The sixth Sunday after Holy Pascha, the Orthodox Church designates as the Sunday of the blind man. Here you will find more about the significance of this Sunday, who is the blind man was and some activities, reading suggestions, and other ways to engage with your children to help them learn more about this day!

Check out this delicious “bite-size tradition” printable of homemade butter for the feast of St Brigid (February 1/14). Each month I will be releasing a new recipe to help families live out the Liturgical Year in their kitchens! The series is called “bite-size traditions” kitchen series!

Introducing a Brand New Series on PNP Kids🌟✨I am partnering with Patristic Nectar Kids YouTube Channel to create Orthodox content with families in mind. Check out our first video on Youtube!

A few months ago I set up an Amazon store front with the hopes of making convenient little lists for supplies for various feast days! Fun right? Majority of us use Amazon, so it’s just a convenient option for busy families. Check out this list for the Presentation of Christ + St Brigid (Feb 1 and 2nd)

The sixth Sunday after Holy Pascha, the Orthodox Church designates as the Sunday of the blind man. Here you will find more about the significance of this Sunday, who is the blind man was and some activities, reading suggestions, and other ways to engage with your children to help them learn more about this day!

The sixth Sunday after Holy Pascha, the Orthodox Church designates as the Sunday of the blind man. Here you will find more about the significance of this Sunday, who is the blind man was and some activities, reading suggestions, and other ways to engage with your children to help them learn more about this day!

The sixth Sunday after Holy Pascha, the Orthodox Church designates as the Sunday of the blind man. Here you will find more about the significance of this Sunday, who is the blind man was and some activities, reading suggestions, and other ways to engage with your children to help them learn more about this day!

Here are 6 guidelines that may help to establish a “liturgy” in your home for celebrating this beautiful day. Honoring your patron saint on your Name’s Day is a rich practice that draws you closer to your patron. A Name Day as an Orthodox Christian is comparable the joy of a birthday celebration. At birthdays we celebrate ourselves, but a Name Day we honor, reflect, pray, and strive to emulate a saint. All saints are worthy of emulating, but your Patron Saint is unique.

St Elizabeth the New Martyr is a beloved saint celebrated throughout the world, and we would consider her to be a modern-day saint as she was canonized into the Orthodox Church in by the Moscow Patriarchate of the Orthodox Church in 1992. In this guide you’ll find simple and easy ideas to celebrate the the Feast of St Elizabeth the New Martyr as a family - emphasis on easy! Activity suggestions, book recommendations, song links, and additional information so you can share his story and what this feast is all about!

St Elizabeth the New Martyr is a beloved saint celebrated throughout the world, and we would consider her to be a modern-day saint as she was canonized into the Orthodox Church in by the Moscow Patriarchate of the Orthodox Church in 1992. In this guide you’ll find simple and easy ideas to celebrate the the Feast of St Elizabeth the New Martyr as a family - emphasis on easy! Activity suggestions, book recommendations, song links, and additional information so you can share his story and what this feast is all about!

St Irene is a wonderworker who had the gift of foresight. Many more miracles occur at her burial site, and many prayers for St. Irene's intercessions are continually answered. In this guide you’ll find simple and easy ideas to celebrate the the Feast of St Irene - including the tradition of the blessing of apples! Activity suggestions, book recommendations, and additional information so you can share his story so together you can grow to love her even more!

Did you know that Chrysostom means "golden mouth"? Check out this super easy feast day tradition of making the "golden mouth milk" for the feast of St John Chrysostom! Easy and healthy and one that you can pull together with items you probably already have on hand!

The beheading of St John the Baptist is a strict fasting day. His feast day is always observed with strict fasting, and in addition, many pious Orthodox Christians will not eat food from a flat plate, use a knife, or eat round food on this day. Why? It’s to help us remember the story of St John’s beheading, as his head was served on a platter and given to Herodias’ daughter, according to the Scriptures. By avoiding a knife, plate, and round things, we are avoiding serving anything that resembles a head on a platter. The challenge itself reminds us of the story, and since it’s a solemn feast, we fast on this day.

The beheading of St John the Baptist is a strict fasting day. His feast day is always observed with strict fasting, and in addition, many pious Orthodox Christians will not eat food from a flat plate, use a knife, or eat round food on this day. Why? It’s to help us remember the story of St John’s beheading, as his head was served on a platter and given to Herodias’ daughter, according to the Scriptures. By avoiding a knife, plate, and round things, we are avoiding serving anything that resembles a head on a platter. The challenge itself reminds us of the story, and since it’s a solemn feast, we fast on this day.

St John Maximovitch is a beloved saint celebrated throughout the world, and we would consider him to be a modern-day saint as he was canonized into the Orthodox Church in 1994 in San Fransisco, California, USA by the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia. In this guide you’ll find simple and easy ideas to celebrate the the Feast of St John Maximovitch as a family - emphasis on easy! Activity suggestions, book recommendations, song links, and additional information so you can share his story and what this feast is all about!

Here you’ll find simple and easy ideas to celebrate the Nativity of St John the baptist as a family - emphasis on easy! Activity suggestions, book recommendations, song links, and additional information so you can share his story and what this feast is all about!

Check out these DIY Pressed Flower stickers using only 3 simple items you probably have at your home.

In Medieval Europe, pious Christians loved to find reminders of their faith in nature, and named many plants after Jesus and the Theotokos. It became popular to take these plants and create “Mary Gardens”, gardens full of flowers and herbs that were named after the Mother of God, often with a statue of her at its center. Today, for the feast of the Annunciation, in honor of the day that Mary said yes to God, we planted the start of our own Mary Garden, using seeds of flowers that are named for her.

St Marina is a great martyr who endured many trials and tortures and was killed for her faith under the persecutions of the Roman Emperor Diocletian (r. 284-305). She is also known to have overcome the devil, and is often depicted beating a demon in her icons. In this guide you’ll find simple and easy ideas to celebrate the the Feast of St Marina with your kids - emphasis on easy! Activity suggestions, book recommendations, and additional information so you can share his story so together you can grow to love her even more!

St Peter the Aleut is an Alaskan martyr who was killed in California during the establishment of the Spanish missions in 1815. We have learned more about St Peter over the years, but this year we wanted to do something to honor his feast day! Check out this simple feast day tradition to honor to Peter the Aleut!

All of my favorite feast day traditions have some food-related theme to them. St Phanourios, or the baking of the phanouropita, is one of my absolute favotires and just so happens to feast day tradition that sparked my love for learning more about the cultural food traditions celebrated throughout the world! This year, we had the joy of serving phanouropita for coffee hour!

Have you ever heard of St. Phanourios, the patron saint of lost things? St Phanourios is known in the Orthodox Church as a saint who helps people find lost or stolen items. We can ask the Saints for help! We ask St. Phanourios to help us find whatever we lost, and when we find it, we bake a cake and share it with friends and loved ones as a way of giving thanks. This special tradition comes from Greece and the special olive oil citrus cake is called “Phanouropita!” In this blogpost, I am sharing the recipe for a simple baked phanouropita donut, which is ideal for sharing with others, an important element in the tradition!

Over the past few months, I have been collaborating with Patristic Nectar Kids to create feast day videos for Orthodox Families. So far we have created 10 Episodes! You can see direct links to these episodes below!

Be sure to follow @PatristicNectarKids and text “PNP” to 53-555 to become a regular donor and get access to behind-the-scenes emails from the PNP team!

A few months ago I set up an Amazon store front with the hopes of making convenient little lists for supplies for various feast days! Fun right? Majority of us use Amazon, so it’s just a convenient option for busy families. Check out this list for the Presentation of Christ + St Brigid (Feb 1 and 2nd)

In this guide you’ll find 9 simple and easy ideas to celebrate the Presentation of Christ as a family - emphasis on easy! Activity suggestions, book recommendations, song links, and additional information so you can share her story and what this feast is all about!

In this guide you’ll find simple and easy ideas to celebrate the Nativity of the Theotokos as a family - emphasis on easy! Activity suggestions, book recommendations, song links, and additional information so you can share her story and what this feast is all about!

Check out these DIY Pressed Flower stickers using only 3 simple items you probably have at your home.

In this guide you’ll find simple and easy ideas to celebrate the Nativity of the Theotokos as a family - emphasis on easy! Activity suggestions, book recommendations, song links, and additional information so you can share her story and what this feast is all about!

Over the past few months, I have been collaborating with Patristic Nectar Kids to create feast day videos for Orthodox Families. So far we have created 10 Episodes! You can see direct links to these episodes below!

Be sure to follow @PatristicNectarKids and text “PNP” to 53-555 to become a regular donor and get access to behind-the-scenes emails from the PNP team!

In this blogpost you will find resources for popular feast days celebrated in the Orthodox Church in March along with links to where to find them!

This month is jam-packed on the Orthodox Christian Liturgical Calendar. But before you have a min-panic attack… let me break it down for you. Triodion is in full force (the 3 weeks leading up to Lent), we are trekking through towards Lent (starts March 18th), so much of what I’ve listed here is automated. If you are attending services each Sunday and commit to embracing Lent as much as you’re capable of, you’ll be just fine. I’ve added in some fun feast day traditions here if you’re feeling extra capacity but don’t over stress about it. So here are some ways to embrace the liturgical season this month (IN SLIDES):

In the Tradition of the Orthodox Church, when a baby is born, prayers are done at the following times: On the day of Birth; On the 8th day (Naming Prayers); On the 40th day (Churching), and their baptism. I love that the Church so tenderly cares for each child - they are prayed for, cherished, embraced and are full participants in the Christian life from birth! In this blog post, you’ll find information about the Churching (40 day blessing), book recommendation and my own personal reflection as a mother to 4 children.