Orthodox Syrian Sunday School misson

The mission of our parish religious education program is to mold the lives of our children in the Orthodox Christian way of life by proclaiming the teaching of Holy Scripture and Holy Tradition and to develop each student spiritually to live a Christ-centered life, to worship and serve the Lord and His Holy Orthodox Church. Through our religious education program, we hope our children will make new, long lasting friendships and fundamentally build a moral compass that will guide them in later years to do what is right and what is true.

“Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.”-Proverbs 22:6

Curriculum

Our Sunday School curriculum includes study of Old Testament, New Testament, religious lessons and Church history, Writings of Fathers, Doctrines and Christian Hymns. The classes range from pre-primary to the 12th grade. The academic year starts from the first week of September and ends in May.

OVBS

Orthodox Vacation Bible School (OVBS) is an educational outreach program under the Sunday School Association of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church. This ministry provides opportunities for our young people (particularly, Sunday school children) to grow closer to Christ and His Church in a fun-filled learning environment. OVBS focuses on deepening the knowledge and experience of the Orthodox faithful and embraces the teachings and traditions of Orthodox Christianity: Scripture, saints, feasts, prayers, worship and music. Also, the curriculum will attempt to teach and engage participants in the following areas: classroom lessons & discussions, memory verses (from Bible and/or parts of Orthodox tradition – especially prayers), songs/hymns (liturgical & non-liturgical), Orthodox worship/prayer, activities, arts & crafts, recreation, and more.

Our OVBS usually takes place in the summer time over a series of days (either evenings for a week or few full days), whichever works best for the parish and/or area. Every year, the OVBS program in America chooses to coordinate their theme with that of the OVBS program back home in Kerala, India.

TTC (Teachers Training & Certification - Oct 2020)

Seven Teachers from our parish have passed the Teachers’ Training and Certification examination (15th batch of certified Teachers in the Sunday school program) conducted by the Diocese of South West America. As part of the training, there were weekly classes on Mondays 8 pm to 9 pm from Theologians, followed by Q&A sessions.

CWC (Centralised Written Competition)

Every year our sunday school children participate in the cetralized written competition conducted by the Diocese of South West America.