Lo, Thy care for thy flock in its sojourn / prefigured the supplication which thou dost ever offer up for the whole world. / Thus do we believe, having come to know thy love, O holy hierarch and wonderworker John. / Wholly sanctified by God through the ministry of the all-pure Mysteries / and thyself ever strengthened thereby,/ thou didst hasten to the suffering, O most gladsome Healer, // Hasten now also to the aid of us who honor thee with all our heart.

- Tropar to St. John   
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  • Field Day 2013 Field day, Spring 2013, ended up being our best so far!  In spite of initial worries that the inclement weather would keep our activities indoors, the fog and cool weather ...
    Posted May 21, 2013, 10:43 AM by Ryan Thompson
  • Champagne Brunch Dear Parents and Friends,Could you feel it yesterday? The spirit of community and joy? Yesterday's Champagne Brunch was a labor of love by so many of you. I ...
    Posted May 20, 2013, 11:28 AM by Ryan Thompson
  • Services for Mrs. Solomonoff For those who wish to attend, The services for Mrs. Helen Solomonoff will be held at Christ the Savior Church on Anza and 12th Avenue. The Funeral service will be ...
    Posted Apr 22, 2013, 8:05 AM by Ryan Thompson
  • Memory Eternal St. John's Academy wishes to express its condolences to the Solomonoff family with the lost of Mrs. Helen Solomonoff, long time science teacher at St. John's. Mrs. Solomonoff ...
    Posted Apr 19, 2013, 11:37 AM by Ryan Thompson
  • Care Baskets for the Elderly & Infirm Dear Parents of St. John's, As our Lenten hymns instruct us, Great Lent is not simply a time of fasting from pleasant food and abstaining from things we would ...
    Posted Mar 29, 2013, 11:05 AM by Ryan Thompson
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Most recent pastoral messages

  • Fasting and Great Lent THE TRIODION The Crucifixion, fragment (Studenica Monastery, Serbia). Great Lent is the 40-day season of spiritual preparation that comes before the most important Feast of the Christian year, Holy ...
    Posted Mar 20, 2013, 8:01 AM by Ryan Thompson
  • Wednesday of the First Week of Great Lent On Wednesdays and Fridays (and on certain feast days) throughout the entire period of Great Lent, the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts is celebrated. On the first week of Great ...
    Posted Mar 20, 2013, 7:52 AM by Ryan Thompson
  • Tuesday of the first week of Great Lent “I have humbled my soul with fasting”, says David the Psalmist. The goal of every Christian is to prepare his soul for eternity, for life with the Lord; because we ...
    Posted Mar 20, 2013, 7:49 AM by Ryan Thompson
  • Setting Out on the Lenten Path: On Clean Monday Today the Holy Church – and we all – has taken its very important first step into the mystical and penitential arena of Great Lent. Its first day has passed by and ...
    Posted Mar 18, 2013, 9:12 AM by Ryan Thompson
  • THE MEANING OF THE GREAT FAST: The True Nature of Fasting THE MEANING OF THE GREAT FAST: The True Nature of Fastingby Mother Mary and Bishop Kallistos WareWe waited, and at last our expectations were fulfilled’, writes the Serbian ...
    Posted Mar 15, 2013, 10:17 AM by Ryan Thompson
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Offering the highest quality K-12 education to the Orthodox Christian community

Accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC), the Saint John of San Francisco Orthodox Academy is an Eastern Orthodox Christian, coeducational, non-profit, college-preparatory, full-time day school founded in 1994 for grades K-12. Our academic calendar is uniquely scheduled around the calendar of feast days and services of the Orthodox Church. Located in the spiritual heart of the Bay Area Orthodox community, we attract students from various ethnic and linguistic backgrounds. Our classes are conducted in English.

St. John’s aims to participate with parents in the development of Orthodox children who are well informed in both liberal arts and modern sciences, and are equipped with the knowledge of Orthodox faith and ethics that will enable them to live as devout Orthodox Christians. 

The Academy expects its pupils to be active in Church life; to develop their Christian consciousness; to practice prayer and follow Orthodox religious traditions; to maintain healthy and obedient relations with their parents, relatives, and teachers; to strive for excellence in intellectual pursuits; and to grow as useful members of society who practice true Christian love towards others and true Orthodox piety towards God. 

Expected Schoolwide Learning Results

Know, understand and implement the basic beliefs and practices of the Orthodox Christian faith in one’s personal life.

Be prepared to live as a truly useful member of society who practices Christian citizenship towards others and true Orthodox piety towards God.

Be able to think critically and analytically.

Be able to express oneself in an effective and confident manner.

Acquire the motivation and ability to strive for intellectual excellence.