St. Emmelia
Wichita Orthodox Homeschool Group
Welcome to The St. Emmelia Wichita Orthodox Homeschool Group
Currently we consist of members from St. George Orthodox Christian Cathedral and St. Mary Orthodox Christian Church, both located in Wichita, Kansas.
We exist to serve the social needs and the Orthodox educational needs of the area's Orthodox homeschool students. We welcome any Orthodox homeschooling families, and others interested in exploring Orthodoxy and homeschooling.
Services 1
Check out our events calendar! We meet on the 2nd Friday of the month for field trips, and the 4th Friday of the month for Orthodox instruction with Father Peter and social fellowship. Times may change.
Services 2
Members of St. Emmelia Wichita Homeschool group and those interested can check out some pictures of our events here!
Please check out these links! Want to add one? Please contact us.
Contact us!
If you would like to contact us, please email us, and we will get back to you. We
would love to hear from other Orthodox homeschooling groups!
St. Emmelia
The Patron Saint of our homeschool group is St. Emmelia. Her day of commemoration is May 8. After preparing several to choose from, Father Peter took our list to Bishop Basil, and he so wonderfully chose St. Emmelia for us. What a fitting saint!
She was the mother of St Basil the Great, St. Macrina, St. Gregory of Nyssa and St. Peter of Sebaste. She had wanted to remain a life-long virgin, but was forced to marry. She bore nine children, and so thoroughly grounded them in Christian discipleship that at least four became recognized Saints in the Church. She founded a monastery in her old age, where she lived with her daughter Macrina, and where she entered into rest in the Lord on May 8th, 375. She is patron to those named Emily.
Her Troparion (Tone 1) is:
Through thee the divine likeness was securely preserved, O Mother Emmelia; for thou didst carry the cross and follow Christ. By example and precept thou didst teach us to ignore the body because it is perishable, and to attend to the concerns of the undying soul. Therefore, doth thy soul rejoice with the angels.
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