens - Resources for the Greek War of Independence - Homeschooling 101 - Homeschooling Grows Up - AUDIO: “Postcards from Greece” Podcast Series