The icon is St. John the Almsgiver, who said, "It is not our own wealth we distribute, but Christ's; Therefore let us dispense it as He wishes."
S-Z Past Grant Recipients
St. Andrew Orthodox Church, Lexinton, Kentucky
  • Supported an icon writing workshop featuring iconographer Xenia Pokrovsky.
  • Supported the production of a documentary film on the life of master Orthodox iconographer Xenia Pokrovsky.
St. Catherine’s Vision Project
  • Assisted this SCOBA blessed organization with the publication of Volume 2 in the Encountering Women of Faith book series. The book will be published by the Patriarch Athenagoras Institute.
St. George Greek Orthodox Church, Taybeh, Palestine
  • This church is located in Taybeh, Palestine. Taybeh, located between Jerusalem and Jericho, is the only Christian town that has maintained a totally Christian population in the Holy Land. The Foundation supported a housing project for needy Orthodox Christian families.
St. John of Kronstadt Orthodox Christian School, Yakima, Washington
  • Provided funding for this Orthodox Christian school to retain the services of Stewardship Advocates, Inc. in order to help educate and train the organization in institutional development.
  • This mission was established in 1987. It is a ministry to the poor that serves over 2,000 meals per month. It operates an artisan bakery and a thrift store that provides the poor with job skills. Over 300 volunteers asist with the mission's projects. Funding was provided to assit with the purchase of a building to house the mission.
St. John of San Francisco Orthodox Academy, San Francisco, California
  • Assisted this organization in its efforts to streamline its operations.
St. Nicholas Orthodox School, Mogadore, Ohio
  • Supported institutional development of this Orthodox Christian elementary school.
St. Paisius Serbian Orthodox Monastery, Stafford, Arizona
  • The Orthodox Christian nuns of this monastery operate the Holy Protection Home School for girls. The Foundation provided support for the construction of classrooms and living space for the school.
St. Vladimir's Theological Seminary, Crestwood, New York
  • Seminary Library with Three Hierarchs Chapel in distance.Assisted with funding for construction of a new seminary library and endowment enhancement. The reading room of the seminary library will be named in honor of the Foundation.
  • Funded the production of four educational video tapes on the Orthodox Christian Church.
      1. Four Educational TapesMary:Icon of Human Perfection -- Father Thomas Hopko.
      2. The Holy Trinity -- Father Thomas Hopko.
      3. The Death of Christ -- Father Paul Tarazi.
      4. The Resurrection of Christ -- Father Paul Tarazi.
  • Sponsored the seminary's 1995 Octet Choir Summer Tour.
  • Funded the development of the Seminary's website in order to promote Orthodoxy. At the time it was one of the original Orthodox websites.
  • Funded video tape productions of the Seminary's Liturgical Institute of Music and Pastoral Practice -- 8 video tapes on the topic, "The Church."
      1. The Church of Christ -- Father Thomas Hopko
      2. The Church and the Liturgy -- Father Thomas Hopko
      3. The Church and Salvation -- Father Thomas Hopko
      4. The Church and the New Testament: Part 1 -- Father Paul Tarazi
      5. The Church and the New Testament: Part 2 -- Father Paul Tarazi
      6. Reception of Converts -- Dr. John Erickson
      7. The Church and the Canons -- Dr. John Erickson
      8. The Church, the Priest, and the Parish -- Dr. John Erickson
  • Funded production of student recruitment video.
  • The Inner KingdomFunded the production of the collected works of Bishop Kallistos Ware (six volumes).
      1. Volume 1: The Inner Kingdom (published in 2000)
      2. Volumes 2-6: (still in production)
  • Assisted with the funding of the married student on-campus housing construction project.
Theophany School, Nedham, Massachussets
  • Supported institutional development of this Orthodox Christian elementary school.
Trinity Children and Family Services, Colton, California
  • Farah Aquatic Sport Center The organization was founded and is operated by Orthodox Christian priests. It helps children who are victims of abuse, molestation, neglect and/or abandonment.
  • The Foundation funded the construction of an indoor swimming facility at the organzation's campus near Palm Springs, California. The facility is named the Farah Aquatic Sport Center.
  • Assisted in funding the expansion of the organization's Orthodox Chaplaincy Program.
  • Funded a project to evaluate the organization's institutional development program.
Trust of St. Francis and St. Seraphim, Cambridge, England
  • Funded the production of a promotional video for the "St. Seraphim and the Spiritual Inheritance of Sarov" project.
  • Provided funding for The Living Testimony Program and the establishment of an institutional development program.
  • Funded the purchase of the facility to house the Center for St. Seraphim Studies in Diveyevo, Russia. The Center will open in 2007.
Vladyka Arseny Archives and Museum Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
  • Supported the development of a Canadian museum of Orthodoxy. The museum is operated by the Archdiocese of Canada of the Orthodox Church in America.

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