The Dormition Fast begins today (August 1st), and although we have a previous article about it, I thought it was worth digging into again. Prayer and Music For a quick recap, our Guest Post – Dormition Fast article covers honouring the Dormition Fast particularly with prayer. The Badger Dad highlights the Akathist to the Mother …
Byzantine Bookshelf
I am always on the lookout, for books with great content to enrich our children’s faith, to fill our bookshelf. If you are also looking to fill your home with wonderful books, here are four great stories for your shelves! The Virgin Mary: Queen of the Mountain, Queen of Heaven This comic book style short …
Curriculum Picks 2024-2025
This week we’ll get into our curriculum picks for the 2024-2025 school year. These resources range in years from k to 4th grade. However, if you were interested in teaching catechism, you’ll want to read last week’s post for those choices. Little Badger This is Little Badger’s first official year of homeschool. Last year was …
Catechism at Home
This article is about how we are setting our priorities straight: catechism first! As one school-year draws to a close, and the next school year begins, I am drawn to all the different opportunities for the coming year. Do we need more books? More math? More subjects? There are so many great and amazing resources …
Blessed are the Patient
Hello everybody! Glory to Jesus Christ! Thank you for checking in with us. More specifically, thank you for patient with us during our year hiatus from creating content for The Byzantine Life. It has been a year of adjusting to having a toddler boy and participating in more activities outside the home. (In particular, two …
September in the Byzantine Life
September 1 – Church New Year! 5 – Holy Prophet Zachary and Elizabeth 8 – Nativity of the Theotokos 9 – Holy and Righteous Forebearers Anna and Joachim 14 – Exaltation of the Cross 17 – Holy Sophia and her daughters 26 – Repose of St. John the Theologian 28 – Venerable Father and Confessor …
Homeschooling Curriculum Choices
What We’re Using for Homeschooling This Year… English Language Arts Literature: Ancient History – 2 Days a Week Two days a week Little Fox’s required reading time will include 15 minutes of reading a book from the following list, and then giving a narration of what happened in they story, which will be recorded in …
August in the Byzantine Life
August 1 – (Dormition Fast Begins) 6 – Transfiguration 9 – Holy Apostle Matthias 15 – Dormition Feast (and Icon) and also Flowers of Dormition 16 – Image not Made by Hands 29 – Beheading of John the Baptist August in The Byzantine Life I am spending this month working on a major project… building …
Feast of the Transfiguration
On August 6th we celebrate the Feast of the Transfiguration, which is when Jesus revealed his glory to three of the disciples (Peter, James, and John) on top of Mount Tabor. This occasion is particularly special as it is one Jesus works upon himself. We find many accounts of this event recorded in scripture (Matthew …
July in the Byzantine Life
July (1) – Our Lady of Perpetual Help 2 – The Precious Robe of Our Lady 3 – Holy Martyr Hyacynth 5 – Father Athanasius of Athos 10 – Anthony of Caves of Kiev 11 – Princess Olga of Kiev 15 – Grand Prince Valadymyr Basil 20 – Prophet Elijah 24 – Holy martyrs Boris …