For the feast of Theophany, this free lesson and handout on Scribd or here at GoogleDocs for
Orthodox Christians reaches back to the well known story of the holy Prophet Noah and the ark to understand God's plan for our salvation.
You may ask your students to cut around the components of the icon to glue and create
their own festal icon with the blue Jordan river and barren desert as you read aloud the Gospel text.
The discussion for the lesson should lead to God's revelation of the Holy Trinity, 3-in-1 and 1-in-3. In fact, if our students only learn the Troparion or festal hymn for the feast of Theophany they will see that it encompasses the complete theology of the Church in that the Holy Trinity existed before all time!
Wishing your families and students a blessed illumination for 2021!
You may ask your students to cut around the components of the icon to glue and create
their own festal icon with the blue Jordan river and barren desert as you read aloud the Gospel text.
The discussion for the lesson should lead to God's revelation of the Holy Trinity, 3-in-1 and 1-in-3. In fact, if our students only learn the Troparion or festal hymn for the feast of Theophany they will see that it encompasses the complete theology of the Church in that the Holy Trinity existed before all time!
Wishing your families and students a blessed illumination for 2021!
This seems like a fun activity but I feel like it needs more instructions. Are the kids supposed to glue peices to construction paper? And which parts do they cut out and glue? all of it? or only the peices that look like part of an actual icon? What do they do with the rest of it?
ReplyDeleteHi Shannon, Yes, this print-out page is part of the ORTHODOX JOURNAL curriculum, where students each week add to their journal by cutting, gluing and decorating the feastday page from the lesson. Each week there are labels, quotes, graphics, symbols, and sometimes parts of the icon to cut and glue like a puzzle to rearrange the Festal icon. The adult or older student usually read out loud the Biblical story while little hands are busy! Invite the group to discuss each object pasted, and share how they decorated their journal entry. Having extra supplies like glitter can be fun too!
ReplyDeleteHere's the full curriculum for the year:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1WcZdSw5bywUk_0s8e46aH61KdEE_kLOH