Principal and teachers of the Sunday School of the Patriarchal Cathedral of New York visited the parish school of the Intercession Church in Nyack
With the blessing of the Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA, Bishop John of Naro-Fominsk, the teachers of the Sunday School of St. Nicholas Patriarchal Cathedral in New York met with the leadership of the Russian parish school at Holy Protection Church in Nyack of the Eastern American Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia. Taking part in the meeting were the Sunday School director A.N. Teper, teachers Marina Ivannikova and Anastasia Rashkova, and the cathedral cleric Priest Mark Rashkov.
During the conversation, the parties shared their experience of organizing the educational process and spoke about the cultural events held as part of the schools’ activities. The participants agreed to continue their contacts for mutual cooperation.
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The Nyack Russian School, the oldest parish school on the East Coast of the USA, was founded more than 60 years ago by Archpriest Seraphim Slobodskoy, the longtime former rector of the parish and author of the textbook “The Law of God,” now well known not only throughout America but throughout Russia. Students of the parish school still study from this textbook today. The school currently has more than 100 students aged 4 to 17. Classes are held on Saturdays from 9 AM to 1 PM. All subjects are taught in Russian: the Law of God, Russian language, reading, Russian literature and Russian history, singing and geography. More than 20 teachers teach at the school, all of them volunteers.