Ukraine, Russia, OCA

Still more ethnic adventures. 

Home Activities:

• Review the stories of St. Sergius, St. Innocent (Apostle to the Aleuts), St. Herman, and St. Peter the Aleut. 
• Visit the library or the Internet for books on Eskimos and Aleuts; look at pictures of Alaskan scenery, igloos, seals, walruses, etc. 
• Visit these animals at the zoo. 
• Now travel to Russia – try a dinner of cabbage, kielbasa, pierogies (Mrs. T’s are easy),  beets, etc. 
• Visit one of our Russian parishes – St. Andrew’s OCA or Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox. 
• Time to pull out that Cyrillic alphabet again and practice some Russian words; just wait till you try “hello”, “thank you”, and “good-bye” in Russian!
• Learn your Pascha responses in Russian as well; plenty of people in our parish or another can help you.
• This is the last lesson and a good review for the family would be a "Saints of North America" centerpiece. Print on cardstock the ship of the Ark of Salvation and the two strips of saints we've studied. Use a paper towel tube covered with "Saints of North America" to balance the Ark of Salvation over the base of the saints, folded to make a fan and taped together. Cut a slit in the top of the paper towel tube to insert the ship. 

Prayer: Thank you, Lord, for bringing the good news of Your holy faith to us in America from Russia with your saints Innocent, Herman, and Peter.

ST. HERMAN OF ALASKA

NATASHA IS FROM RUSSIA