SUNDAY SCHOOL

The greatest Christian education comes from active participation in the sacramental life of the Church, primarily by being present for the entire Divine Liturgy. With Sunday School, we hope to augment that education with focused classroom learning. 

Every year, the theme changes, and all grade levels learn the same topics, adjusted to their comprehension and experience The entire curriculum repeats every four years, each time with increasing depth. A child born in the parish will have the comprehensive material repeated three times during his Church School career (but in greater depth each time); a newly arrived child will have a full and comprehensive education even if he joins the parish as a teen.

 This is a curriculum that is meant to be easy to teach and easy to implement. But, it is not an easy curriculum. Four-year-olds studying Church History? Many times we sell our children short. If they can learn the details of the life of Sleeping Beauty, why can’t they learn the life of St. Nina of Georgia? And, by the time they reach the teens, they are ready to assimilate the saints they already know and move into a historical perspective of Church Councils and missionary efforts. And, as our children leave home for college or career, they will be grounded in the faith, ready to continue in the Orthodox Church as adults and defend it in our ever more secular society. May any lessons you choose to use in your home or Church school bless your children as they grow in the Lord!

Please contact us if you have any questions.

For Prophet Elias:  Paul Karahalios at paulk2p@aol.com or Denise Nikols at deninik63@gmail.com

For Holy Trinity: Elenie Sefandonakis: eleniesefandonakis@yahoo.com