Check the children’s bible that you have at home- it probably includes the story of the first Pentecost for kids! I always love to read a version to kids that is easy for them to understand. Also, check out this adorable video that does a good job of quickly depicting theevents of t...
In a game called "hunting the green man," children search for a young man dressed in leaves and moss. In the early Christian Church, Pentecost was second in importance only to Easter. Nowadays no special ceremonies take place on this day in Roman Catholic churches, aside from the Saturday ...
Shavuot has become a holiday that symbolizes the importance of Torah study and Jewish education. Some holiday customs reflect this theme. In France, Germany, and parts of eastern Europe parents brought young children to Hebrew school for the first time on Shavuot. The teachers gave the youngsters...
The divine Providence had ordained that the Holy Spirit should come down in a special manner, to give spiritual life and unity to the Church, on that very same day in the year on which the law had been bestowed on the children of Israel which gave to them national life and unity. They...
Prayer for Our Time from Bishop Malkhaz Songulashvili, responding to the conflict, protest and harsh responses in Georgia Lord, This is not the first time that some of Your children have caused suffering to others.You are pure, blameless, and the embodiment of unconditional love.Why then do ...
We hid in the shed and watched the slaughter for over an hour, huddled like children in a darkened house during a thunderstorm. Those animals were loud: snarls, growls, howls, and the gnashing of teeth. Very Old Testament, what I imagine drove prophets to take up prayer: Prophet: Dear ...