Orthodox Christian Education Resources

Classes & Guides

Red Pascha Eggs

How do you dye eggs for Pascha using onion skins?

 

 

 

Prosphora

How do you make prosphora and how do you achieve a consistent & clear stamp on the bread?

 

Kolyva

How do you make kolyva and when do you bring it to church?

Vasilopita

  is “Basil bread” baked in remembrance of Saint Basil the Great on January 1st 

Artos

 is bread brought for the service of artoklasia.
Five loaves are always brought to church.

Offerings: from an Orthodox Kitchen

 is a series of classes being offered at our parish for artos, kollyva, and prosphora.

Church School

Browse through lessons, projects, articles, videos, and more related to teaching in our church school classrooms

 

 

 

The Little Church

Browse through activities, articles, videos, and more relating to living our faith at home and in our daily lives

 

Homeschooling

Browse through ideas, resources, articles, videos, and more related to homeschooling as Orthodox Christians

Teaching Our Children

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You can teach only that which you have made your own, and this means that there is always the danger that your personal mistaken judgment of insufficient knowledge will be reflected in your teaching.

- Sophie Koulomzin

The Epic Search for an Orthodox Christian Curriculum

“Christian pastors and religious educators must recover the educational dimensions of worship and praxis alongside that of schooling in order to restore a sense of wholeness to education in the church.”  

– Constance Tarasar, A Process Model for the Design of Curriculum for Orthodox Christian Religious Education

"...'Liturgical catechesis’ is not just an interesting custom of the ancient Church, but the traditional method of religious education”

"...'Liturgical catechesis’ is not just an interesting custom of the ancient Church, but the traditional method of religious education”

- Fr. Alexander Schmemann

“You can teach only that which you have made your own"

“You can teach only that which you have made your own"

- Sophie Koulomzin

“There was an Orthodox way of life that made itself felt, in which the liturgical calendar and liturgical services permeated the social patterns of home and village life."

“There was an Orthodox way of life that made itself felt, in which the liturgical calendar and liturgical services permeated the social patterns of home and village life."

- Sophie Koulomzin

Orthodox Education

“Orthodox life is a seamless garment, every aspect is connected to every other aspect.”

– Sister Magdalen

“The early Church always placed learning in the context of the experience of the community as shared work and worship.”
– John Boojamra, Foundations for Christian Education