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Orthodox Coloring Books for Lent
The time has come for Great Lent 2012 - here are some extra resources to challenge your young ones! We have compiled a printable PDF workbook available for free at this Scribd link.It contains coloring...
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Lenten Boardgame
Search the toy store aisles, and there's no Orthodox games to be found! So, let's develop our own ~ Just think of the possibilities! We could develop game pieces in the form of Saints, and move along...
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BINGO for Great Lent
Introducing a fun way to get your youth involved in service projects. On this BINGO card are listed 20 ideas for Great Lent that will enhance your spiritual journey to Pascha. Mix up the squares and...
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Confession & Kite Day
Clean Monday is the very first Monday which begins Great Lent. If your parish has never held a day to invite all the children, big and small, to experience the Sacrament of Confession....keep reading!...
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Great Lent Curriculum
For those interested, I'm re-posting a lesson plan chart and soon to follow workbook pages for Great Lent. The lessons are designed for each Sunday leading up to Holy Week, for a brief 1/2 hour...
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Spring Cleaning
"Clean up - Clean up, everybody everywhere,Clean up - clean up, everybody do their share."The lyrics to this catchy Barney song might have more use to our Orthodox faith than we've considered before...
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Pascha Basket
Avoiding the over-commercialization of Easter this year? Try making an Orthodox Pascha Basket and include the following traditional foods, each with a symbolic significance! Set a goal to say "Pascha"...
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How We Pray at Home with Children
It can sometimes be a very frustrating task, getting kids to cooperate at daily prayer times..beyond just meals that is. I'm sharing the bare bones of our morning/evening routine with you, so that we...
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Holy Week Orthodox Coloring Icons
Add these to your collection of coloring icons and Orthodox Christian imagery for Holy Week
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The Red Egg
Here's a look at the pious custom of red eggs in the Orthodox Church for you and your families to enjoy. Where did the tradition come from anyway? It seems there are a few possible answers to this...
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St Mary Egypt Craft - Turn Life Around
The powerful story of repentance that we find in the life of Saint Mary of Egypt which was recorded by the monk Zossimos, can be a memorable one for teenagers and college students. For the younger...
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Akathist from Alpha to Omega
This "poem" to Panagia has been lost in translation!Refresh your alphabet skills Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, Epsilon, Zeta, Eeta, Theeta, Iota, Kapa, Lamntha, Mee, Nee, Xee, Omikron, Pee, Ro, Sigma,...
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Holy Week for Kids
Anyone with kids knows that Holy Week can be a challenging yet extremely rich experience! Although the night services postpone bed time, we try to remember, it's just for one week, and nothing else...
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Pascha Poem & Orthodox Craft Idea
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 Passion and Resurrection of Christ icons cut out from Orthodox...
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Lazarus - Arise!
This is a great way to involve your kids in the Raising of Lazarus! Wrap them in "burial" cloth and see who will be first to break free on your command!It's extremely significant that the Church places...
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12 Apostles
It might be summer soon, but the fun lessons can continue! Plan ahead for the fast of the 12 Apostles, and assemble this icon as a work in progress until the feast on June 30. On the first day, the...
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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 shows what we would call "superhuman" qualities! He appears...
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St George Skit & Coloring Page
While enjoying the light of Pascha for 40 days, don't forget that there are still many great Saints on the calendar to learn about! Coming up Thursday April 23rd is the great martyr Saint George, who...
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What is a Spiritual Father?
If the best doctors help to heal our physical bodies by knowing the "right" medicine, so even more does the spiritual father, who is enlightened by God, prescribe the much-needed healing for our soul....
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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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