Sts. Cyril and Methodius/ Baptism of Russia

ST. CYRIL AND METHODIUS/BAPTISM OF RUS

 

Objectives:

  1. Students should know the names Cyril and Methodius and that they told the people of Russia about Jesus.
  2. Students should know the names of King Vladimir and Queen Olga, the first Christian rulers of Rus.
  3. Students should know that from Rus, now Ukraine, the gospel spread to the Slavic lands of Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus. 

 

Possible Lesson Plan:

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Monasticism

Monasticism/ St. Anthony and St. Seraphim

We will be studying this week the development of monasticism, with a special telling of the stories of St. Anthony and St. Seraphim. 

Home Activities:

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Crusades

THE CRUSADES

 

Objectives:

  1. Students should know the word, crusade, and that these were wars to take the Holy Land from the Moslems.
  2. Students should know that the crusaders did not win the Holy Land for Christians in the end.
  3. Students should know that the crusaders broke into the city of Constantinople and killed its Christian people and stole its treasures.

 

Possible Lesson Plan:

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