DES PLAINES, IL – On Friday and Saturday, August 11 and 12, St. John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church and Guardian Angel Orthodox Day School, both of Des Plaines, hosted the 4th Annual National Conference on Orthodox Christian Schools.
Over 100 participants from 27 schools located in 11 U.S. states and the nations of Albania and Estonia gathered at the conference to share practical knowledge and skills, as well as new energy to continue the challenging but blessed work of building up Orthodox Christian schools.
The title of the conference, First Things First: The Priority of Orthodox Christian Education, was inspired by the recommendation of the Chancellor of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Chicago, Bishop Demetrios of Mokissos, using the following quote from St. John Chrysostom to guide their efforts:
“With us everything should be secondary compared to our concern with children and their upbringing in the instruction and teaching of the Lord.”
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