Student Life · The liturgical year
The Liturgical Year
The school calendar is built around the Church's calendar — not the other way around.
A year that keeps the feasts
The school year runs in three trimesters — September to June, 177 instructional days — and threaded through it are the feasts of the Church, kept as school days with the Divine Liturgy inside them. The year opens with the Blessing of the Waters on the first day of school and moves through the great feasts: the Nativity of the Theotokos, the Elevation of the Holy Cross, Theophany, the Three Hierarchs on Greek Letters Day, the Presentation, the Annunciation, and the Ascension, among others.
Three shapes of a school day
The Daily Schedule
Six fifty-minute academic blocks, punctuated by Morning Chapel and the Third, Sixth, and Ninth Hour prayers.
The Liturgy Schedule
The Divine Liturgy is served mid-morning inside the school day, and all six academic blocks continue at forty-five minutes. Worship does not cancel learning; they share the day.
The Studio Schedule
On sacred-arts intensive days, shortened periods open a two-and-a-half-hour studio block for sustained work.
Great Lent and Holy Week
Great Lent begins with students in session on Clean Monday, and the fast shapes the season's rhythm. During Holy Week, students remain in session with the liturgy schedule on the days the Church appoints, and an early dismissal midweek. On Great and Holy Friday the school day moves to the parish: students attend the Royal Hours, spend the afternoon in writing and hymn workshops, and that evening the youth chant the Lamentations they prepared. School resumes after Pascha.
The full dated calendar is shared with enrolled and prospective families each year.