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Youth and Religious Education Resources and Guides
by Michelle Hawe
These are helpful Resources for Parents and Religious Educators. This is a growing list, always check back for more.
Saint Anna Main and Youth Websites- Our main site offers a live feed of events and stories from throughout the Orthodox world. The youth site offers an up to date calendar of all youth activities and youth blogs about different items. http://www.saintanna.org and http://www.saintanna.org/youth
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Department of Religious Education: Our Department of Religious Education offers different types of lessons that include learning to chant and the feasts. As another way to reach children they provide multimedia resources for different content topics including chanting, the Sacraments and more. http://www.goarch.org/archdiocese/departments/religioused
Saints Alive: This is a great place for kids to play games on the internet and learn about Orthodoxy. There are plenty of games ranging from word puzzles and pacman to memory and catching the Manna. This is a fun way to learn! http://www.games.goarch.org
Orthodox Christian Education Commission (OCEC)- This site offers articles, curriculum and history of the Church. The site is geared more to the parent and educator. http://www.orthodoxed.org/
Orthodox Church of America (OCA) Department of Religious Education: OCA Department of Religious Ed. offers lessons and units to teachers. With every lesson they offer more resources to help the teacher with the unit. The site also offers many free downloads of icons to color. One can also sign up to stay informed on their listserv. http://dce.oca.org/
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Diocese of North America Christian Education: On their site you can find the Sunday gospel reading in terms different age groups understand, lesson plans, information on youth tithing, and more. There are articles and other links that you can follow from their website. http://www.antiochian.org/christianeducation
Light A Candle: Visit this site to be greeted by an online chapel. Save this site for whenever you are stressed and need to offer a prayer. You can open this site to light your candle as you offer your prayer. http://realserver.goarch.org/en/scoba/acrod/candle/
If you find any resources you would like to share please send them to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) so we can add them to our list.
