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Theophany / Epiphany Coloring
Kali Fotisi /Καλή φώτιση~ Wishes to you for a "Good Enlightenment" on the holy Feast of Theophany, or Ephiphany. If you are looking for a lesson, try splitting apart the icon, and using it as a...
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Great Lent Menu - Vegan Fasting
For the 40 day fast this year as Orthodox Christians, we'll try following a pre-planned menu to make life a bit more organized. This also allows someone else to do the grocery shopping for the week!...
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Great Lent for Kids Worksheets
Download these two curriculum worksheets here for your students to learn more about Great Lent in the Orthodox Christian Church. The graphics in this lesson include Lady Sarakosti with her poem in...
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Great Lent Curriculum
Here is a lesson plan chart for Orthodox Great Lent. The lessons are designed for each Sunday leading up to Holy Week. Each session will include either a craft, coloring page, memory words,...
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Orthodox Jeopardy
This season of Lent gather Orthodox Christians of all ages for a fun and interactive game of Orthodox Jeopardy. Created in Microsoft Powerpoint, you'll sing along to the familiar theme songs of the...
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Canon for a Sick Child & Understanding Sickness
As parents and youth workers, this small Orthodox Canon empowers us by giving us the words to offer to our Lord during trials of sickness. I wish I could make the whole things available online for...
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A Soul Healed through Sickness
A tremendous Orthodox Christian resource on illness in English is available now at www.newromepress.com"Today, despite the remarkable progress of medical science, the number of people who are ill is...
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Songs for Lazarus Kalanta in English
In many parts of Orthodox Christian Greece- the highly anticipated Saturday of Lazarus is celebrated with great joy. There are festivities of songs, costumes, and fish as the Church heralds the...
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Pascha and Covid-19
A wise Gerontissa today passes on this wisdom for our times..."This Pascha will be the same as the Pascha of 33 AD. Christ alone prayed in Gethsemane (we slept), alone He experienced the sufferings and...
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Pascha Poem & Orthodox Craft Idea
How does one sum up the great feast of Pascha easily for kids?With a long white piece of paper, we made three folds and created our very own accordion Pascha card with original poem to accompany the...
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Pentecost Coloring Icon
The 12 disciples are seen in the icon of Pentecost gathered together waiting for the fulfillment of the promise of the Holy Spirit. The hymns of the Orthodox Church remind us that the Apostles are...
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Preparing for Pentecost
Christ is Risen!But then what?The story continues of course, with more exciting details and events to engage our young listeners. Christ spends the next 40 days displaying His physical Resurrection. He...
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12 Apostles Activity
For the 'Apostles fast' in the Orthodox Church, and here's an activity to assemble the icon day by day until the feast on June 29/30. On the first day, the children will cut out and glue the icon of...
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Orthodox Africa
This brings me so much joy! It doesn't matter what language you speak, the Truth of our Lord is joyously proclaimed in Africa and it convicts our souls to ALWAYS REJOICE in HIM!In times such as this...
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Mount Athos on COVID-19
https:// youtu.be/jNqXLktKzDYVery clear message in this Youtube link from Mount Athos translated by Fr Peter Heers. Let's not be mislead but inspired to struggle for our salvation and healing in the...
View ArticleMasks in Church are Blasphemy of Holy Spirit
Christ said that “every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven” (Matthew 12:31)Consider with me how un-coincidental it has been that the Holy...
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All films will be available to view on-demand – globally – from 23rd October until 8th November (Australian Eastern Standard Time) on the official Festival website: byzanfest.com.
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Christmas Bible Verse Craft
God is with us(Matthew 1:23)All the Earth worships Thee (Psalm 66:4) His name shall endure forever (Psalm 72: 17)He is our God, the God of salvation (Psalm 68:20)There shall come a Star out of Jacob...
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Root of Jesse Tree: Christmas Activity
The sayings of the prophets are now fulfilled!Use this study to learn the prophecies of the Old Testament with your children and teenagers. (Download the free printable PDF file here, in color or...
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40 Days of Christmas Craft
Each year, we begin decorating our home on November 15, as we begin the 40 day fast for Christmas. It's beneficial for all to begin seeing the transformation around us and within us. Here are the 40...
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