1. Honesty
2. Knowing Christ
3. Stewardship
4. Peer Pressure

1. To understand that the way of God is the way of the Church and the way of Christian life.
2. To expand on each person of the Holy Trinity using the definitions presented in the Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed.
3. God has given us free will/choice. Dishonesty and poor choices have consequences.

1. To recognize the inter-relationship between the Bible and Tradition.
2. Distinguish between BC and AD.

1. Identify the name and date of each of the Major Feast Days.
2. Elaborate on each of these icons.
3. Identify the six gifts that we offer at Liturgy and give the spiritual meaning of each.
4. Explain why the Church blesses Water.
5. Explain why we bless our home.
6. Explain the purpose of the Memorial Service.
7. Amplify the Sacramental knowledge with “hands-on-experience”. Make Prosphoro and Koliva and present names for Liturgy.
8. Review the visible signs of each Sacrament.
9. Explain the following about the Nativity Fast/Advent: purpose, scripture, spiritual vs. commercial preparation.
10. Triodion and Lent: The use of Scripture, explanation the Holy Week and Lenten Services, preparation for Confession, personal preparation, memorization of the Holy Week Services.
11. Holy Wednesday/Holy Unction. Discuss and attend the services.

1. Be able to locate chapters and verses in both the Old and New Testaments.
2. Explain the connection between the Adam and Eve’s Expulsion from Paradise and the Resurrection.
3. Explain two of the OT prophecies foretelling the coming of the Messiah.
4. Identify major events in Christ’s life.

a. The birth of Jesus.
b. The early years of Jesus’ life.
c. The beginning of Jesus’ ministry.
d. Selecting the Disciples. (“Follow Me”)
e. The temptation of Christ. (Free will/Choice)
f. The Sermon on the Mount.
g. List 5 of Jesus’ parables.

i. Talents
ii. Prodigal Son
iii. Weeds
iv. 2 house builders

5. Give examples of the following types of miracles: healings, exorcisms, raising from the dead, controls nature (Jesus calms the storm).
6. Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem.
7. Last Supper.
8. Betrayal.
9. Trial before Pilate
10. Crucifixion.
11. Resurrection/Pascha.
12. Post-Resurrection Appearances.
13. Ascension.
14. Explain the connection between Passover and the Resurrection.
15. Give examples of persons in the OT who were tempted and how each handled it. [Joseph, Job, David, Sampson]
16. Explain the effect of Pentecost on the Apostles.
17. Explain Repentance.
18. Define the “Good News.”
19. Define the “Kingdom of God.”
20. Recite the “Golden Rule.”
21. Recite the Ten Commandments, including the number and in correct order, and give a life example of each.
22. Review the Sunday Dismissal Hymns. Tie them in with the Resurrection.
23. Faith and Works, an Orthodox understanding.
24. Show how scripture should play a role in our lives by making behavioral comparisons between self and the Bible stories and Parables.
25. Give the meaning of the following sacramental and devotional practices. Locate those that are found in Scripture.

a. Jesus Prayer.
b. Lord’s Prayer.
c. Creed (English and Greek).
d. Beatitudes.
e. Prayer to the Holy Spirit/Trisagion.
f. Hymn of Church.
g. Pre and Post Communion Prayer.

1. Explain what is meant by Stewardship and list its three forms.
2. Identify various Talents.
3. Explain how St. Symeon the Translator used his talents.
4. List Talents that we bring to the worship services of our church.
5. List our responsibility to the Creation.