St Herman of Alaska Orthodox Christian Church School currently provides a class for children between the ages of 3 and 8 years of age.
The class is provided during the services. Time is alternated throughout the year so the children experience the whole service.
Lessons usually coincide with the gospel reading for the day. Activities are provided to help children grasp the meaning of the lesson and remember the teaching for their spiritual growth.
The lessons, activities and discussions center on God's love for us, and help children learn how to participate in parish life and live as an Orthodox Christian in our world today.
"Therefore Take the whole
armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore, having girded your loins with Truth, and having put on the
breastplate of Righteousness, and having shod your fee with the equipment of the gospel of peace; besides all these, taking the
shield of faith, with which you can quench all the flaming darts of the evil one. And take the
helmet of salvation and
sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God."
Ephesians 6:13-17