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Ascension of the Lord

St. Simeon the Stylite on Divnaya Mountain (596). St. Nikita, stylite of Pereyaslav (1186). Blzh. Xenia of St. Petersburg (glorification 1988).

Mchch. Meletius Stratelates, Stephen, John, Serapion the Egyptian, Callinicus the Magus, Theodore and Faustus and with them 1218 warriors with their wives and children (c. 218). St. Vincent of Lerinsky (up to 450). Martyrs, in the Fereydan Valley (Iran) suffered by the Persians (XVII) (Georgian) (movable celebration on the day of the Ascension of the Lord).

Morning – Mark, 71 readings, XVI, 9–20. Lit. – Acts, 1st part, I, 1–12. Luke, 114, XXIV, 36–53.

At Great Vespers, “Blessed is the man” is not sung. At Matins there is magnification: “We magnify Thee, O Life-Giving Christ, and honor the Divine Ascension into Heaven with Thy Most Pure Flesh.” After the Gospel - “Having seen the Resurrection of Christ.” Catavasia “Divine veil...”. Instead of “The Most Honest,” we sing the choruses of the holiday. 1st chorus: “Glorify, my soul, Christ the Life-Giver who ascended from earth to Heaven.”

At the end of Matins and at the Liturgy, dismissal: “Who in glory has ascended from us into Heaven and is seated at the right hand of God and the Father, Christ our true God...”.

At the liturgy there are antiphons of the holiday. Entrance verse: “God rises up with a shout, the Lord with a sound of a trumpet.” Trisagion. Instead of “Worthy” - “Magnify, my soul... You are more than your mind and words....” Instead of “You have seen the True Light...” - “Thou art ascended in glory...” (before giving up).

In the evening of the holiday, Great Vespers is celebrated with an entrance and a great prokeme.

We congratulate the birthday people on Angel Day!

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Venerable Nikita Stylite of Pereyaslavl

Venerable Nikita Stylite

Venerable Nikita Stylite of Pereyaslavl was a native of the city of Pereyaslavl-Zalessky and was in charge of the collection of government taxes and taxes. In 1152, Prince Yuri Dolgoruky moved the city of Pereyaslavl and the stone church in the name of the All-Merciful Savior to a new location. In connection with the costs of building the city and the temple, increased collection of taxes was carried out from the city residents. Nikita, who led these collections, mercilessly robbed the residents, collecting huge sums of money for himself. This went on for many years. But the merciful Lord, who wants to save all sinners, led Nikita to repentance.

One day he came to church and heard the words of the prophet Isaiah: “Wash yourself and be clean, take away wickedness from your souls... learn to do good... deliver the offended, judge the orphan (protect the orphan) and justify the widow” (Is. 1, 16-17). Like thunder, he was shocked by these words that penetrated the depths of his heart. Nikita spent the whole night without sleep, remembering the words: “Wash yourself and you will be clean.” However, in the morning he decided to invite friends to forget the horrors of the past night in a cheerful conversation. The Lord again called Nikita to repentance. When the wife began to prepare dinner for the guests, she suddenly saw a human head, then an arm, then a leg floating up in the boiling cauldron. In horror, she called her husband, and Nikita saw the same thing. Suddenly his dormant conscience awoke in him, and Nikita clearly realized that with his extortions he was acting like a murderer. “Woe is me, I have sinned greatly! Lord, guide me on Your path!” – with these words he ran out of the house.

Three miles from Pereyaslavl there was a monastery in the name of the Holy Great Martyr Nikita, where Nikita, shocked by a terrible vision, came. With tears, he fell at the feet of the abbot: “Save the perishing soul.” Then the abbot decided to test the sincerity of his repentance and gave the first obedience: to stand at the monastery gates for three days and confess his sins to everyone passing by. With deep humility, Nikita accepted his first obedience. Three days later, the abbot remembered him and sent one monk to see what he was doing at the monastery gates. But the monk did not find Nikita in the same place, but found him lying in a swamp; he was covered with mosquitoes and midges, his body was covered in blood. Then the abbot himself and his brethren came to the voluntary sufferer and asked: “My son! what are you doing to yourself? "Father! Save the perishing soul,” answered Nikita. The abbot dressed Nikita in a hair shirt, brought him into the monastery and tonsured him as a monk.

Having accepted monastic vows with all his heart, the Monk Nikita spent days and nights in prayer, singing psalms and reading the lives of holy ascetics. With the blessing of the abbot, he put heavy chains on himself and dug two deep wells at the sites of his monastic deeds. Soon the monk intensified his feat - he dug a deep round hole and there, placing a stone cap on his head, stood, like the ancient stylites, in fiery prayer. He saw only the blue sky and night stars from the bottom of his pillar-well, and a narrow underground passage leading under the church wall - along it the Monk Nikita went to the temple for divine services.

Thus, having labored a good deed in the monastery of the Great Martyr Nikita, the Monk Nikita himself ended his life with a martyr’s death. One night, the saint’s relatives, who came to him for a blessing, were seduced by his shiny chains and crosses, mistaking them for silver, and decided to take possession of them. On the night of May 24, 1186, they dismantled the covering of the pillar, killed the ascetic, removed his crosses and chains, wrapped them in rough canvas and ran away.

Before the morning service, the sexton, who came to Saint Nikita for a blessing, discovered a dismantled roof and reported this to the abbot. The abbot and the brethren hurried to the pillar of the monk and saw the murdered saint, from whose body a fragrance emanated.

Meanwhile, the killers, stopping on the banks of the Volga River, decided to divide the loot, but were surprised to see that it was not silver, but iron, and threw the chains into the Volga. The Lord also glorified these visible signs of the saint’s secret exploits and labors. That same night, Simeon, a pious elder of the Yaroslavl monastery in the name of the holy apostles Peter and Paul, saw three bright rays of light over the Volga. He reported this to the abbot of the monastery and the elder of the city. The council of priests and numerous townspeople who came to the river saw three crosses and chains “like a tree floating in the waters of the Volga.” With reverence and prayers, the chains were transferred to the monastery of the Great Martyr Nikita and placed on the tomb of the Monk Nikita. At the same time, healings occurred. Around 1420–1425 Saint Photius, Metropolitan of Moscow, blessed the discovery of the relics of Saint Nikita. The abbot of the monastery and the brethren performed a prayer service, then they opened the birch bark with which the incorrupt body was wrapped, but suddenly the grave was covered with earth, and the relics remained hidden. In 1511–1522 a chapel was erected in the name of St. Nikita, and in the 19th century, Archpriest A. Svirelin composed an akathist to the saint.

Troparion to St. Nikita the Stylite of Pereyaslavl

In the Orthodox sense, you have hated youthful desires/ and adopted valiant morals, you have defeated the enemy,/ and in your prudence you have pleased God,/ and from above you have received from Him the gift of miracles,/ white drive away your ailments, heal your illnesses,/ Nikita is more glorious, // pray to Christ God, yes will save our souls.

Translation: Having hated youthful passions with your Orthodox mind and began to struggle courageously, you defeated the enemy, and in your zeal you pleased God, and from above you received from Him the gift of miracles: driving away demons, healing illnesses. Glorious Nikita, pray to Christ God to save our souls.

Kontakion to St. Nikita the Stylite of Pereyaslavl

For the sake of Christ from your servants you endured the necessary death/ and you received the crown of incorruptibility from Him,/ but to those who come with faith from your honest tomb you grant healing,/ O Reverend Nikita,// pray Father about our souls.

Translation: For Christ's sake you endured violent death from your servants and received from Him an incorruptible crown, but you grant healing to those who come with faith from your revered tomb, O Venerable Nikitas, prayer book for our souls.

Prayer to St. Nikita the Stylite of Pereyaslavl

Oh, all-honorable head, like the most blessed Father, Nikita the Martyr! Do not forget your poor to the end, but always remember us in your holy and auspicious prayers to God and do not forget to visit your children. Pray for us, good father and chosen one of Christ, for you have boldness towards the Heavenly King, and do not keep silent to the Lord for us, and do not despise us, who honor you with faith and love. Remember us, unworthy, at the Throne of the Almighty and do not stop praying for us to Christ God: for you have been given the grace to pray for us. We do not think that you are dead, even though you have passed away from us in body, but even after death you remain alive. Do not give up on us in spirit, preserving and keeping us from the arrows of the enemy and all the charms of the devil, our good intercessor and man of prayer. Even though your relics are always visible before our eyes, your holy soul with the angelic hosts, with the disembodied faces, with the heavenly powers at the Throne of the Almighty God rejoices with dignity. Knowing that you are truly a living being after death, we bow down to you, and we pray to you, and we have mercy, even pray for us to the Almighty God for the benefit of our souls, and ask us time for repentance and not forbidden to pass from earth to Heaven, and bitter ordeals, and the princes of the air, and eternal torment will be delivered from us, and the Kingdom of Heaven will be an heir with all the righteous who have pleased Him, our Lord Jesus Christ, from all eternity. To Him belongs all glory, honor and worship, together with His Eternal Father and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.

Reading the Gospel with the Church

The Holy Church reads the Gospel of John. Chapter 12, art. 19-36.

19 The Pharisees said to each other: Do you see that you do not have time to do anything? the whole world follows Him.

20 Of those who came to worship on the holiday, there were some Greeks.

21 They approached Philip, who was from Bethsaida of Galilee, and asked him, saying: Master! we want to see Jesus.

22 Philip goes and tells Andrey about this; and then Andrew and Philip tell Jesus about this.

23 Jesus answered and said to them, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.”

24 Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains alone; and if it dies, it will bear much fruit.

25 He who loves his life will destroy it; But he who hates his life in this world will keep it to eternal life.

26 Whoever serves Me, let him follow Me; and where I am, there will my servant also be. And whoever serves Me, My Father will honor him.

27 My soul is now indignant; and what should I say? Father! deliver Me from this hour! But for this hour I have come.

28 Father! glorify Your name. Then a voice came from heaven: I have glorified it and will glorify it again.

29 The people stood and heard That, said: it's thunder; and others said: The angel spoke to him.

30 To this Jesus said: This voice was not for Me, but for the people.

31 Now is the judgment of this world; now the prince of this world will be cast out.

32 And when I am lifted up from the earth, I will draw everyone to Me.

33 He said this, making it clear by what kind of death He would die.

34 The people answered Him: We have heard from the law that Christ abides forever; How then do You say that the Son of Man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of Man?

35 Then Jesus said to them: For a little while yet the light is with you; walk while there is light, lest darkness overtake you: but he who walks in darkness does not know where he is going.

36 As long as the light is with you, believe in the light, that you may be sons of light. Having said this, Jesus walked away and hid from them.

(John chapter 12, 19-36.)

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CHRIST IS THE SOURCE OF LIVING WATER: Homily for the 5th Sunday after Easter, about the Samaritan

IN O name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit!

IN Today Sunday we remember the gospel conversation with the Samaritan woman. The service glorifies Christ, who, in a conversation with a woman from the village of Sychar, made it clear that the Source of living water that leads a person to eternal life is He. He who wants to quench his bodily thirst can go to a well dug in the ground, but he who wants to quench his spiritual hunger must go to Christ.

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Preparation for the Sacrament of Holy Baptism

IN section " Preparation for Baptism" site "Sunday school: on-line courses " Archpriest Andrei Fedosov, head of the department of education and catechesis of the Kinel Diocese, information has been collected that will be useful to those who are going to receive Baptism themselves, or want to baptize their child or become a godparent.

R This section consists of five cataclysmic conversations in which the content of Orthodox dogma within the framework of the Creed is revealed, the sequence and meaning of the rites performed at Baptism are explained, and answers to common questions related to this Sacrament are given. Each conversation is accompanied by additional materials, links to sources, recommended literature and Internet resources.

ABOUT course conversations are presented in the form of texts, audio files and videos.

Course topics:

• Conversation No. 1 Preliminary concepts
• Conversation No. 2 Sacred Bible story
• Conversation No. 3 Church of Christ
• Conversation No. 4 Christian morality
• Conversation No. 5 The Sacrament of Holy Baptism

Applications:

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Radio "Vera"

Radio "VERA" is a new radio station that talks about eternal truths Orthodox faith.

TV channel Tsargrad: Orthodoxy

Topic: “The Cross of the Lord.”

Lesson 1–2.

Goals: Formation of the idea of ​​the Cross of the Lord as an instrument of salvation.

Theoretical part.

Acquaintance with the shape of the Orthodox cross, crosses of other shapes.

An image of an Orthodox cross as the center of a decorative composition for the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross.

Analysis of decorative elements that can be used to complete the composition.

Practical part.

1st lesson: Preparatory drawing of the composition “The Cross of the Lord”

Lesson 2: Finishing the work in color.

Materials: Paper, pencil, felt-tip pen, watercolor paints(optionally).

Topic: “Holiday card.”

Goals: Development of horizons, formation of ideas about the origins Slavic culture(writing, typography, font).

Introduction to poster graphics, type posters.

Development of creative abilities.

Strengthening skills in working with pencil and paints.

Lesson 3–4. "Initial" (initial).

Theoretical part.

1) From the history of the development of writing:

History of the font;

Creators Slavic alphabet St. brothers Cyril and Methodius.

2) From the history of printing:

The first handwritten books in Rus';

Printing house of Fedorov, the first book printer in Rus'.

Analysis of the shape, ornamentation and color scheme of the initial in handwritten books.

Practical part.

Lesson 3: Drawing a “letter letter” (initial) in pencil.

4th lesson: Ornamental design of the initial letter, work in color.

Materials: Paper, pencil, ruler, felt-tip pen, watercolor or gouache paints (optional).

Lesson 5. Monogram.

Theoretical part.

From the history of the development of writing.

Types of fonts. Old Slavonic ligature.

Analysis of variants of a composition of several letters.

Practical work.

Drawing a monogram from the first letters of your first and last name in color.

Material: Paper, pencil, felt-tip pen, watercolor.

Lesson 6. Font poster.

Theoretical part.

From the history of poster graphics.

About the composition of a type poster.

Practical part.

Making the inscription “Merry Christmas!” Church Slavonic or block font in color.

Materials: Landscape sheet, pencil, ruler, felt-tip pens, gouache.

Topic: “Orthodox Church.”

Goals: Formation of ideas about architecture, its types, temple architecture.

Consolidation of knowledge on perspective.

Development of creative abilities, spatial concepts, visual memory.

Strengthening skills in working with pencil and paints.

Lesson 7–8. Introduction to temple architecture.

Theoretical part.

From the history of temple architecture:

Analysis of the design and proportions of various temple structures.

From the history of our Church of the Nativity of Christ.

Analysis of the design and proportions of our temple.

Frontal and angular perspective of a cube.

Analysis of drawing composition options.

Practical part.

Drawing of the Church of the Nativity in pencil (from the side, three-quarter view or from the front).

Materials:

Paper, pencil, ruler.

Topic: “The Beauty of God’s World.”

Goals: Formation of an aesthetic sense when perceiving living nature and paintings of the landscape genre.

Development of reproductive skills and creative abilities, development of the eye, compositional sense.

Strengthening skills in working with paints.

Lesson 9. Winter landscape.

Theoretical part.

Analysis of paintings with a winter theme.

Comparison of colors in paintings and nature.

Practical part.

Carrying out the painting “Winter in the Forest” without drawing in pencil.

(Dictation from the teacher).

Materials: Paper, gouache paints, palette, brushes.

Topic: “Your heavenly patron.”

Goals: Formation of ideas about the heavenly patron.

Knowledge about the portrait genre, types of portraits, proportions of the angel’s figure and details of his clothing.

Development of creative abilities.

Strengthening skills in working with pencil and paints.

Lesson 10–11. Day Angel.

Theoretical part.

Analysis of the proportions of the figure, face, wings, hairstyle, details of the angel's costume.

Analysis of artistic portraits: shoulder, chest, waist and full height.

Analysis of composition options for the Angel drawing (optional).

Practical part.

Lesson 9: Drawing an Angel in pencil.

Lesson 10: Color scheme of the drawing.

Materials: Paper, pencil, felt-tip pen, colored pencils, watercolor or gouache of your choice.

Topic: “The Feast of the Nativity of Christ.”

Goals: Formation of skills in compositional solutions greeting card.

Development of creative abilities.

Strengthening skills in working with pencil and paints.

Lesson 11–12. Festive Christmas card.

Theoretical part.

Using knowledge and skills in developing a postcard composition depicting a winter background, a temple, trumpeting angels, and a holiday inscription.

Analysis of options for placing composition elements on a sheet of paper.

Analysis of the color scheme of the composition.

Practical part.

Drawing a postcard in pencil and color.

Use of decorating elements (sparkles).

Materials: Paper, pencil, watercolor or gouache of your choice, glitter, tinsel.

Topic: “Man is the pinnacle of God’s creation.”

Goals: Formation of ideas about man as the pinnacle of God's creation.

Development of creative abilities.

Consolidating skills in working with a pencil.

Lesson 13. Human's figure.

Theoretical part.

Fixing the proportions of the human figure, the human figure in motion.

Practical part.

Sketches and sketches of a human figure in motion.

Materials: Paper, simple pencil.

Topic: “Defenders of the Russian Land.”

Goals: Formation of ideas about man as the pinnacle of God’s creation, about heroism as a manifestation of the spiritual power of man, the formation of patriotic feelings.

Fixing the proportions of the human figure, the human figure in motion.

Knowledge from the history of the Fatherland, symbols, details of clothing and equipment of the Russian warrior.

Development of creative abilities.

Strengthening skills in working with pencil and paints.

Lesson 14. Holiday "Defender of the Fatherland Day".

Theoretical part.

Facts from the history of our Motherland about the holy heroes: Ilya Muromets, Alexander Nevsky, Dmitry Donskoy, militia heroes Minin and Pozharsky and others, heroes of the Great Patriotic War.

Analysis of the clothing and weapons of the Russian warrior, the uniform of modern soldiers of various types of troops, some types of guns, vehicles (horse, tank, armored personnel carrier).

Analysis of works of fine art depicting heroes, and on themes of the Civil and Great Patriotic War.

Analysis of variants of the composition “Defender of the Fatherland” or “My dad (brother) in the army.”

Practical part:

Draw in color the figure of a Russian hero or a modern warrior with elements of weapons.

Materials:

Topic: “Home. Family".

Goals: Formation of concepts about the family as a small church.

Knowledge of the features of Russian wooden architecture, the interior of a Russian hut, a palace.

Knowledge of the laws of frontal perspective, the ability to draw an interior in frontal perspective.

Development of spatial concepts.

Development of creative abilities.

Strengthening skills in working with pencil and paints.

Lesson 15. Interior – inner part building.

Theoretical part.

Interior of a Russian hut, palace. Modern interiors. Features of filling and interior design.

Frontal perspective of the interior.

Color in the interior.

Practical part.

Drawing of the interior of your own room (plot) in frontal perspective.

Materials: Paper, pencil, ruler

Topic: “Easter Holiday”.

Goals: Formation of a reverent “Easter” feeling when remembering the Resurrection of Christ.

Formation of an aesthetic sense in choosing the composition of a greeting card, its elements, and color scheme.

Development of creative abilities.

Strengthening skills in working with pencil and paints.

Lesson 16–18. Easter card.

Theoretical part.

About celebrating Easter in church and at home.

Analysis of Easter paraphernalia (temple, eggs, Easter cake, Easter, willows).

Analysis of postcard composition options including the interior of the room, holiday attributes, angels and holiday inscription.

Practical part.

Lesson 16: Drawing a testicle with decorative ornament and the letters H.V. in color.

Lesson 17: Making a composition in pencil for a holiday card drawing including a frontal interior with a window.

Lesson 18: Making a postcard in color.

Materials: Paper, pencil, watercolor or gouache of your choice.

(The program was compiled by an art teacher

Minenko Irina Anatolyevna)

Groups D-2 and N-1.

Teacher: Soboleva Maria Lvovna

Elective subject program:
Art and visual circle

Art education is one of the most important ways to develop a child’s personality, his spirituality, and creative potential.

It is necessary at an early age to establish a harmonious understanding of the world and a correct attitude towards reality, which is possible only on the basis of moral values ​​and spiritual foundations. It is important to reveal to children the purpose of art, as serving a person to elevate his spirit, the original purpose of the artist is to create works that serve, first of all, as spiritual food, representing the totality of beauty and highly moral, good meaning.

Art classes in Sunday School are closely related to the lessons of the Law of God and the church calendar. Topics close to children 5-8 years old are also offered (for example: winter landscape, pets).

Purpose of the item

Development of moral and aesthetic responsiveness to the beautiful in life and art, providing freedom for artistic and creative solutions to the general educational task.

Tasks

1. Consolidation of material studied in religious subjects.
2. Development associative thinking, fantasy, imagination.
3. Formation of knowledge about the names of the main and composite colors, their emotional characteristics.
4. Formation of an emotional atmosphere in the classroom, an atmosphere of love and camaraderie, gradually drawing children into awareness of the topic, joint dialogue, reasoning, etc.
5. Establishing strong connections with the outside world, with a person (with oneself), involving children’s personal experiences (emotional, visual, everyday).
6. Using the method of decorating the classroom interior with children's works, designing exhibitions.
7. Using the free choice method in a system of restrictions (topic content, color, shape, design, etc.).
8. Developing perseverance, patience, accuracy, and mutual assistance skills.

Thematic planning

1. My family
2. Autumn flowers. Let's draw asters.
3. Autumn landscape. Application made of colored paper
4. Protection of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Decorative drawing. Decorate a scarf with patterns
5. Animal world. Paper handling
6. Still life - fruit
7. Pets. We sculpt from plasticine
8. Christmas: Angels appearing to the shepherds. Working with paper.
9. Pets
10. Magi. Application
11. Christmas time, sleigh rides
12. Garland of snowflakes
13. Christmas tree decorations
14. Drawing a landscape Christmas night
15. Snowflakes (decorative drawing).
16. Cross Decorative Drawing
17. We draw with cereals. Winter landscape
18. Theme of kindness - portrait kind person
19. Presentation of the Lord Pigeon chicks, applique using wool.
20. Friendship is a portrait of my friend
21. Our temple. Painting with paints
22. Postcard gift for dad
23. Postcard gift for mom
24. First spring flowers
25. Easter patterns (painting eggs)
26. Easter card.
27. Easter gift (team work)
28. General lesson

Literature

1. Abramova M. A. Conversations and didactic games in lessons on fine arts: 1 - 4 grades. / Skrebtsova M. A. - M.: Humanit. Ed. VLADOS Center, 2003.
2. Dreznina M. G. “Every child is an artist.” M., 2002
3. Lykova I. A. “Art activities in kindergarten: planning, lesson notes, methodological recommendations. Senior group". M., 2006
4. Lykova I. A. “Visual activities in kindergarten: planning, lesson notes, methodological recommendations, school preparatory group.” M., 2006
5. Shalina L. S. Lessons for the little ones / L. S. Shalina // Young artist. - 1991. - No. 6. - p. 45.

Drawing.

Maria Masunova-Korotkina says:
artist, art teacher at our Sunday school:

Our Sunday school offers art classes every week for children ages 4 and older. Class time is approximately one hour. Just as much as moms and dads need to take part in the parish meal and conversation.

Drawing classes solve three problems at once.

About the first task writes Metropolitan Anthony (Sourozhsky): We created a parish school here 38 years ago, and it has been growing since then. Twice a month after the Liturgy there is a lesson; then the children are taken to play in a nearby park so that they can get to know each other better. It is very important that they form a family, which in the future will be a parish community... There are classes on subjects of faith in groups, handicraft classes, sports, hikes. And this creates relationships between children that allow them, when they grow up and reach the age at which teenagers rebel against their parents, to share their impressions or seek advice and help not at school or on the street, but to go to their camp comrades, on Sundays. school, that is, in the Church, ultimately - and receive, of course, completely different kinds of answers.

Second task- free parents so that they can also take part in parish life, and not just “shepherd” their children.

And the third, probably the most important task- develop in children imaginative thinking, the ability to see and observe.

Why is drawing, and not other subjects, most often taught to children in Sunday schools? The fact is that this is the simplest and affordable way develop imaginative thinking in children. After all, one of the tasks of drawing (regardless of who you are, an adult artist or a child) is to depict three-dimensional (volumetric) space on a plane. This is difficult for a child, so when he draws, he usually does not know what the output will be.
But children who draw differ in their development from their peers. They are better at analyzing and focusing. They learn to observe and see objects and people not by themselves, but by the relationship of these objects in space.
Naturally, children who draw have to pay attention to the beauty of God’s world around them. After all, no matter how much man has tried over many centuries (especially the 20th century) to destroy this beauty, it still exists. I don't know any other such pleasant and easy ways to explain little man that in life it is very important to be able to see and observe. This does not mean that you don’t need to be able to listen and communicate, sing or read... But all these skills together, probably, give a person a correct picture of the world, in which there are not only our small and large troubles, but there are also things that are above us who are higher than us. And awareness of this can be one of the ways that leads a person to God.
Drawing differs from all other subjects in that it always works for results. This is very important for young children, because they do not yet understand how it is possible to work and not see the fruits of their labor. And here everything is at once: I worked for 3-4 sessions - and there is success. And they didn’t just tell you that you were great, but this success can be seen and shown to others.
This is probably why practical psychology loves to use drawing as a cure for many troubles.
That's why all Sunday schools teach children how to draw. This is a joy for children, they don’t get bored with it, they don’t get tired, but I’ve already talked about the benefits of such activities.

Is there a relationship between what and how a child draws and the characteristics of his personality and mood? Parents of different children asked me questions like this. For example, one psychologist scared a mother that if the drawing was in black and brown tones (gloomy), then something was wrong either with the child or in the family. Dear moms and dads, don’t believe it! First, check how your baby's colors are. Observe: maybe he just can’t reach the bright colors or is he too lazy to do it? Maybe there is not enough light, and when you draw in the dark, everything becomes blacker and gloomier? You can name many other very different everyday, but not psychological reasons. Therefore, please do not analyze your children's drawings from a psychological point of view. This is obviously an incorrect assessment. Psychologists themselves say that their criteria do not apply to artists. But all our children are artists. Therefore, psychoanalysis is simply not applicable here.
Let me explain this with one more example. If we compare color scheme Rembrandt and Picasso, then it turns out that Picasso is a bright, joyful and kind-hearted person, and Rembrandt is a gloomy and gloomy misanthrope. But in fact, the opposite is true. In painting, black and brown colors can express goodness and joy, while red and yellow colors can spoil the mood.

Let the children draw as they draw.

This is their perception of the world, their personal relationship with it. And it is very important to remember that we, with our adult perceptions, can hinder the child if we start telling him that he draws incorrectly and differently. He just doesn’t seem to know how to draw (it takes a long time to learn), and sometimes we ourselves don’t know how to draw. Therefore, as long as children have a desire to draw, we must provide them with this opportunity. Now they do this with joy, but some time will pass, they will become more mature and will begin to pay more and more attention to the reactions of the people around them and adapt to “what others will say.” And then the child stops drawing, he says that he doesn’t know how, he’s afraid, he becomes uninterested. This happens to all children, and there is nothing you can do about it. Adolescence begins with other interests and problems. Growing up begins. And here there is no longer any place for children’s drawings with the eternal “princesses, tank cars” and fairy-tale characters. This means childhood is over.

Christian education and upbringing

42 min.

Explanations

The program of classes for children aged 5–14 years is part of systematic and continuous classes with children and adults in the parish of the Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Pechatniki. It is based on the Recommendations for organizing the educational process in an Orthodox Sunday school (Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate, 1991, No. 18, pp. 51–54, as well as the magazine “Orthodox Community,” 1992, No. 5, pp. 53–64), Collection of educational programs (Law and Commandments of God. M., 1992), uses practical experience work for last years in the respective schools and forms the basis of weekly thematic classes with kids.

The main directions of spiritual teaching for children (“Rule of Good”, “Rule of Prayer”, “Canon of Books”, “Rule of Personal Life in the Church”) are revealed not only in thematic lessons in the classroom, but also in combination with visits to other parishes, pilgrimages to monasteries , trips to nature, excursions to museums and exhibitions, home and school holidays, classes applied creativity, singing, physical education, as well as participation in works of mercy, charity and education, in feasible children's ministries, and in participation in divine services.

It is assumed that the child learns and consolidates the basic well-known concepts of church Christian life in the process of acquiring his own experience of church life, surrounded by senior mentors, parents and peers living in the faith and the Church. Therefore, the main focus is on trying to lay the foundations general worldview child, to help overcome those difficulties that weaken his childish immature faith, to arouse in him a desire to live by faith, to instill an interest in reading and studying Holy Scripture and church tradition.

Classes for children are held in different age groups: 5–6; 7–8; 9–11; 12–14 years old.

At first school year an introductory lesson with continuing education and interviews with new children are expected in order to find out the spiritual mood, age and psychological characteristics, level of knowledge and interests of children, as well as determine the goals and objectives of working with them for the coming year, and draw up individual group programs based on this curriculum , also taking into account the professional knowledge and personal spiritual experience of teachers. Every year there is a return to the main topics and concepts in accordance with the new capabilities of the child.

In an individual program, the teacher selects readings from the Holy Scriptures, stories related to the history of the church, the lives of saints, passages for reading or retelling from works that correspond to the topics of the lessons fiction.

For groups consisting of churched children, in common topics Additionally, information is included about the current holidays of the liturgical year in which they participate, learning church prayers appropriate to their age and perception, elements of iconography and Church Slavonic language.

The program has a number of applications.

Appendix 1. Literature for teachers.

Appendix 2. General model of organizing work in Sunday school.

Appendix 3. Examples of individual lessons according to individual programs.

Appendix 4. Practice of gaming techniques in Sunday school classes for different age groups.

Appendix 5. Scenarios for children's holidays (Christmas, Easter, Candlemas, Annunciation).

Margarita Belotelova

Part one

Target

To help children notice the beauty and reasonable structure of the world around them, to establish the concept of God as the Creator of the world. Learn to be grateful and caring towards all creation. Help the child enter into a living relationship with God, the world, and people. Awaken love for Jesus Christ by telling stories about His love for people. Teach the first skills of prayer. Prepare for participation in church sacraments.

Forms of classroom lessons

Story, reading, conversation, slide film, visual arts, dramatization of read stories, games, singing, listening to music.

In younger groups, a weekly lesson is more often considered as an independent lesson, not related to the previous one due to the peculiarities of perception of children of this age.

The form of the lesson should allow the child to demonstrate physical activity. For example, the narration is accompanied by gestures and sounds; children can repeat them, imitate movements, touch objects that illustrate the story, or completely stage the story they heard (play, puppet, or drawing). Creative work continues in the process of drawing, modeling, and in realizing the opportunity to make something. good simple games with singing and role-playing, excluding competition and not requiring complex rules.

Stories from the Holy Scriptures are offered to children for the sake of the impression they can make on the child’s soul.

Examples from fiction (stories, poems, moral tales) can be used to help us unpack the stories of Scripture or as readings that we seek to understand through the experiences of the Bible stories.

When choosing topics for classes, the teacher can focus on certain areas that form the area of ​​the child’s basic ideas in his relationship with God and the world. Associated with these areas in the program is a selection of texts from the Holy Scriptures that we would like to introduce to children of this age.

It should be borne in mind that the event of the first confession for children 6–7 years old, both those already receiving communion and those just prepared to participate in the sacraments, is of exceptional importance. It is important that a child, prepared for constant and conscious communion of the Body and Blood of Christ, deeply feel the power of the Lord’s Love for all people, the joy of forgiveness of all who sincerely repent and the joy of the promise: He who eats My Flesh and drinks My Blood abides in Me, and I in him ( John 6:56).

Possible areas of thematic classes

1. Beauty and wisdom in the world around us.

The joy of communicating with the animal and plant world, grateful and careful attitude to everything living.

Man-made and miraculous.

Known and unknowable by man.

Visible and invisible in the world.

2. The concept of God as the Creator. The world is our home.

A story about the creation of the world in a form in which children would feel how God put into the created world the opportunity to grow and develop. God's blessing to Adam and his wife. Peace is a gift that a person is called to protect and transform.

3. A series of lessons on ancient Russian history.

The meaning of world sacred history is the history of salvation. Sacrifice in the name of Christ and peace between people.

4. Getting to know the temple.

Temple - House of God (slide film); acquaintance with the temple, church utensils and other objects located in the temple; bells and ringing, making models and plans of temples.

5. Getting to know the icon.

Icon - another world life truth and meaning. The legend about the first icon. History of the Vladimir, Kazan and other icons of the Mother of God. Pilgrimages to them. Life icons.

6. The concept of worship.

Church worship is a conciliar communion with God in love for God and for each other. First concepts of liturgy.

7. About names and heavenly patrons. Lives of the Saints.

Meaning of the name. The naming of all living things by Adam. How the Lord revealed His name to the chosen people. About holiness. Acquaintance with the life of St. Sergius of Radonezh (pilgrimage to Radonezh and the Trinity-Sergius Lavra), St. Seraphim of Sarov, VMC. Catherine, Barbara, St. Nicholas, Archbishop Mirlikiysky, blgv. book Boris and Gleb and others. Demonstration of life stories in an accessible and interesting form for children.

8. Prayer - turning to God.

Texts from the New Testament: about the Lord's Prayer; prayer of the publican and the Pharisee, Gethsemane prayer.

Texts from the Old Testament: Solomon’s prayer upon ascending the royal throne, the story of the prophet Jonah as an example of the fact that what we want does not always coincide with what God wants; about the power of prayer, which healed the sick man contrary to what the prophet announced (the prayer of King Hezekiah).

9. Obedience and self-will.

Texts from the New Testament: the story of two sons sent to work in a vineyard; the story of the 12-year-old boy Jesus in the temple, the reason for His “disobedience” to Mother and Joseph; Mary and Joseph.

Texts from the Old Testament: the story of the Fall as man’s separation from God; Babel; Abraham's calling; how Balaam learned truth from his donkey.

10. Man’s desire for Good and Truth, for God. God's faithfulness to man. Christmas cycle.

Texts from the New Testament: the story of the coming of the Savior into the world.

Texts from the Old Testament: examples of the lives of the Old Testament righteous.

11. Love and care in the family, conflicts. The role of the family in conservation God's blessing to the people.

Texts from the New Testament: stories from the life of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Childhood of Jesus Christ. Candlemas. Flight to Egypt. Family life in Nazareth.

Texts from the Old Testament: the story of Noah; promise to Abraham; Isaac and his sons; the story of Joseph; stories about Tobit and his son Tobias.

Examples from the life of Russian saints: relationships with the parents of St. Sergius of Radonezh and St. Seraphim of Sarov with his mother.

12. Mercy, compassion and caring attitude towards people and all living things.

Texts from the New Testament: about the Good Samaritan; multiplying joy by turning water into wine at a wedding in Cana of Galilee; miracle over the loaves; resurrection of the only son of the widow in Nain and the daughter of Jairus.

Texts from the Old Testament: how Abraham helped his nephew Lot; the resurrection of the widow's son by the prophet Elijah; a lesson in mercy to the prophet Jonah.

13. Good and evil in the world. About earthly and heavenly blessings.

Texts from the New Testament: about the merciful king and the evil servant; the parable of the rich man and the beggar Lazarus; about a rich young man; two mites for a poor widow; the parable of the workers in the vineyard; parable of the sower.

Texts from the Old Testament: Cain and Abel; the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah; stories about King David; Solomon's court.

14. Hard work. The Lord gives everyone his own talent.

Texts from the New Testament: the parable of the talents.

Texts from the Old Testament: building the tabernacle; Old Testament temple; wisdom of Solomon.

15. Lord and children.

Texts from the New Testament: a story about a boy who brought Christ his fish and bread to feed the crowd; blessing of children.

Texts from the Old Testament: the testimony of a little girl who led the military leader Naaman to the living and true God.

16. Repentance as a return to life created and given to us by God, a return to the House of the Father.

Texts from the New Testament: the parable of the publican and the Pharisee; return of the prodigal son.

Texts from the Old Testament: the repentance of the Ninevites.

17. Redeeming and saving power of suffering. Easter cycle.

Texts from the New Testament: the parable of the winegrower who sacrifices his son; a story about the suffering, death and Resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Texts from the Old Testament: Abraham sacrifices Isaac.

18. About Faith.

Texts from the New Testament: Jesus and the Samaritan woman; faith of the Canaanite woman; parable of the paralytic; healing the blind; walking on the waters.

Texts from the Old Testament: Moses and the copper serpent; Elijah and the prophets of Baal.

19. About God's help in moments of danger.

Texts from the New Testament: taming the storm; An angel frees the apostles from prison.

Texts from the Old Testament: three youths in a fiery furnace; Daniel in the lions' den; prophet Jonah.

20. Epiphanies. Wisdom of God. Holy Trinity. Deity of the Holy Spirit.

Texts from the New Testament: The Baptism of Jesus; the Savior's commandment about baptism; Sermon on the Mount; Transfiguration; Pentecost.

Texts from the Old Testament: the appearance of God to Moses; the giving of the 10 commandments to the Jewish people (without considering the commandments themselves); appearance of three angels to Abraham.

Part two

First year of study
(possible starting age 9–11 years)

I topic. God is the Creator of the world and man

1. How does a person learn about God? (3 - 4 lessons).
1.1. The greatness and beauty of nature, its laws testify to the Creator.

In nature, man sees examples of unattainable beauty and wisdom. Everything in the world moves, grows and dies not according to its own will, but according to laws that cannot be changed. The joy of communicating with living nature. A grateful and caring attitude towards the environment. It’s good if a picturesque place is chosen for a walk where the temple is located.

Lesson forms

Slide film with a story, Socratic conversation. A trip to nature, games, drawing, a fire, getting to know the temple.

1.2. Visible and invisible in the world.

How do we know the visible and invisible in the world? The Lord Omnipresent is invisible with our eyes, but we see His deeds and can feel Him with our hearts.

Lesson forms

Socratic conversation, drawing on the topic of the lesson, story.

1.3. Holy Scripture and Sacred Tradition.

God reveals Himself through the people He has chosen: prophets, saints. The completeness and perfection of God's Revelation in the God-Man Jesus Christ. This is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent (John 17:3). Completeness and perfection of God's knowledge.

Lesson forms

Story, Socratic conversation, work with illustrative material.

2. Creation of the world. Six days (5 - 6 lessons).
2.1. First day of creation.

Sources of our knowledge about the creation of the world. The biblical narrative and scientific data about the creative transformation of primordial matter on the “first day” of the world. The concept of "day" in the Bible.

Lesson forms

Story, reading, Socratic conversation, drawing on the theme of the creation of the “first day” on a damp sheet of paper with two colors (blue and yellow).

2.2. Second, third and fourth days of creation.

The creation of the world by the creative word of God on the second, third and fourth days according to the Bible and the corresponding knowledge of nature by man. “Controversial issues” (the origin of plants without the sun; why the Lord not only commands plants to exist, but commands the earth to produce them, etc.).

Lesson forms

A story, a Socratic conversation using illustrations, joint drawing, an application on a common large sheet on the topic of the lesson.

2.3. Fifth and sixth days of creation.

The appearance of the "living soul", the blessing and command to grow and multiply according to the biblical narrative and the research of modern sciences. Acquaintance with the diversity of the world of birds, fish, animals using illustration material. Talk about your favorite animals. Excerpts from hagiographies dedicated to the special relationship between man and animal.

One of the lessons may be devoted to acquaintance with exhibitions and museums related to the topic (zoological, paleontological, biological, mineralogical, planetarium, etc.).

Lesson forms

Story, reading, Socratic conversation, modeling from plasticine, clay, “lithography” using natural material on the topic of the lesson.

2.4. Sixth day of creation.

Preparation for the creation of man: the universal order of visible creation is a constant ascent to the most perfect. The creation of Adam and his wife (biblical story). Life in paradise. Where to look for the image of God in man?

Lesson forms

A story, reading, Socratic conversation, drawing on the theme of heaven, a portrait of a loved one, etc.

2.5. Peace is a gift that a person is called to protect and transform.

What is God's motive for creating the world? Diversity of flora and fauna, the ability to develop all living things. The purpose of man in the world. The feeling of his deepest gratitude to the Creator. The creation of the world is the greatest mystery, which we “understand by faith.”

Lesson forms

Story, reading, Socratic conversation, slide film.

II topic. Covenant (a person’s connection with God through loyalty to Him and God’s promises)

1. The first covenant between God and man.
What is a covenant? Law? Examples of agreements between people.

God's first prehistoric covenant with Adam. The Fall. Obedience. Cain and Abel. Repentance.

Lesson forms

Storytelling, reading, Socratic conversation, drawing, modeling and designing on the topic of the lesson, coloring drawings with corresponding scenes.

2. God's faithfulness to his covenant with man.

The beginning of human history. What is needed for people to live fairly? Who can make a law? Every covenant between God and man is a covenant of life and peace. Loyalty. Covenants with Noah, Abraham and Moses. What do the 10 commandments taught by the Lord to the Jewish people? Prophecies about the New Testament.

III topic. Divine providence for the salvation of man

1. The concept of a church holiday. Fasting as preparation for a holiday event.

What is a holiday? What holidays are there? Church holidays are the experience of great events of gospel and church history, communion with eternity.

The concept of fasting. Church fasting is the path to the source that reveals the truth of God's will. Personal obligations during Lent.

2. God is the Savior of the world. Event of the Nativity of Christ.

God Himself desired to approach the man who had fallen away from Him so that he, without fearing Him, could again freely make his choice and return to God.

Preparing humanity for the incarnation of Christ the Savior. A story about the Mother of God, who was the pinnacle of the human race.

A great night in the history of the human race. The greatness of God's love is not connected with the glory of this world. The mystery of the incarnation.

Preparing gifts, learning songs, poems, rehearsing a play for the Nativity of Christ.

Children's holiday.

Lesson forms

Storytelling, reading, Socratic conversation, drawing on holiday themes: Bethlehem night, etc., acting out Christmas stories.

3. About the life and teachings of Christ.

Childhood of Jesus Christ. Candlemas. Flight to Egypt. Life in Nazareth. Baptism.

The care of Jesus Christ for people (marriage in Cana of Galilee, healing of the paralytic, feeding with bread...).

The Transfiguration of the Lord is the manifestation of Divine glory and the guarantee of the future glorification of man and all creation.

IV topic. Forgiveness and openness to each other as the beginning of the path to the joy of meeting the Resurrection of Christ and joining the Church of God

1. Family. Violations of love in the family. Parable about prodigal son. The all-forgiving love of a father is an image of God’s love for people. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things (1 Cor 13:7).

2. Our willingness to not be strangers to each other. Forgiveness Sunday. Great Lent.

Lesson forms

Reading, conversation.

V topic. Temple. Basic concepts about worship

1. Personal prayer.

What is prayer? - Conversation, conversation, appeal to God.

What kind of relationships between people is the conversation related to? - Communication between father and son, elder and younger.

Why do we turn to elders? What relationships are important? - Trust, love, attention, reverence.

What does the verb “to pray” mean? Is it only with a request that we turn to God? What other feelings are we ready to express to someone who loves us? - Stories about your thoughts, feelings, needs, joys, expressions of your love.

What is important in communication between two people? - Listening and speaking skills. Do we always understand the interlocutor’s answer? How to hear God's answer?

The Lord sees and hears us wherever we are. Are the time and place of prayer important? Environment?

Approach the concept of the unity of the manifestation of feelings, mind and one’s own will in prayer; the distinction of petition, thanksgiving, repentance, praise; understanding that our desires do not always coincide with what God wants; that there may be a place and time when it is especially good to pray to the Heavenly Father.

Prayer in your own words.

Prayers: “Lord, bless!”, “Lord, have mercy!”, “Glory to God!”, “Lord, save and preserve!”.

Prayers for family and friends.

Lord's Prayer.

Lesson forms

Story, reading, Socratic conversation, making your own children's prayer book (designing the cover, writing down prayers, decorating the text with ornaments).

2. Congregational prayer. Temple.

In a loving family, children often gather around their father. The father rejoices at every child who comes and to everyone gathered. The Lord also rejoices in communion with each of us, but He also rejoices in the common congregational communion with Him of His entire family, the entire Church. “Where two or three are gathered in My name, there I am in the midst of them.”

A temple is a place of congregational prayer.

Church services are a conciliar communion with God in love for Him and for each other.

Temple (appearance, structure, decoration). Priests and their vestments.

Lesson forms

A story, a Socratic conversation, a visit to the temple.

3. Prayer and icon.

Event of the Annunciation (story about the event; comparison of icons and paintings dedicated to it).

Lesson forms

Story, work with illustrative material.

4. Worship and sacrament.

The existence of a certain course and order in the prayer life of the Church. The presence of the main and preparatory in it.

Can we see everything that exists? What is “mystery” and “sacrament”?

What do bread and wine mean to a person? What meaning does food have for us?

What miracles did Christ perform on bread and wine?

Last Supper. Sacrament of Communion.

5. First concepts of liturgy.

The sacrament of transmuting bread and wine into the Body and Blood of the Lord is performed at the liturgy - the most important divine service of Christians.

Explanation of the words "liturgy" and "Eucharist". Liturgy is the first service that ancient Christians began to perform after the Resurrection of Christ on Pentecost. Brief historical information about the liturgy. Main parts of the service. Who are the catechumens and what do the faithful mean? Why do only the faithful gather in the temple to perform the sacrament?

Lesson forms

Story, Socratic conversation, visual arts, participation in worship.

VI topic. Victory of life

1. Events from the Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem to the Resurrection of the Lord.

The Mystery of the Resurrection of Christ. The Lord came to save, spiritualize and change the life of each of us.

2. Appearances of Christ after the Resurrection. The Ascension of the Lord and the Descent of the Holy Spirit on the Apostles. Church as a gate eternal Life. Personal path of a person in the Church.

Lesson forms

Story, Socratic conversation, visual arts, preparation for Easter.

Second year of study

I topic. Man, God, world

1. Human creative activity.

The inherent human ability to be creative. The world is a source of inspiration and a material basis for man-made things. The law of human creative action (first thought, then action; first an idea, then its embodiment; first contemplation, then creativity).

Lesson forms

Working with visual material, storytelling, Socratic conversation, listening to music, literary creativity, drawing, modeling, handicrafts.

2. Creation and creativity.

Slides - parallels, examples of how what exists in nature can serve as a model for creative activity person. Co-creation, the community of man and nature. How can you imagine the human author of the work you saw? Who is the Creator of things not made by hands? What can we learn about Him from His creation?

God calls His creation out of nothingness. creative word God's. Divine seal marking human knowledge and art. The law of true creativity. Meanings of the biblical word "created" in Hebrew.

Trips, excursions based on lesson topics.

Lesson forms

Slide film, Socratic conversation.

3. God is the Creator human soul.

Laws of the human soul. Manifestations of her divine nature. Conformity to God and the calling to God-likeness. Internal prerequisites for evil and sin in primordial man and the world created by God. Human freedom of will as a manifestation of God's Love. Self-will. The emergence of evil in the world. God did not create evil.

Lesson forms

Slide film, story, Socratic conversation, drawing.

4. The greatness of the Lord's creations.

Creation of the invisible world. Inanimate matter. The emergence of life. Flora and fauna. The crown of God's creation. Comparison biblical narrative with what he says modern science. Man is a mediator between God and the world.

Lesson forms

Slide film about the origin of life on earth, conversation, drawing on a common sheet on the topic “Our world is God’s creation.”

5. God is Father, Almighty, Creator.

Showing unlimited love for us, God allowed us to call Him Father in prayerful appeals to Him. By His omnipotent will He supports the existence of the world He created and all the orders in it. 1st member of the Creed.

Lesson forms

Socratic conversation, story, visual creativity.

II topic. Glorification of the Creator

1. Introduction to the Psalter.

Authorship of the Psalter. The Psalter is a huge picturesque canvas of human life. Analysis of passages of psalms expressing what worries the hearts of those faithful to God: grief over iniquities on earth, hope for the victory of light over darkness, repentance for personal sins, thirst for salvation from above.

Lesson forms

Story, reading, drawing.

2. The history of the creation of the world in worship.

Reading and analysis of Psalm 103. Excerpts from psalms used in evening worship.

Children's participation in the evening service in the temple.

Lesson forms

Reading, storytelling, listening to tape recordings of individual parts of the evening service, preparing for reading and singing in church.

III topic. The Nearness of God

1. Communion with God in a unanimous presence with “an undivided mind, an undivided heart and an undivided will.”

Deepening the concepts of prayer and fasting. Order of prayer using the example of the Psalter. A combination of prayer in your own words with canonical prayer. Prayer rule. Personal obligations during the Nativity Fast.

Lesson forms

Story, conversation, listening to recordings of liturgical prayers.

2. Revelation and knowledge of the Epiphany in the world.

The main events from the life of the Savior and the Mother of God (from those known from last year). Nativity of the Mother of God. Introduction to the temple. Annunciation. Nativity. Childhood of Jesus Christ. Candlemas. Flight to Egypt. Family life in Nazareth. Baptism of Jesus Christ.

Lesson forms

Looking at a children's illustrated Bible, telling a story, reading, drawing.

3. Christmas.

Preparation of the Christmas mystery as a new experience of the Christmas event and deepening the concept of a church holiday. Preparing holiday gifts.

Children's holiday.

Lesson forms

Reading Christmas stories, dramatization, learning songs, poems, visual arts.

IV topic. The love of God, which delivers man from evil and bestows the fullness of all good, is a call to our mercy, hope, faith and love

1. About the moral teaching of the New Testament in comparison with the Old Testament teaching.

Remember what a covenant is (First Year, Topic II). Legal-contractual equality of Old Testament man with God. In every law that is from God there is good. Law of conscience. Commandments about love for God and neighbor in the Law of Moses. Evangelical succession of the law: So in everything, whatever you want people to do to you, do likewise to them (Matthew 7:12).

The meaning of the law in the New Testament. The life of Jesus Christ on earth is the fulfillment of the law and the prophets.

Lesson forms

Story, conversation, visual arts.

2. Christ's call to love by examples of love.

Love is a free feeling that can only be called upon. The miracle at Cana of Galilee is an increase in joy; casting out demons, healing the sick, raising the dead - deliverance from suffering and the mortal consequences of sin; miracles over nature are the manifestation of Love, restoring man’s power over the elements, lost after the Fall.

The sacrament of the Church is Christ's ongoing miracle-working.

3. Virtues are God's gifts to man.

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights (James 1:17).

Faith. Hope. Knowledge. Wisdom. Honesty. Humility. Obedience. Patience. Fearlessness. Loyalty. Self-control. Kindness. Gratitude.

4. Desire for the Kingdom of God.

The Kingdom of Heaven and its origin in the heart of man [treasures hidden in the field (Matt 13:44), pearl of great price (Matt 13:45); house built on rock (Matthew 7:24); the parables of the mustard seed (Matt 13:44; Mk 4:31), the leaven (Matt 13:33), “let the little children come to me” (Mk 10:14), the Beatitudes (Matt 5:3).

Loyalty to God [about the unrighteous steward (Luke 16:1)].

Active love for one's neighbor [(Matthew 25:32); about St. Dr. Haase, about prmts. Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna and about mother Maria (Skobtsova)].

Non-judgment [about the bitch and the beam (Mt 7:3; Lk 6:41)].

Forgiving your neighbor (Matthew 18:21).

Repentance [parable of the prodigal son (Luke 15:11–32)].

Compassionate love [the parable of Last Judgment(Matthew 25:31–46)].

5. Commemoration of the dead. Parents' Saturdays.

V topic. Conciliar service to God

1. The temple is a reminder to a person of his highest calling.

Lesson form

Slide film.

2. Daily cycle of worship. Excerpts from psalms often used in worship. Liturgy. Its main parts. The main thing in each of them.

Lesson form

Storytelling, reading, acquaintance with specialized literature.

3. An icon is a form of expression of the inner harmony of a person, reconciled with God, with himself and with the world.

Lesson form

Slide film.

VI topic. Christian Faith and Confession

1. Life of the Savior. Christ is the God-man.

2–7 members of the Creed.

Lesson form

Slide film.

2. The sermon of the apostles. The life of the first Christians. 8–12 members of the Creed.

Lesson form

A story, reading, summarizing the basic concepts on the themes of the year that are expressed in the Creed, a “quiz” of questions that help reveal the content of the Creed.

Third year of study

I topic. Image of history

1. What is history?

The concept of history, translation of the word “history”. History is a story about a past event. Can we immediately explain an event when we see it? What stories are we familiar with?

(Make a story about the life of your group, illustrating it with drawings made in class, photographs, poems, songs brought in. Use chronicles of “settlements” in Sunday school summer camps.)

2. Mythopoetic language of the Bible.

What is the difference between a fairy tale and a short story? How is life described in a fairy tale? What is a fable? What is its meaning? How long do fairy tales and fables last? Fairy tales and fables are examples of parables. Why do we use parables? The example of King David and the prophet Nathan (2 Samuel 12).

(Write a fairy tale and make illustrations for it.)

What is poetic language? How is it different from the usual one? Is there always rhyme in a poetic text? rhythm? An example of a poetic text ((Proverbs of Solomon 8: 22–31); S.S. Averintsev. Poem about Saint Barbara. New World. 1989, No. 10, p. 151.) How is a poetic text born? What is inspiration? His sources. Can there always be Divine revelation behind what is revealed and based on visions? Which person is it available to?

Divine revelation about the creation of the world and man. How are scientific ideas about the world changing? Why doesn't he age biblical picture peace? How old is she? Poetic parallelism in the description of the days of creation. The meaning of the creation of the world. The beginning of creation.

(Drawing on the themes of images of the creation of the world.)

3. Sacred history.

The beginning of human history. Sacred history is the experience of Divine revelation accumulated by humanity. Remember what stories have already been talked about (lesson 1). No story can be separate. The center of world history is the history of salvation and the relationship of the world and man with God.

II topic. History as the expectation of the Savior in the Old Testament

1. An inexhaustible thirst for forgiveness and liberation of humanity from evil and sin.

Evil in the world created by God. Flood and Tower of Babel. Noah's obedience. A thread of generations faithful to God.

2. Father of believers.

Abraham and his faithfulness to God. God's promise to the patriarch and his descendants. Keeping the Promise. Isaac and his sons. Joseph's story.

3. Giving the law to the people of God to limit the growing evil in the world.

Moses. His life in Egypt. The appearance of God in Burning Bush. Exodus of the Israelites from Egypt. A forty-year journey through the desert. Construction of the tabernacle. Giving of the Ten Commandments.

4. The times of the prophets.

King David's love for God. The wisdom of King Solomon.

The essence of the ministry of the prophets. Hope in God and His salvation through the Savior of the world - the Messiah.

Prophets: Isaiah, Jeremiah, Jonah, Elijah, Elisha, Daniel.

5. Judea at the time of the birth of Jesus Christ.

Geographical and historical information.

(Story, conversation, slide films, built on associative perception and using images of Old Testament scenes in classic paintings; visual creativity on the topic of what was heard with the desire to imagine oneself in this situation; with the help of the teacher, a homemade map is drawn up, on which the places of all the events taking place are marked .)

III topic. History as Revelation in the New Testament

1. Epiphany in Christ.

Nativity of the Virgin Mary. Introduction to the Temple. Annunciation. Meeting between Mary and Elizabeth.

Nativity.

Meeting of the Lord. Flight of the Holy Family to Egypt. Massacre of the innocents. Return to Nazareth. Travel to Jerusalem.

John the Baptist. Christmas of St. John the Baptist, his life, his sermon.

Baptism of Jesus Christ.

Temptation of the Lord in the desert.

2. The evangelistic stage of the life of Jesus - the Son of Man and the Son of God.

First sermon in Nazareth.

The calling of the first disciples. Election of the 12 and 70 apostles.

Sermon on the Mount.

Lord's Prayer. Teaching about the Kingdom of God.

Relationship to God and neighbor.

Miracles of Christ.

Confession of Faith by the Apostle Peter. Transfiguration.

Prediction about the death of Jerusalem and the end of the world. Parable of the 10 virgins. Teachings of Jesus Christ about the Last Judgment.

The Raising of Lazarus. Meeting of the High Priests and Pharisees.

3. Redemptive suffering and death of the Lord. Resurrection and Ascension of Christ.

Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem. Curse of the fig tree. Expulsion of traders from the temple.

Last Supper. Betrayal of Judas.

Night in Gethsemane.

The trial of Jesus Christ.

Crucifixion and death of the Savior.

The removal of the Lord's body from the cross and the guarding of the tomb.

Resurrection of Christ.

The appearance of the risen Savior.

His Ascension into Heaven.

Simultaneously with classes on topic III, preparations are being made for the celebration of Christmas, and topics IV and V are also considered.

IV topic. Forgiveness in the Old Testament. Forgiveness of sins is a great gift to the man of the New Testament

Repentance as a return to life created and given to us by God. Old Testament and New Testament examples of repentance.

Whose sins you forgive, their sins are forgiven (John 20:23). Sacrament of repentance.

Confession and preparation for it.

About prayer.

Prayer of St. Ephraim the Syrian.

V topic. History of worship and its features

1. History of the temple and worship.

The first temple of God is the created world. The purpose of man is to seek God and be in communion with Him. The Fall destroyed man's constant connection with God. The era of searching for God and meeting Him.

The construction of a temple is a manifestation of not only human, but also God’s will. The Tabernacle of Meeting of Moses. Consecration of the new tabernacle. Her device. Worship in it. The Ark of the Covenant of God in Jerusalem during the reign of David. Temple of Solomon. The structure of the Old Testament temple (Holy of Holies, Holy Place, Porch. Courts: priestly, Israelis, women, pagans). Purpose of the temple. The disappearance of the Ark of the Covenant. "Ark" of the New Testament. Man is the temple of God.

The first meetings of Christians.

Order of worship.

2. Events of Old Testament and New Testament history in the paintings of churches.

[Excursions to temples.]

3. Events of Old Testament history in the evening service, irmos and troparia of the Matins canon; gospel narratives that became famous “songs” of worship.

4. The concept of litany.

5. Liturgy: its eternal meaning, parts of the liturgy.

6. The concept of the annual circle of worship, the weekly and daily circle.

VI topic. The beginning of Church history

1. The beginning of the earthly Church.

2. Divine services of the first centuries.

3. Persecution of Christians.

4. Fathers and defenders of the faith. The history of the Church is the history of its holiness.

5. Some concepts about the structure of the Church (succession in time, local unity and modern world).

6. Church earthly and heavenly.

Fourth year of study

I topic. Introduction to Tradition

Insight and experience. What is revelation? What does it take for one person to open up to another? What kinds of revelations are there? How does a person gain knowledge of something? What does it serve?

What kind of person is accessible to Divine revelation? Why is knowledge of God possible only for man?

Sacred Tradition and Sacred Scripture are the experience of Divine revelation and knowledge of God accumulated by humanity. Is this experience complete? What do the words of A. Khomyakov mean: Only he can understand a prophet who is a prophet himself?

What sacred things have been passed on to us by other people?

The Holy Scripture of the Church is the Bible;

Dogmatic decrees of the Ecumenical Councils, sacraments of the Church, canonical decrees, the works of the holy fathers, their lives, theological works and sermons;

Liturgical texts and rituals;

Church art.

The inequality of church tradition, its agreement with the living experience of the Church.

II topic. Bible - Word of God

1. History of creation. The Bible in the modern world (various editions, translations, circulations).

2. Books of the New Testament (Four Gospels. Acts of the Holy Apostles. Apostolic Epistles. Revelation of St. John the Theologian). Their history and brief description.

3. The books of the Old Testament (legislative, historical, teaching and prophetic) are the threshold of the coming of Christ.

4. Reading the Bible.

Readings from the books of the New Testament (Saturday, Sunday, holidays - in accordance with the annual cycle). Analysis and understanding of the meaning of what you read, the connection of reading with today's life, personal problems.

Reading skills in Church Slavonic and translation into Russian.

Regular home reading Old Testament books (based on the Bible retold for older children) in the following order:

1) educational books (as help to a person in understanding obedience to the commandments of God, glorifying God and the path to prayer to Him);

2) legal books (as a majestic, wonderful picture of the origin of the earth and the universe and the history of development ancient world, life, character and beliefs of ancient people, special relationships established between God and the chosen people);

3) prophetic books (as a sermon of fidelity to the One Creator, predictions about the coming to earth of the Redeemer of the world - Christ and about the future destinies of humanity and the world).

Answers to questions about what you read. An attempt to disassemble and link the texts with the New Testament in order to reveal the meaning of the Old Testament readings through New Testament and comprehend the latter through the Old Testament. Help children make connections between the texts of the Holy Scriptures themselves. Introduce reference literature.

III topic. True. Order. Rule. Chin

1. The concept of the dogmatic teaching of the Church. Resolutions of the Ecumenical Councils. Dogmas of the Orthodox Church.

2. The sanctifying meaning of the sacraments.

The concept of sacrament. Church sacrament. Sacrament and magical action. Failure to understand the meaning of the sacrament deprives a person of participation in it. A Brief Explanation of the Seven Sacraments. The meaning of the sacraments in your own life.

3. Canons.

The concept of church canon law. The meaning and forms of the canon with the development of church tradition. A rule prohibiting trade in the Sacraments of the Church.

4. The lives of the saints are evidence of the authenticity of the Christian Gospel.

Holy Fathers of the Church. Patristic teaching. The nature of the exploits of the saints. Selected Lives.

5. Worship is public and private. Circle of worship (daily, weekly, annual).

The usual circle of church services.

Divine services of the day. General meaning and explanation. Knowledge of terms (troparion, kontakion, litany, parimia, kathisma, polyeleos, etc.).

Weekly circle. Singing individual voices.

Cyclicality of time and uniqueness. New Year's Eve. The beginning of the church year. Divine services of the year. Posts. Twelfth holidays.

The concept of private worship.

6. Liturgical texts in church practice.

The origin of liturgical texts and chants. Their authors.

Prayer rule. Compulsion to prayer.

Prayer services. Memorial service.

Liturgical books.

Theology of the icon, its connection with worship.

Akathist as an example of church hymnography.

IV topic. The Church is the assembly of the called, chosen from the world

1. The Eucharist as a Sacrament. Follow-up of the worship service.

2. Great saints of the 1st century.

3. History of persecution of Christians. The meaning of martyrdom.

4. Monasticism. Monasticism. Monasticism in the world. Monastic communities of the laity. Missionary work.

5. Lay ministry in the church