2021-22 Saint Kosmas Essay Contest
Winners
Congratulations to Thea Frederick of Denton, Texas who is the all-round winner!
Scroll down to see top three winners in each age division.
All students who place in this contest,
and are present at the 2022 Saint Kosmas Conference or Oratorical Festival,
will be presented with their award at the event in Gold Canyon, Arizona.
For those winners NOT in attendance at the conference or oratorical festival,
awards will be mailed out following the conference.
We are waiting to publish winning essays until AFTER the 2022 Saint Kosmas Conference,
because the same topics are being used for the 2022 Oratorical Festival.
Senior Division:
Birth Years 2002-2006
(age 15-19 in 2021)
1st Place (Senior Division):
“Beauty will Save the World”
THEA FREDERICK
St. Maximus Orthodox Church
Denton, Texas
2nd Place (Senior Division):
“Where the Spirit of the Lord Is, There is Liberty”
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”
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”
ABIGAIL MORGAN
St. Jonah’s Orthodox Church
Spring, Texas
2nd Place (Junior Division):
“Chastity”
EVYENNIA RAUDENBUSH
Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathedral
Camp Hill, Pennsylvania
3rd Place (Junior Division):
“Pathways of Obedience”
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?”
JUDITH CRAFFEY
Holy Archangels Russian Orthodox Church
Phoenix, Arizona
2nd Place (Elementary Division):
“Obedience”
ESTELLE RAUDENBUSH
Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathedral
Camp Hill, Pennsylvania
3rd Place (Elementary Division):
“Beauty of Saints”
VERA JACKSON
St. Andrew Orthodox Church
Riverside, California