About · Board
Accountable to the Church.
A clergy board and a national advisory board — every member a cleric or faithful parishioner of an Orthodox parish.
Clergy Board
✛Fr. Vasilios “Bill” Tragus
Priest, St. Basil Greek Orthodox Church, San Juan Capistrano
Fr. Bill is the presiding priest of the parish that hosts the school's current campus.
Fr. Justin Bosl
Assistant Priest, St. Paul's Greek Orthodox Church, Irvine
Fr. Justin serves the parish where the school's founders and founding teachers worship, anchoring the school's accountability to the Church.
National Advisory Board
Fr. Symeon Kees
MDiv, St. Tikhon's Orthodox Theological Seminary (Distinction in Scripture) · MDiv, Asbury Theological Seminary
Founding Director, The Saint Constantine School · Pastor, St. Raphael Orthodox Church, Iowa City
Fr. Symeon was the founding director and first campus spiritual director of The Saint Constantine School in Houston; his seminary thesis addressed the centrality of the Biblical narrative in Orthodox education.
V. Rev. Dr. Stephen De Young
PhD Biblical Studies · MDiv, Westminster Theological Seminary · MA, University of Balamand
Pastor, Archangel Gabriel Orthodox Church, Lafayette · Host, The Whole Counsel of God
Fr. Stephen is among the most widely heard Orthodox teachers in America — pastor, biblical scholar, author, and host of the Whole Counsel of God podcast on Ancient Faith Radio.
Dr. Philip Mamalakis
PhD, Purdue University
Associate Professor of Pastoral Care, Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology
Dr. Mamalakis is the author of Parenting Toward the Kingdom and serves as Vice-Chair of the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops' Mental Health Task Force.
ΕΤDr. Eve Tibbs
PhD Theology, Fuller Theological Seminary
Affiliate Professor of Theology, Fuller Theological Seminary
Dr. Tibbs is the author of A Basic Guide to Eastern Orthodox Theology (Baker Academic), with a foreword by His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, and represents the Ecumenical Patriarchate on the World Council of Churches' Faith and Order Commission.
ΝΖNazo Zakkak
MFA Composition, UC Irvine
Composer & Choir Director
Nazo composes liturgical music for the Orthodox Church; his works have been sung by Archangel Voices, St. Vladimir's Seminary, and choirs across the country. He advises the school's music program.