The Child's Experience
The Icon Corner
Lighting Candles
Lighting Candles
Children can visit the Icon corner to decorate, select icons and other objects, to pray, and practice making the sign of the cross while venerating an icon.
Children also polish wood and silver icons
Lighting Candles
Lighting Candles
Lighting Candles
"Let my prayer arise in thy sight as incense;"
The candle stand is carefully placed while the children learn how to safely light their candles and why we light them.
Snuffing Candles
Lighting Candles
Snuffing Candles
The children snuff candles safely and sift wax from the sand to maintain a clean, orderly, and beautiful environment.
Receiving the Blessing of the Priest
Receiving the Blessing of the Priest
Receiving the Blessing of the Priest
The children practice approaching the Priest for a blessing.
Venerating an Icon/Gospel
Receiving the Blessing of the Priest
Receiving the Blessing of the Priest
The children practice venerating icons. They also polish and decorate icons with flowers.
Gesture of Cupped Hands
Receiving the Blessing of the Priest
The children practice receiving anditheron into cupped hands.
Making the Sign of the Cross
The children practice making the sign of the cross and saying the Trinitarian Prayers with it.
The Gestures Booklets
Children use prayer books with each gesture to practice both the prayer and gesture, one at a time, building the child's confidence about doing and saying these when in the Church.
The Gestures Practice Baskets
Where the children select a gesture for individual practice. Each basket has a booklet with pictures and prayers for the gesture.
Nomenclature of Liturgical Objects
Nomenclature for Liturgical Colors
Nomenclature for Vestments of the Priest
Nomenclature for Vestments of the Priest
Children can participate in activities to identify liturgical colors found on the Holy Table, priest’s vestments, and church displays. The children’s room provides hands-on materials for exploring these colors, and elementary students further learn their meanings.
Nomenclature for Vestments of the Priest
Nomenclature for Vestments of the Priest
Nomenclature for Vestments of the Priest
The children engage in exercises to correctly identify and become familiar with the names of the priest's vestments, fostering recognition.
(Elementary students will subsequently receive instruction regarding the significance of these vestments.)
Nomenclature for Holy Table 1
Nomenclature for Vestments of the Priest
Nomenclature for Holy Table 2
The children discover the names of objects found on the Holy Table by interacting with model items. They recognize that these are replicas intended to help them better understand what happens in the Church.
Nomenclature for Holy Table 2
Nomenclature for Holy Table 2
Nomenclature for Holy Table 2
Holy Table 2 contains the Holy Gospel, Tabernacle, and Blessing Cross. This helps children recognize and name church objects.
Nomenclature for Holy Table 3
Nomenclature for Holy Table 2
Nomenclature for Holy Table 3
Holy Table 3 includes the Prothesis Table showing the "preparation"for The Divine Liturgy by the clergy and the congregation who bring the prosphora and the wine.
Prophesies
Nomenclature for Holy Table 2
Nomenclature for Holy Table 3
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