ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN RESOURCE CATALOG The Church: 2015-2016 Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Department of Religious Education Contents Curriculum Materials from the DRE . 1 Vacation Church School . 6 Sunday School Certicates . 7 Bibles & Scriptural Resources . 8 St. John Chrysostom Oratorical Festival Materials. 10 Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Classroom Resources & Supplements . 10 Department of Teacher Preparation 10 Religious Education Preschool & Elementary School 11 Goddard Avenue Brookline, MA Junior High, High School & Adult Groups 14 Icons & Posters 15 Coloring & Activities 15 Director: Anton C. Vrame, PhD Music 16 Divine Liturgy 17 Editor: Maria Klonaris Christmas & Plays 17 Design and layout: Lent & Pascha 18 Dionne Katinas Youth Ministry . 18 Cover design: Religious Pamphlets . 19 Dionne Katinas DVDs . 21 Photography: David DeJonge Legacy Icons Children’s Books . 22 & Maria Katinas Music 22 Coloring & Books 22 To order: Prayer Books 24 P () - F () - Elementary Readers 25 E [email protected] Potamitis Books 28 Saints & Mid-Level Readers 35 Visit religioused.goarch.org: Christmas 36 • Check out new releases • View seasonal yers Lent & Pascha 37 • Browse or download this Faith & Life . 38 catalog and llable order forms The Faith 38 • Sign up for our listserv Saints & Iconography 41 • Join the Orthodox Family 41 Christian Religious Educators group on Prayer & Spiritual Life 42 Facebook Sacraments 45 Worship & Liturgy 46 Browse this catalog online! religioused.goarch.org Feasts & the Church Year 47 Christmas 47 Lent & Pascha 48 Orthodox Icons & Gifts . 50 Index of titles . 59 DRE Indicates Department of Religious Education publications Prices in red indicate a sale or reduced price Curriculum Materials from the DRE Materials from Curriculum PRESCHOOL & ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THIRD GRADE: Sharing God’s World DRE Living Our Orthodox Faith Curriculum DRE Elizabeth White See the Living Our Orthodox Faith brochure at www.religioused. Children learn about sharing through the goarch.org/curriculum for more information about our materials. example of Jesus and are inspired to observe these same examples in the Divine Liturgy, the PRESCHOOL: God Loves Us DRE Sacraments, and other services of the Church. Preschool Teacher’s Binder From there they become caring, sharing indi- viduals. Contains words to hymns and songs. is is a teacher’s guide with reproducible Teacher’s Guide contains words and music for hymns and songs. handouts for your students. Love, which chil- Student Book 320 $15.00 dren so freely give and so naturally expect, is the Teacher’s Guide 325 $12.00 basis for this program. Here are the materials a teacher needs to build an eective, customized program for this age group. FOURTH GRADE: Teacher’s Guide N10 $27.00 Growing with God DRE KINDERGARTEN: Sophia Annas A program devoted to helping children learn Happy with God DRE how to use and appreciate the Bible. Also in- Sophia Annas troduces examples of living the sacramental God’s love is the source of joy, the main theme life—attending services, fasting, praying, ob- of this program designed for kindergarten age serving feast days, helping others, learning children. Aspects of worship and stories from about the saints and the Church of Christ. Af- scripture highlight specic examples of and ter this program, children love the Bible, and know how to refer to reasons for joy centered on Christ. it in times of doubt and fear. Contains words to hymns and songs. Student Book K16 $15.00 Student Book 410 $15.00 Teacher’s Guide K20 $15.00 Teacher’s Guide by Elizabeth White 415 $12.00 FIRST GRADE: FIFTH GRADE: God Calls Us DRE Me and My World DRE Stephania Gianulis Charalambides, NEW Ted eodorou, Aimee Cox Ehrs, eodore Kaltsounis Angeliki Constantine & Anton C. Vrame e focus of this program is on Creation Concentrates on the stories of those heroes of as God’s gift. In discovering the world, the the Faith who have responded to God’s call. child understands that the family, friends, rough these examples of faith, loyalty, self- church school—all come from God. rough sacrice, obedience, love, justice and social depictions of the daily experiences of God’s responsibility, students of this age learn to re- world, the child comes to realize that God is spond to God in terms of personal faith and the basics of Christian real, loving, and caring. morality. Student Book 110 $15.00 Unit 1: God Calls Us to Faith (5 lessons) Teacher’s Guide by Mary Hallick 115 $17.50 Student 550-1 $2.95 Teacher 555-1 $3.50 Activity Book 126 $5.00 Unit 2: God Calls Us to Holiness (7 lessons) Song Book by Konstantine Mendrinos 120 $5.00 Student 550-2 $2.95 Teacher 555-2 $3.50 Each additional Song Book $3.00 Unit 3: God Calls Us to His Kingdom (6 lessons) Second Grade: Loving God DRE Student 550-3 $2.95 Teacher 555-3 $3.50 Unit 4: God Calls Us to His Church (5 lessons) eodore Kaltsounis Student 550-4 $2.95 Teacher 555-4 $3.50 is program concentrates on the theme of “Loving God.” rough the example of men Unit 5: God Calls Us to Share His Word (6 lessons) NEW UNIT! and women of the Bible, and of our Saints, Student 550-5 $2.95 Teacher 555-5 $3.50 children begin to understand right, wrong and Unit 6: God Calls Us to Serve (4 lessons) forgiveness in the light of God’s love. ey also Student 550-6 $2.95 Teacher 555-6 $3.50 learn the importance not only of loving God Teacher Binder 550-0 $5.00 unconditionally, but also of respecting other Free with purchase of full set of Teacher guides people, of taking care of the environment, of doing good in His Name. Living Our Orthodox Faith CD Student Book 211 $15.00 Teacher’s Edition by Mary Hallick 215 $12.00 Hymns and Songs for Kindergarten to Song Book by Konstantine Mendrinos 220 $5.00 Fifth Grade Each additional Song Book $3.00 K26 $19.95 TO ORDER, CALL 800.566.1088 | 1 MIDDLE SCHOOL & JUNIOR HIGH ALTERNATIVE & SUPPLEMENTAL TEXTBOOKS About the Zines & Teacher Guides For several grade levels, we continue to oer our textbooks from previous series. ese textbooks are alternative or supplemental to e Department of Religious Education has embarked on a new those in the Living Our Orthodox Faith series. line of resources for teaching junior high and high school students. Called “zines” (from magazine), each one explores one topic of the Orthodox Christian Faith in easy-to-read bites of information and PRESCHOOL: accompanying images, with many interactive elements, such as Reaching For Jesus DRE questions for reection or things to look up in the Bible. Polyxeny Nimmer Although the zines may be excellent sources of information when A pictorial introduction to Christ, with large read independently, they are carefully designed to be used as class- drawings for coloring and easy text that rein- room texts. e Teacher Guide for each zine is a comprehensive forces prayer, the observance of the feast days classroom unit of 4–6 thematic lessons. Each lesson’s activities and and the love of Jesus. discussions lead students to a deeper understanding and active ap- Student Book N01 $8.00 plication of the short texts in the zine. e lessons follow the ve- Teacher’s Guide N05 $7.50 step “shared Christian praxis” format, described in the introduction to each guide: Curriculum Materials from the DRE Materials from Curriculum KINDERGARTEN 1. Focusing activity: Draw students’ attention to the theme SECOND GRADE: of the class session, using a story, allegory or symbol. What We See and Do 2. Name present praxis: Help students identify a part of the Orthodox Tradition or their current way of life. in Church DRE 3. Reect on present praxis: Help students inquire about Here is an introduction to basic Church and consider the implications of their life or the Ortho- teachings, events in the liturgical calendar, Bi- dox Tradition. ble stories and hymns. Each lesson has a brief text and an illustration for coloring. Suitable 4. Access the Christian story and vision: Segue into for grades K–2. the content of the lesson, which includes activities and Student Book K01 $8.00 discussion, in addition to the zine texts. If the students Teacher’s Guide K05 $10.00 have not read the zine’s passages before class, this would be the time. FIFTH GRADE: 5. Appropriate the story and vision: Students make the Parables of Our Lord DRE Christian “story” their story. Students retell the teachings Evagoras Constantinides in their own words, responding to and interacting with Stories of our Lord are told with contemporary them in an authentic way. writing and Biblical illustrations. e Parables 6. Decision for lived response: Students take what they of Jesus oer basic truths for application to have learned and consciously decide how this lesson can daily living. Each of the 25 parables concludes be put into practice and bear fruit in their lives. with discussion questions and vocabulary. 59 pages. Student Book 510 $8.00 Teacher’s Guide 515 $7.50 For to Us a Child Is Born DRE Unwrap the story of Christ’s birth to reveal Lives of the Saints and the fullness of the Incarnation, beginning Major Feast Days DRE with the Annunciation and then the Nativity, eophany and the Presentation of the Lord. George Poulos e text unpacks the meaning of the celebra-celebra ese brief biographies of more 100 Ortho- tion through iconography, Scripture, hymns, dox Saints and stories of major feast days saints and traditions (such as the Vasilopita point toward the source of faith, Jesus Christ. and home blessings). is text is a useful supplement to lesson plans and textbooks.