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Not only in ordinary schools, but also in the Sunday school "Dobrynushka" at the Verkhoturye St. Nicholas Monastery, the last bell rang. A lot of new and interesting things have been learned by the children within the walls of this school over the past year. Many events have passed: Christmas, Easter, Candlemas Week, Mother's Day, Victory Day; participation in exhibitions, in the scientific and practical conference "Family - Past, Present, Future", a trip to the diocesan theological conference took place. All holidays and events were held thanks to the work of the teaching staff under the guidance of the young director of the school Alena Dedova.
I would also like to mention the Sunday School students Ekaterina Bezdenezhnykh and Lyubimova Olga, who adequately represented the Sunday School at the XV Diocesan Theological Conference and actively participated in the life of the school, not missing events and helping the school principal. Demin Ivan also excelled, who did not lag behind the girls and adequately defended the honor of the school. At the last line, a thanksgiving service to the Lord was served, many children were awarded certificates for their active participation in the life of the school and academic success. After tea, all the children were given soft toys.
I would like to express my special gratitude to the director of the school, Alena Dedova. As an assistant to the Dean for youth missionary work, she conducts interesting youth activities, which all teenagers remember with gratitude. Creative evenings, a rope course, evenings by the fire - attracted a lot of young people and will remain in their memory for a long time. Also, through the efforts of Alena Dedova, such circles as learning to play the guitar, photography, singing (church and folk) and a sports club were organized.
This year a historic event took place in Sunday School. For the first time, in all the years of existence of the Sunday Schools in Verkhoturye, the first graduation took place. Unfortunately, only one graduate received a school leaving certificate. I became this graduate - Maria Maslova. With God's help and the good preparation of my mentors Maslova Svetlana and Dedova Alena, I managed to get a certificate with distinction. The exam included questions on such disciplines as the Old Testament, New Testament, Catechism, knowledge of prayers, the organization of the temple, fasts and holidays, reading in Church Slavonic. The examination committee, chaired by the confessor of the school, Hieromonk Simeon (Tsarev), congratulated me on my excellent graduation from school and presented me with memorable gifts.
I am grateful to Abbot Laurus for the existence of the school, and to the teaching staff for the contribution made to the development of the Sunday School students. I hope that my graduation will not be the last within the walls of this school, and the knowledge gained will help me on my life path. I wish all the students of the school to successfully complete it, and I also invite parents to bring their children to our school, because only goodness is taught here.
Maria Maslova.
The educational-methodical set "Vertograd" includes Teacher's Notes, Workbooks and Test Collections in the following subjects:
1. TEMPLE STUDY (Initial concepts about God, about prayer, about the temple)
2. ORTHODOX ICONOSTASIS (Twelfth Feasts. Faces of saints. Detailed analysis of the iconostasis using a paper model).
3. OLD TESTAMENT
4. NEW TESTAMENT
5. HISTORY OF THE CHURCH
6. ORTHODOX SERVICE (All-Night Vigil, Liturgy)
7. ORTHODOX CATECHISM
8. Church Slavonic
The set was developed on the basis of the classic textbook by Archpriest Seraphim Slobodsky, supplemented with modern theological and natural science knowledge, enriched with information on Orthodox culture. Educational material is distributed taking into account the age characteristics of students. The teacher's notes contain: a brief description of the course, lesson notes in accordance with the calendar and thematic plan, and a list of references. Workbooks include: a summary of the topic of the lesson and a practical task - writing down key words, abstracts, coloring pictures, appliqué, paper modeling.
Designed for Sunday schools, Orthodox gymnasiums, secondary schools.
The educational and methodological set, developed on the basis of the Sunday school "Vertograd" at the Michael-Arkhangelsk Church in Pushchino, was presented by the compiler as a final qualifying work at the Higher Theological Courses at the MPDA and recommended for publication.
Head of the final qualifying work - Ph.D. in Pedagogics, Dean of the Pedagogical Faculty of PSTGU, Director of the Institute for the Expertise of Educational Programs and State-Confessional Relations.
Church Slavonic. Imyaslov. Workbook.Svirepova O.V., Zakharova L.A., Methodological development for the 4th grade of the Sunday school, for children 10-11 years old. Pushchino, 2010
The lessons are developed on the basis of the book by N.P. Sablina “Slavic letter. Poetic history of the alphabet with the basics of Church Slavonic writing. The author herself described her book as a collection of “popular science stories about the Letter in the Spirit: about the venerable external beauty of each letter, or its image; about the spiritual and mystical essence of the alphabet and the symbolism of alphabetic names.
The compilers have tried to execute the manual in the same vein. Each sheet of the workbook is dedicated to one letter, a story about its name, origin. Also on the sheet dedicated to the letter, there are words beginning with it under titles, names and their meanings, a brief dictionary of frequently occurring words, an icon of the Virgin, whose name begins with this letter, an icon of a saint, riddles. Half of the page is occupied by writing. The sheet is decorated with ornaments and all sorts of captive letters, but there is also a place for the student to draw a beautiful letter himself. (for 2 parts, Separate lessons, answers to more difficult tests)
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The school year ended in Sunday school. On May 13, exams were held in 3 senior groups. Examination tickets contained questions from all the religious disciplines studied by children:
Group 3 (7-8 years old) - Holidays of the Russian Orthodox Church. Annual cycle, Sacred History of the Old Testament, Sacred History of the New Testament, Lives of the Saints of the Ecumenical Church, Church Slavonic.
 Group 4 (9-10 years old)- New Testament. Sunday Gospels. Interpretation, Sacred History of the Old Testament, Moral Theology, History of the Russian Church in the Lives of the Saints, General Church History in the Lives of the Saints, Church Slavonic, Church Reading Skills and the Basics of Divine Liturgy;
Group 5 (11-13 years old)– Catechism and Dogmatic Theology, New Testament. Apostolic Epistle. Interpretations, Moral Theology, Old Testament, Liturgy, Church Slavonic, Church Reading Skills and Worship Basics.
 The examination committee included: Archimandrite Dionysius, Hieromonk Filaret, Priest Leonid, Anton Ruslanovich Zolotukhin (Dean of Education), Elena Viktorovna Strunina (Assistant Director of Education), Nikita Viktorovich Stratulat (PhD in Theology), Lyubov Anatolyevna Gvozdeva.  18 Sunday school students successfully passed the final certification.
After the completion of the exam, a prayer service was served at the home church of the Metropolitan's chambers at the end of the academic year.
Then, in the lecture hall of the Metropolitan Chambers, a parent meeting was held, at which Archimandrite Dionysius congratulated everyone on the end of the academic year and summed up the results of the joint work of students, teachers and parents. The head teacher of the Sunday school announced the results of the exams. At the end of the school year, Sunday school students were awarded certificates of academic achievement.   For diligence, good manners, conscientiousness and creative aspirations, the best students were awarded with letters of commendation, certificates of merit and memorable gifts.
Also, for active participation in the life of the school, the parents of the pupils were awarded with diplomas and memorable gifts.
The parents of the students expressed their gratitude to Archimandrite Dionysius for his many years of close attention to the problems of raising children and youth, for the love and kindness of the entire teaching staff and the hope for further joint work in the upbringing of children.
At the end of the parent meeting, a pedagogical council was held, at which a positive assessment was given to the work of the teaching staff and a wish was expressed to maintain stability in the work of the Sunday school in the next academic year.
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Children don't always want to learn, children don't always want to go to school. Even on Sunday. A good teacher tries not only to make the lesson interesting, but also to encourage children. Encourage them to come to Sunday School on time, encourage them to listen and memorize Bible events.
Caterpillar (toddler encouragement)
This method of encouraging attendance is for the little ones. If your Sunday school children use notebooks, you can use this method.
At the beginning of the school year, or when starting a new notebook, give all the children a small circle of colored paper with eyes and a mouth. This will be the head of the caterpillar. If your children already know how to draw, then they can draw the eyes and mouth themselves. Let each child stick this circle in their notebook on the first page. When the children come to the next lesson, again give them one colored circle. And let them paste it again in their notebook next to the first one. And do this in every lesson. For one visit, the child receives one circle. In his notebook should be a caterpillar.
Tip: When giving out circles, then give out circles of the same color in one lesson, otherwise the children may not divide them among themselves.
Train (toddler encouragement)
How to encourage children to attend Sunday school? Here is one of the tips. You will need a large board or sheet of paper. For each child, stick a train on the left side of the board. When a boy or girl comes to class, one trailer is added to their train. Thus, after a few lessons, it will be a whole train. The competition is whose train is longer (that is, who has more cars).
The peculiarity of this method is that children do not need to count (especially if they still do not know how). They can compare their trains by length, because they are located on the board one under the other. And to distinguish trains, you can stick small photographs of children in the window of a locomotive (that is, on each train there is a photograph of the child owner).
Crown (encouraging attendance and participation in the lesson)
If you want to encourage your students not only to attend Sunday school but also to participate in the lesson, then this encouragement method will suit you. If you are studying the books of Kings and several Bible lessons are devoted to the stories of David, Saul, and Solomon, then this method will work just fine.
Make a colored cardboard crown for each child. Older children can make their own crowns in class using your templates. Sign each crown (child's name). For attending each lesson, give the children one "precious" pebble. Such “pebbles” can be cut out of gold, foil, or some small flat objects, such as buttons, can be painted with gold car paint from a spray can. For special participation in the lesson, you can give out additional pebbles of a different color. At the end of each lesson, the child himself glues the resulting pebble to his crown. By the end of a certain period, the children will have their own decorated crowns, which they will, of course, try on on their heads. In the last lesson, you can summarize: who has what crown, who received pebbles for what, etc. Take a group photo of your "kings" and give the crowns to their owners! Until the crowns are ready, it is recommended to leave them with the teacher.
A face instead of a clock (how to deal with being late for lessons)
How do you keep your kids from being late for Sunday school?
Hang a smiley face on the door of your Sunday School class before class begins (as shown in the picture on the right). As soon as the hour of the beginning of the lesson has struck, turn it over to the other side, on which a sad face should be depicted. The child, coming to the lesson, will know for sure if he was late. Give everyone who came on time at the very beginning of the lesson a piece of candy (nothing, but still an incentive). Children who arrive late do not receive candy.
Assemble the snowman
In this way, the Sunday school teacher can encourage class attendance. The idea is especially good for kids who do not yet know how to count, but it can also be applied to younger students.
This promotion method is best used in winter. Its essence is simple - you need to collect a snowman. When attending each lesson, the child receives one part of a snowman cut out of cardboard: first one circle, then the second, the third, a whisk, a hat, a carrot, etc. Children can stick a snowman on their notebook, or designate a place for each child on the classroom wall (do not forget to write the name of the baby).
Graduation in any educational institution is an exciting and solemn moment, and especially in Sunday school. On May 27, on the basis of the Torbeevskaya Basic School, a graduation ceremony was held for 4th year students of the Sunday School at the Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul. The heroes of the occasion, students of grades 8-9, who have been studying the "Fundamentals of the Orthodox Faith" for 4 years, guests, younger schoolchildren, and teachers gathered in a festively decorated office.
After the solemn beginning, the head of the diocesan department of religious education and catechesis, as well as the confessor of the Sunday school, hegumen Amfilohiy, spoke with warm words and parting wishes. The priest presented the graduates with certificates and letters of thanks for diligent study and active participation in the life of the Sunday School, and blessed the students with the holy book of the New Testament. Teachers congratulated their students with good wishes: Perfilova V.F., Glukhova V.P.
With special excitement, the graduates presented a prepared performance to all those present, read poems, sang the song “My humble ship”, watched the presentation. They expressed their gratitude to Abbot Amphilochius, parents and teachers.
Grade 6 students congratulated the graduates, wishing them success and peace. With special enthusiasm, Tatiana Perfilova sang the song "Rosinochka - Russia", Baykova Marina, Azyaeva Irina presented the song "Mama" with love and tenderness. With delight, everyone together watched a video film about the years of study at the Sunday school, presented by the priest. With excitement, they recalled classes, joint visits to the temple, conversations with the priest about God and the lives of the saints, an amazing Orthodox camp, an Orthodox patriotic camp, unforgettable pilgrimage trips to holy places. And there were a lot of them! For which everyone is very grateful to our father, Father Amphilochius.
Finished the evening with a celebratory tea party. A warm conversation with such a beloved father will be remembered in our hearts for a long time.
Dear Father, Thank you very much for everything.
Grateful students of grade 9 and teacher Glukhova V.P.
Sunday School Graduation.
4 years of study flew by. Sunday school is a place of spiritual education and development. During these years of study, teachers taught us kindness, attention to people, we studied the Old and New Testaments, and most importantly, we learned to love God and the Church of Christ. But we not only studied, we had joint holidays, unforgettable trips to the Holy places. We attended church services, participated in the sacraments, took part in all Orthodox holidays and festivals, won prizes in competitions. We felt like one family.
Graduation party is the result of our training, it was held in a festive atmosphere. We heard a lot of warm words, wishes from Abbot Amphilochius, teachers, junior comrades. Batiushka presented certificates and letters of thanks, presented the graduates and teachers with the New Testament. We were very satisfied and joyful. All together recalled the happiest moments, looking at photos on the big screen.
The graduation party ended with a celebratory tea party. Such events unite and help to remember all the good things that were experienced together.
Graduation in our Sunday School has become a memory, joy, a hymn of love, kindness, gratitude to the Lord God.
Sunday school is a stepping stone to God,
To go up the ladder to the sky -
Look at yourself repentantly and strictly,
And those who are around, do not judge for sins.
Sunday School Graduate Queen Valentine
