Letter from Metropolitan Hilarion

June 5th, 2008
The Very Reverend Protopriest Serge Kotar
and the Students and Teachers of St. John of San Francisco Orthodox Academy

Dear Father Serge,
Beloved in Christ Students and Teachers of the Academy,
Please accept my heartfelt greetings wit the holy Feast of our Saviour’s Ascension.
Thank you so much for your kind words of greeting and congratulations on the […]

Annual Literary Dinner

On Thursday, May 15, students in grades 7-11 participated in a Literary Dinner at Mrs Maximova’s home, which was decorated with a Midsummer Night’s Dream theme. Students came dressed as one of their favorite literary characters. During dinner, students presented their character, and afterwards students played literary games.

Graduation 2008

St. John’s senior graduation ceremony was held on Thursday night, May 29. There were well over 100 people in attendance to honor the two graduates, Artur Gazaryan and Mikhail Yakovlev. Archbishop Kyrill of San Francisco and Western America, the school’s Headmaster, spoke briefly about education and the Christian life, comparing them to a marathon race […]

Delegation From Ekaterinburg Visits St. John’s Academy

On Friday, April 4, a five-person delegation from Yekaterinburg, under the auspices of the US Dept. of State’s International Visitor Leadership Program, visited St. John of San Francisco Orthodox Academy. Two priests and three officials from the Ministry of Education and various city educational departments were part of the Civic and Ethical Values in Schools […]