Welcome to Paedagogus. The Paedagogus was a work written by St. Clement of Alexandria in the second century AD to instruct new Christians in the life in Christ. Paedagogus means teacher, and Christ Himself is the first teacher of an Orthodox Christian.

Paedagogus has undergone three different incarnations in its short life. First it was a personal blog for Tracy, the site’s founder. A second incarnation took the form of a “Day Journal” centered on the liturgical calendar of the Orthodox Church. Fr. Tim’s blog was incorporated at this stage, and Tracy set up a short journal to record her travels and a few photos from a 2006 trip to Greece and Turkey. A third incarnation is in the works as of July 2007. Links to information about feasts, fasts, saints, Scripture, liturgical texts, and the Church Fathers from the old Day Journal will be reorganized into a more permanent and conveniently accessible format. Tracy is also starting a journal to record commentary and thoughts from her studies, beginning with a re-reading of the works of Fr. Alexander Schmemann (“Witness to Joy”).

Paedagogus is a work constantly in progress. Comments are appreciated. (Click the contact link to the right.) Please be patient — and forgiving! May our Lord and God and Savior Jesus Christ have mercy on us.

Christ Himself, knowing the joy of life in the Kingdom, “emptied himself, taking the form of a servant” (Ph 2:6), as a measure and example not to seek flight from the world, but to reach for an ever fuller experince of the transport that comes through God’s love, to wear ourselves out in striving for ways to share the faith and knowledge given to us by Him with those with whom we share this space and time.

~ Fr. Vladimir Berzonsky, The Gift of Love, “The Invitation”

Here is what St. Clement writes about Christ, our Teacher.