Volume 2, Issue 5
March 15, 2021
On Parenting and Christian Education:
by Abbess Michaila of Saint Paisius Monastery
We cannot begin to speak about our youth without an understanding of our own fallenness, our own calling to love as a means of healing our primordial sin, and of the essential requirements for those bonded together in matrimony. With all of this in mind, we will turn our attention to our God-given responsibilities with our children, and the place wherein we daily nurture their souls, the home.

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2020-21
Saint Kosmas Orthodox Education Conference
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Acacia Picnic Area
Thursday, April 15, 2021
Make a Pilgrimage
Saint Anthnoy's Monastery
Florence, Arizona
Saint Paisius Monastery
Safford, Arizona
OCA Mission in Newfoundland, Canada
author of The Scent of Holiness (published by Ancient Faith)
Journeying by boat to visit their beloved spiritual father, Constantine Palamas – the father of St. Gregory – suddenly realized he and his family had forgotten to bring food with them for the monastery. While his wife and five children looked on, he raised his voice in prayer and put his hand into the sea; immediately he caught a massive fish. Taking it out of the water, he glorified God for the miracle. Out of his great admiration and respect for the monastic life, Constantine Palamas worked a miracle so that his family would not arrive at the monastery empty-handed. In this way, and in countless others, he instilled in the hearts of his children a firm love for and reverence of monasticism. Read more.
The adventure for Katherine and her sisters continue as they visit another monastery. This time they will be going to St. Anthony the Great Monastery in Arizona. Here they learn more about their faith, sacraments and meet a very special spiritual father. What else will they discover at this new monastery? Come along with them on another trip!
of the 2021 Saint Kosmas Arizona Conference
We wish to express our gratitude to The College at Saint Constantine for their generous sponsorship of the 2021 Saint Kosmas Conference.
We are thankful for two new sponsors: CiRCE and CovenantEyes
of the 2021 Saint Kosmas Arizona Conference:
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PREMIER EXHIBITOR
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at the
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CURRICULUM FAIR
April 15-17, 2021
PAIDEA CLASSICS EXHIBITOR BOOTH WILL BE STOCKED WITH BOOKS FROM THE FOLLOWING PUBLISHERS:
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  • Potamitis
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  • St. Herman of Alaska Press
  • Pelagia
  • Homeschool Journey
  • St. John the Baptist Monastery in Essex
  • Draw Near Designs
  • Family Chotki
  • Discovery Institute Press
of the 2021 Saint Kosmas Arizona Conference
Audio Files of the Music for the Workshop are being sent out this week for those families who have registered children in the conference.
Desert Trail Hike Expedition
with Mihai and Alexandra Boitor
on the desert slope behind the Gold Canyon Golf Resort
[on the mountain trail overlooking the Gold Canyon Golf Course]
[trail markers; "Deer Trac Pt" trail is for the youngest hikers]
[the look-out point where past hikers planted a Cross]
Archery
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