Sunday School

5th and 6th Grades

Saint George the Great Martyr and Triumphant was a liberator of captives, defender of the poor, and physician of the sick.

 

 

 

Teachers: Adyam Berhe, Soula De La Riva, and Lauren Jury
Our class patron saint for 5th and 6th grades is Saint George.
George the Great Martyr and Triumphant was a liberator of captives, defender of the poor, and physician of the sick.
St. George's feast day is April 23.

 

What Each STUDENT Should Know

An Orthodox Christian should be well-informed about the rich content of the Orthodox Tradition. Being able to name, to retell, to identify, to list, and more are dimensions of what it means “to know” one’s faith. A Church school program should be able to transmit these concepts to its students. But “knowing the Faith” also involves being able to appreciate its content, to consider how it influences one’s life, to participate in it, and to respond to its call of commitment to faith in Jesus Christ and His Church. For example, what is the benefit of reciting the Lord’s Prayer in a classroom setting, and a teacher’s assessment that the student has memorized it, without praying the Lord’s Prayer at home and reflecting on the words themselves? The real curriculum for learning the Orthodox Faith is the life of the Church as experienced in a dynamic, faith-filled parish. Our education in faith is a lifelong journey. No Church school curriculum can include or teach everything. Any series of published textbooks is merely the first step of learning. Even in the best series, the authors, editors, and publishers make choices about what they believe most valuable for learners to achieve in a certain timeframe.

By the end of the 6th grade, the students are expected to:

  • Make the sign of the cross
  • Venerate an icon
  • Know their class Patron Saint
  • Deliver the Pascha greeting and response (Christ Is Risen, Truly He is Risen)
  • Recite the Lord’s Prayer, the Creed and Jesus Prayer
  • Know the St. Spyridon hymn and the seven sacraments
Our Weekly Routine includes
  • weekly prayers
  • hymn of St. Spyridon
  • studying the heroes of our faith who have responded to God's call as examples. These saints teach and lead us by their faith, loyalty, self-sacrifice, obedience, love, and social responsibility.
  • We will also learn about the spiritual preparation of Great Lent
  • assist our students in understanding why they are as Children of God, and how they are to live their lives as Orthodox Christians with faith and love.