This section houses lesson plans for all ages on living our Orthodox Faith.  It is broken down into five sections: Church History, Holy Services, Prayer, Sacraments, and Vestments/Architecture, Elements of the Church.

Church History

1. A Time Line of Church History – a timeline showing the chronology of Church history
2. A History of Religions – A summary document showing the founding dates of the many off shoots of Christianity
3. History of our Faith Lesson Series – videos and power point presentations (Zoe - this is in the Adult Education tab)
   1. The History of our Faith power point
   2. Session 1
   3. Session 2
   4. Session 3
   5. Session 3 Appendix
   6. Session 4
   7. Session 5
   8. Session 6

Holy Services

1. The Orthodox Prayer Rope
2. Orthos – a basic explanation of the Orthos 
3. Matins – a full explanation of Matins
4. Full Divine Liturgy – a full explanation of the Divine Liturgy, a great reference guide to Divine Liturgy
5. Divine Liturgy– Liturgy of the Catechumens
6. Divine Liturgy Lesson 1 – Liturgical Vesting
7. Divine Liturgy Lesson 2 -  Great Proskomide
8. Great Proskomide power point for Divine Liturgy Lesson 2
9. Divine Liturgy power point  - basic lesson on the Divine Liturgy

Prayer

1. Praying the Hours
2. Daily Cycle or Hours of Prayer in the Church
3. Prayers for Parents and Children
4. Blessing for the Church School Year
5. The Church is a Therapeutic Center – information for a High School lesson on the Orthodox point of view of the Church as a spiritual hospital.
6. The Prayer Pail – Information on a PreK –K craft on saying prayers before bed.
7. Triagion Prayers – This sections includes information on the prayer: Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, have mercy on us 
   1. Trisagion Paryers.htm
   2. Trisagion Morning Prayers
   3. The Trisagion Prayers.docx
   4. Trisagion – OrthodoxWiki.him
   5. The Trisagion – commentary on the Trisagion prayers
8. The Creed – a series of lessons on The Creed.  The lessons are divided by age group.  Power Point presentations are included for you to use along with the lessons.
   1. The Nicene Creed.doc – An explanation of every line of the Creed
   2. The Symbol of Faith.docx – a basic history of The Creed
   3. The Creed 5th grade lesson
   4. Nicene Creed Lesson Plan – 5th/6th grades
   5. Nicene Creed Lesson Plan – 7th grade
   6. Nicene Creed Lesson Plan – High School
   7. Power Point of the Nicene Creed lessons
   8. God The Father Part 1 – The Creed – power point explaining Who is God for high school students

Sacraments

1. Why are We Baptized
2. Baptism Explanation
3. Infant Baptism
4. Craft page for Lesson on Baptism
5. Holy Unction
6. A Guide to Confession
7. Confession preparation for 10-13 year olds
8. Great Proskomide – The preparation of Holy Communion
   1. Lesson
   2. Power point
9. Journey to Marriage 

Vestments/Architecture/Elements of the Church

1. ABC of Orthodoxy – Alphabet showing religious images for each letter - for preK to lower elementary
2. Vestment Lesson plan for grades 3 and 4
   1. Vestment Display 
3. Vestment of Priest – lesson
4. Priest Robes – visual guide and explanation of Priests’ vestments
5. Iconostasis Lesson 
6. Iconostasis Lesson for PrK to High School
7. Byzantine Architecture – power point on Byzantine Architecture
8. Three areas of the Church – power point
9. Icons – History, Symbolism and Meaning