Dormition Word Search & Flashcards

Here's a word search and coloring activity for this year's feastday of the Dormition of the Theotokos on August, 15th. For a tougher challenge, complete the Dormition Crossword Puzzle.

"O gracious Lady, raise thy holy hands towards thy Son, the Maker and Lover of our souls, that He may take pity on thy servants."
 
Another idea is to make language flashcards of the titles for the Mother of God, often chanted in the Paraklesis or Canon. Or list these in two columns and have the older children connect the correct answer. Here are a few samples:

• Pure One
• More honorable than the angels
• Only all blameless One
• You without corruption
• Bride of God
• Spotless One
• Ever Virgin
• Mother of God (God-Bearer)
• O Full of Grace
• All-Venerable Abbess to Monasteries of the Entire World
• Daughter of Zion 
• the Door-keeper
• the Enricher of the Harvest
• the Inexhaustible Cup
•  Nurturer of Children
• Queen of All
• Spring of Healing
• Swift to Aid
• Unexpected Joy