Sunday School
Saint Paraskevi Sunday School
Click here for Sunday School Registration Form
We will continue to have Open Enrollment
The Saint Paraskevi Sunday School provides religious education and an Eastern Orthodox Christian foundation for the youth of the community. Classes are available for children Pre-Kindergarten through High School, Grade 12. The education provided by the Sunday School enables children to learn and grow in the Orthodox faith, while practicing the faith in a dynamic environment where the student’s relationship with God can grow. Our program encourages life-long membership in the Church community, which is the body of Christ. Our teachers use various methods and resources to create a classroom full of enthusiasm for learning, while maintaining the suggested curriculum of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America.
Sunday School families are encouraged to arrive for the Divine Liturgy on Sunday promptly at 9:45 a.m. Our Sunday School classes begin every week following Holy Communion. Class time is approximately 45 minutes.
Please note, students will be sitting in church with their families and will be able to receive Holy Communion first, to proceed to their classrooms and begin their Sunday School classes.
IMPORTANT: ALL CLASSES CONCLUDE AT 12 Noon. Parents of Pre- K to Grade 4 students may pick up their children from their classrooms. Parents of all other students (Grades 5-12) can wait for their children in the Community Center where there is Coffee hour.
New this year! Stay, Pray, Sing and Play
Early Pre-School Sunday School Class for 2 & 3 year old children
This early pre-school Sunday School class meets at the same time as the Sunday School classes (see Calendar below), following Holy Communion until approximately 12 noon. The class is for a parent (or grandparent) to join their child with other parents and children to learn about going to church, praying, singing songs from “Since God Loves You and You Know it Sing Out Loud”( Go to www.SinceGodLovesYou.com), reading Bible stories and coloring/crafting. Note: One adult per child must participate. Lead parents needed. Contact Flo Ioannou at fioannou@optonline.net for more information or Register Online.
Our Sunday School classes and teachers this year are as follows:
Early Pre-K (2 & 3 year old’s) -Maria Kourounis (Lead Parent)
Pre-K and Kindergarten – Lisa Schiede and Eleni Triantafillou
Grades 1 and 2- Nick and Karen Kontos
Grade 3 and 4- Cally Schickler and Niki Kritikos
Grade 5 and 6 – Kathy Demacopoulos and Elizabeth Essopos
Grades 7 and 8- Christopher Triantafillou
Grade 9, 10, 11 and 12- George Demacopoulos
Sunday School teachers and other volunteers are always needed.
To VOLUNTEER, contact Flo Ioannou at fioannou@optonline.net or contact the Church office.
Saint Paraskevi Sunday School
Program Classes For 2023
Jan. 1 |
No Class |
Circumcision of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ |
Jan. 8 |
Class |
Sunday After Epiphany |
Jan. 15 |
Class |
12th Sunday of Luke |
Jan. 22 |
Class |
15th Sunday of Luke |
Jan. 29 |
Class |
Sunday of the Canaanite |
Feb. 5 |
Class |
Godparent Sunday/Sunday of the Pharisee/Triodian Begins |
Feb. 12 |
Class |
Sunday of the Prodigal Son |
Feb. 19 |
No Class |
Judgement (Meat fare) Sunday |
Feb. 26 |
Class |
Forgiveness Sunday |
Mar. 5 |
Class |
Sunday of Orthodoxy/ Icon Procession |
Mar. 12 |
Class |
Sunday of St. Gregory Palamas |
Mar. 19 |
Class |
Sunday of the Holy Cross/Oratorical Festival |
Mar. 26 |
Class |
Sunday of St. John Climacus |
Apr. 2 |
Class |
Sunday of St. Mary of Egypt |
Apr. 9 |
No Class |
Palm Sunday |
Apr. 16 |
No Class |
Great and Holy Pascha |
Apr. 23 |
Class |
St. Thomas Sunday |
Apr. 30 |
Class |
Sunday of the Myrrh-Bearing Women |
May 7 |
Class |
Sunday of the Paralytic |
May 14 |
Class |
Sunday of Samaritan Woman |
May 21 |
Class |
Sunday of the Blind Man |
May 28 |
No Class |
Fathers of the 1st Council |
June 4 |
Last day of Class |
Holy Pentecost |
June 11 |
No Class |
Sunday of All Saints - High School and College Recognition Day |
Mission Statement
The mission of the Saint Paraskevi Sunday School is to nurture, instruct and direct students growing in the Orthodox faith by fostering a closer relationship with God and one another, by following Christ in Christian living “the life in Christ”.
Education of faith is a life-long journey that starts in the family home and is enhanced, nurtured and fulfilled in the community of faith, the household of God, which is the Church. The goal of the Orthodox teaching is for each person to become an icon, a living image of God, a person who lives in continual fellowship – communion – with God, reflecting a particular way – the Christ-like way – of knowing and living in the world.
Click on the below links for Online Religious Education Resources:
Sunday’s Gospel’s for Children: http://ww1.antiochian.org/christianeducation/letusattend
Saint or Feast (Online Chapel): https://www.goarch.org/educators/churchschool
Y2AM Live the Word: https://www.y2am.org/athome
St. John Chrysostom Oratorical Festival: https://www.goarch.org/en/oratorical