Lesson Plans for the Week of Pentecost
(June 7-13)
Copywork and dictation selections are included within this post.
We now approach the Great Feast of Pentecost, the last feast of the Divine Economy. It was on the Sunday of Pentecost that the Holy Spirit descended upon the those gathered together in the Upper Room. In reference to this feast, St. Nicodemus the Hagiorite points out the central position of Sunday in the salvation of man. The creation of the world began with the creation of Light on a Sunday, the first day of the week. The Resurrection of Christ, the renewal of fallen creation, took place on a Sunday as did the completion of creation, the descent of the Holy Spirit into the hearts of man.
The purpose of the Christian life, the acquisition of the Holy Spirit, is offered to us through this Great Feast. As Metropolitan of Nafpaktos Hierotheos writes in The Feasts of the Lord,
The purpose of the Incarnation of the Son of God is for men to receive the Holy Spirit and become members of the Body of Christ, and thus to become dwelling-places of the Triune God. This is why the participation of the Holy Spirit, through which we become living members of the Church, living members of the Body of Christ, and have communion with the Triune God,
is the purpose of the spiritual life.
The Main Lesson Book
Because we are celebrating one of the Twelve Great Feasts, we will return to our handcraft of handmade felt figures to be used in narrating the account from Scripture. Details of this handcraft can be found in the lesson plan post for the Sunday of the Myrrhbearing Women. If you chose to craft for this feast, photographs can be preserved in the main lesson book.
Learning Through the Year of Grace Online Lesson Calendar
The Paschal Season Main Lesson Book Photo Album
Pentecost
Fifty Days After Pascha
Copywork and Dictation
Read this post for a detailed description of how to teach writing using copywork and dictation.
The beginning copywork selection is taken from
The Kneeling Service of Pentecost.
Pentecostarion of the Orthodox Church
St. John of Kronstadt Press
Copywork For Beginners - Zaner Bloser
Copywork For Beginners - Handwriting Without Tears
The festal troparion of Pentecost is this week's copywork and dictation selection.
Manuscript Copywork - Zaner Bloser
Manuscript Copywork - Handwriting Without Tears
Cursive Copywork - Zaner Bloser
Cursive Copywork - Handwriting Without Tears
Dictation - Zaner Bloser Cursive
Dictation - Handwriting Without Tears Cursive
LINKS
RESOURCES
Printable icon of Pentecost
I recommend printing on card stock and storing in page-size plastic sheet protector.
READING
The Orthodox New Testament
Praxapostolos
Acts 2:1-11
The Year of Grace of the Lord
pp. 212-218
The Feasts of the Lord
pp. 307-333
The Feast of Pentecost
by Sister Elayne
