Living Liturgically in May

On this page you will find resources for popular feast days celebrated in the Orthodox Church in May

Here is a collection of blogposts for feast days and saints celebrated in the month of May. In each of these blogs you will find summarized information about the feast/saints, activity suggestions for younger and older kids, reading suggestions and more. These are not just activities for activities sake, of course. My hope is that these will aid you in sharing more about our faith with your children in a way that is developmentally appropriate, allows for their exploration and participation in the feast, and hopefully cultivate a rich soil in their hearts that allows the seed of Truth that stays with them all the days of their life. I absolutely love learning more about the saints and feast days and try my best to set them apart from other days. I hope these resources are a blessing to you!

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Holy Week & Pascha Prep Printable

April, May, Pascha, Holy Week, Lent, Preparing for Lent, lent resources

As Pascha draws near, I wanted to create a printable/planner to help you stay organized for Holy Week, prepare sufficiently for attending services, and have a smooth and grace-filled Holy Week and Pascha! A little foresight and planning before Holy Week begins goes a long way so we have a heart like Mary and we can focus on the one thing needful and not be a frazzled mess like Martha running around stressed!

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Guide for Holy Week

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In this guide you will find many resources and information for each day of Holy Week to help guide your family through the Passion of our Lord. I’ve included activity suggestions (for the ambitious ones), book recommendations, as well as tips to help you prepare for Pascha so this Holy Week will be much smoother than in years past and you can experience the Joy of Pascha!

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Favorite Pascha Books for Kids

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There are a plethora of wonderful books on the market today for children to better understand our Orthodox Faith. Every year at Pascha, we gift our children a new book to add to our collection - usually surrounding the theme of the season. These are the ones we have read and loved! I’ve also added the age range that I think is appropriate to introduce it, but of course most of these books can be read aloud on the laps of mom and dad and would be perfectly suited for the whole family.

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How to Put Together a Traditional Pascha Basket

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If you’re new to creating a Pascha basket, welcome! I’m glad you found this little blogpost. My hope is to share an example of a Traditional Pascha basket, which stems from the Russian tradition, and share what each item symbolizes.

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Printable, Monthly Printables, April, May, June

New Monthly Liturgical Printables

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Living the Orthodox Faith in our modern age takes intention. I’ve created a beautiful one page (per month) printable to help simplify liturgical living with fun and easy ways to incorporate into your home.

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Recipes, Feast Day Food Traditions, Ascension, May

Cloud JELL-O Parfaits for the Feast of Ascension!

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Who doesn’t like a fun symbolic recipe to help us remember a Special Feast Day? This Cloud Jello Parfait recipes is SUPER easy and fun, and will help children remember the details of Christ’s ascension into heaven!

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Feast Day Food Traditions, Sunday of the Blind Man, May, Recipes

Mud Brownies for the Sunday of the Blind Man

Feast Day Food Traditions, Sunday of the Blind Man, May, Recipes

Here’s a simple and fun activity for you to do this weekend as a family as you live Liturgically. Make “mud” brownies! I am always a fan of incorporating food into any feast day, especially for children! In addition to it being obviously yummy, it’s also a great sensory experience to help kids connect the healing element (mud) that Jesus used to heal the blind man!

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10 Easy Ideas to Celebrate Ascension with Kids

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Here you’ll find 10 fun ways to celebrate Ascension as a family in hopes that one of these ideas will spark some ideas for you as you live out the Liturgical Calendar. Perhaps they will become your annual tradition for each Ascension! These are not just activities for activities sake, of course. My hope is that these will aid you in sharing more about our faith with your children in a way that is developmentally appropriate, allows for their exploration and participation in the feast, and hopefully cultivate a rich soil in their hearts that allows the seed of Truth that stays with them all the days of their life.

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Sunday of the Blind Man, Blind Man, B, St Celidonius, C, May, Feast Day

Sunday of the Blind Man

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The sixth Sunday after Holy Pascha, the Orthodox Church designates as the Sunday of the blind man. Here you will find more about the significance of this Sunday, who is the blind man was and some activities, reading suggestions, and other ways to engage with your children to help them learn more about this day!

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Saints Constantine and Helen

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St Helen was a wise Empress who loved God with all her heart and together with her son, St Constantine, they allowed Christianity to grow and spread through the Roman Empire after a long time of persecution of Christians. In this guide you’ll find more information about these wonderful saints, activity suggestions, links to a listen more about about the feast, reading suggestions and more!

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Sunday of the Samaritan Woman, P, St Photini, S, May

Sunday of the Samaritan Woman (Photini)

Sunday of the Samaritan Woman, P, St Photini, S, May

The fifth Sunday after Holy Pascha, the Orthodox Church designates as the Sunday of the Samaritan Woman. I will share a little more about the significance of this Sunday, who is the woman at the well (spoiler alert: her name is Photini), and some activities, reading suggestions, and other ways to engage with your children to help them learn more about this day!

Sunday of the Samaritan Woman, P, St Photini, S, May

Sts Cyril and Methodius, C, M, May

Saints Cyril and Methodius

Sts Cyril and Methodius, C, M, May

Feast Day May 11th - Saints Cyril and Methodius were brothers and Christian Missionaries in the 9th century. In this guide, I share a little more information about these wonderful saints and included ways to participate in the feast with activity suggestions, link to a listen more about about the feast, reading suggestions and more!

Sts Cyril and Methodius, C, M, May

Mid-Pentecost, Feast Day, May

Mid-Pentecost

Mid-Pentecost, Feast Day, May

Not many people are familiar with the feast of Mid-Pentecost. Apart from the clergy and a few lay people who have close ties to the Church, many don’t even know of its existence. The Wednesday after the Sunday of the Paralytic, the Church celebrates a great feast of the Lord, that of Mid-Pentecost.

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May Liturgical Resource Guide

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As a parent, I know what a difficult task it can be to stay ahead of the Liturgical calendar, particularly during a busy season like this one, so I hope to help other parents…

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Paschal Season

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During the Paschal season, just like we do during lent, consider making changes to your environment that echo what is going on liturgically…

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May Orthodox Liturgical Printable

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Start off the new month with an intentional plan to incorporate the liturgical life into your home, with a few simple additions. The Liturgical calendar can be very full, so by pairing it down to, this printable has ONE saint, ONE hymn, ONE activity, and ONE family culture building activity.