Raising Saints

And Upon Those in the Tombs

feeds@ancientfaith.com (Elissa Bjeletich and Ancient Faith Radio) — Thu, 09 May 2013 15:03:06 +0000

Elissa encourages families to spread the joy of Pascha to a local cemetery.

Let Pascha’s Drama Unfold

feeds@ancientfaith.com (Elissa Bjeletich and Ancient Faith Radio) — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:56:39 +0000

Elissa encourages parents and Sunday school teachers to stress the importance of Pascha by sharing in its fullness the story that leads up to Christ's Resurrection.

The Old Testament

feeds@ancientfaith.com (Elissa Bjeletich and Ancient Faith Radio) — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 16:15:46 +0000

Let’s not just offer little Bible Stories as morality tales. Let’s instead help our children to encounter the Scriptures in their wholeness, finding Christ in the Old and the New.

Spring Cleaning for the Soul

feeds@ancientfaith.com (Elissa Bjeletich and Ancient Faith Radio) — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 16:13:59 +0000

Elissa encourages us to teach our children to view their souls as habitations for our Lord.

Teaching Why We Fast

feeds@ancientfaith.com (Elissa Bjeletich and Ancient Faith Radio) — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 16:04:26 +0000

Elissa offers some suggestions for teaching children about the purpose of fasting.

Parables That Prepare: Part 2

feeds@ancientfaith.com (Elissa Bjeletich and Ancient Faith Radio) — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 18:42:40 +0000

Elissa presents part two of her brief series on preparing for Lent.

Parables That Prepare: Part 1

feeds@ancientfaith.com (Elissa Bjeletich and Ancient Faith Radio) — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 15:25:28 +0000

Elissa offers ideas for teaching during the three-week period of preparation for Great Lent (which is itself a preparation) to ensure that our kids benefit from the Church's wise preparation before the preparation.

Heaven and Hell

feeds@ancientfaith.com (Elissa Bjeletich and Ancient Faith Radio) — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 18:59:06 +0000

Elissa shares some examples of how to teach children about the Orthodox understanding of heaven and hell.

Lessons Kids Keep

feeds@ancientfaith.com (Elissa Bjeletich and Ancient Faith Radio) — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 19:12:01 +0000

When teaching Orthodoxy to children, our goal is not just to make sure that our kids know things about our faith, but rather to shepherd them in their faith. So how do we do that? Elissa shares a few ideas.

Teaching Theophany

feeds@ancientfaith.com (Elissa Bjeletich and Ancient Faith Radio) — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 16:40:49 +0000

Elissa offers various ideas for communicating the glorious feast of Theophany to children.

Giving in Secret

feeds@ancientfaith.com (Elissa Bjeletich and Ancient Faith Radio) — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 16:19:53 +0000

Elissa describes how the life of St. Nicholas can be used as an inspiration to give anonymously.

Gratitude

feeds@ancientfaith.com (Elissa Bjeletich and Ancient Faith Radio) — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 17:39:45 +0000

Elissa offers some suggestions for teaching gratitude to our children.

The Nativity Fast

feeds@ancientfaith.com (Elissa Bjeletich and Ancient Faith Radio) — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 06:50:37 +0000

Elissa encourages us to participate fully in the Nativity fast in order to prepare our hearts for Christ.

Halloween and St. Cyprian

feeds@ancientfaith.com (Elissa Bjeletich and Ancient Faith Radio) — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 16:13:59 +0000

Elissa shares how to use the lives of the Saints to combat children's fears.

How Do You Know That There’s a God?

feeds@ancientfaith.com (Elissa Bjeletich and Ancient Faith Radio) — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 06:16:46 +0000

Elissa explains how to help children who struggle with doubt about the existence of God.

Children in Church

feeds@ancientfaith.com (Elissa Bjeletich and Ancient Faith Radio) — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 19:15:12 +0000

Elissa explains how to be responsible for a child during the Divine Liturgy.

Sanctifying Time

feeds@ancientfaith.com (Elissa Bjeletich and Ancient Faith Radio) — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 15:39:12 +0000

Elissa explains how it is that God has no beginning and no end and what that tells us about Him.

Back to School

feeds@ancientfaith.com (Elissa Bjeletich and Ancient Faith Radio) — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 16:48:09 +0000

Elissa encourages us to allow this season—the beginning of the new school year—to be one that sanctifies us and changes us for the better.

The Monastery in Our Hearts

feeds@ancientfaith.com (Elissa Bjeletich and Ancient Faith Radio) — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 08:20:11 +0000

Elissa demonstrates how the idea of the monastery is a very useful illustration to help all of us, especially our youth, understand how to be Orthodox in this world.

Prayers of Holy Communion

feeds@ancientfaith.com (Elissa Bjeletich and Ancient Faith Radio) — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 21:40:56 +0000

Elissa explains how to use images from existing pre-communion prayers to help children prepare themselves for the Holy Mysteries.

Prosphora and Theosis

feeds@ancientfaith.com (Elissa Bjeletich and Ancient Faith Radio) — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 17:17:16 +0000

Elissa explains how to use the baking of prosphora to talk with children about theosis, which she calls "the meaning of life."

Teaching Prayer to Children

feeds@ancientfaith.com (Elissa Bjeletich and Ancient Faith Radio) — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 17:03:31 +0000

Elissa encourages us to develop a vocabulary to communicate the significance of prayer in terms children can understand and then offer opportunities to put it into practice.

Introduction

feeds@ancientfaith.com (Elissa Bjeletich and Ancient Faith Radio) — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 02:14:10 +0000

Elissa explains that the purpose of her podcast is to present ideas for educating our youth in the Orthodox faith—to identify new ways to talk about ancient Truths.