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Sinopsis
Educating Our Youth in the Orthodox Faith, Both at Home and in the Parish - "Raising Saints" offers tools to equip adults to share the Orthodox Christian faith with children, shaping the way in which our youth understand their lives.
Episodios
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Whole-Hearted Stewardship
15/10/2015 Duración: 20minElissa reminds us that good stewardship heals our relationship to money and other possessions.
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Being Pilgrims
21/09/2015 Duración: 14minElissa encourages us to engage in spiritual pilgrimages and approach all of life as pilgrims.
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Setting Up a Small Sunday School: Stepping Outside the Box
09/07/2015 Duración: 23minRather than picture a perfect, established, normal Sunday school and try to fit yourself into that plan, maybe it's better to start by looking at what you do have and find a flexible, innovative way to make it work.
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The Apostles Fast: Articulating the Faith
25/06/2015 Duración: 25minHow will we help our children find a respectful and good way to offer Orthodoxy to this world? Elissa emphasizes the importance of being able to articulate the Orthodox faith in emulation of the twelve Holy Apostles.
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What the Numbers Tell Us
14/05/2015 Duración: 14minElissa takes a look at the recent Pew Research Center report on religious affiliation in the United States and speculates on some of the possible causes of the decline in Orthodox Christian believers.
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Becoming Myrrhbearers
24/04/2015 Duración: 16minIt is good for our children to understand that the Orthodox treat bodies differently.
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The End of Days: Holy Pascha
28/03/2015 Duración: 20minGreat Lent is a preparation for the ultimate Pascha—for the end of time and Christ's return.
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Lenten Struggles and Anxieties
13/03/2015 Duración: 12minTry not to fall, but if you do, just get back up again.
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Great Lent: A Season of Increase and Decrease
19/02/2015 Duración: 10minThe goal of Great Lent is not only to deny ourselves and live for Christ, but also to let Christ live in us.
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Fasting as a Family
05/02/2015 Duración: 17minHow do you make fasting a beautiful and natural part of your home?
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New Year’s Resolutions
01/01/2015 Duración: 13minResolutions are compatible with Orthodoxy, especially when the goal is to grow closer to God. Does Christ radiate in you?
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The True Meaning of Christmas
12/12/2014 Duración: 13minGifts are a part of Christmas, and that's actually okay, but "God become flesh" is the true meaning of Christmas.
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Nativity and the Solidarity of Mankind
26/11/2014 Duración: 17minWhy does it matter that our God came down to earth and took on flesh? Elissa discusses using the Jesse Tree and other means to teach our children about the Feast of the Nativity.
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Death and Dying: Talking to Kids
16/10/2014 Duración: 20minElissa offers some suggestions for guiding children through death and dying.
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Seeing the Church in a Circus
02/10/2014 Duración: 15minElissa is teaching middle schoolers this year at Sunday school, and she will be using the film The Butterfly Circus as the grounding image.
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Does God Have a Plan for You?
13/09/2014 Duración: 20minElissa reminds us that it is our job to make our free will line up with God's will.
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Orthodox Ecosystem
14/08/2014 Duración: 11minElissa reminds us that the body of Christ is a living organism, and we remove pieces of it to the detriment of the whole.
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Modern Comforts
10/07/2014 Duración: 18minCiting the writings of Elder Paisios of the Holy Mountain, Elissa demonstrates how the conveniences we have invented to make life easy have actually made it quite a bit harder.
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The Life-Giving Cross: Marriage and Parenting
13/06/2014 Duración: 17minElissa discusses Orthodox marriage and parenting, focusing particularly on how both involve dying to self.