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Make an ornament each day and learn about the Twelve Days of Orthodox Christmas!
The Twelve Days of Christmas ornament kit consists of a book and wooden discs for making fourteen Orthodox-focused Christmas tree ornaments, celebrating the twelve-day period between the Nativity of Christ and Holy Theophany. The book contains the following:
- Templates and instructions for making the ornaments
- An information sheet for each of the celebrated feasts and/or themes
- A worksheet for exploring each feast/theme
- A timeline of the twelve-day period
The children get to work on the following topics:
- The Nativity of Christ
- Synaxis of the Theotokos
- St. Stephen the Protomartyr
- 20,000 Martyrs of Nicomedia
- The Holy Innocents
- St. Anysia the Virgin Martyr
- Apodosis of the Nativity
- Circumcision of our Lord
- St. Basil the Great
- St. Seraphim of Sarov
- St. Ephraim the New Martyr
- Synaxis of the 70 Apostles
- Holy Theophany
- Sunday after the Nativity
This resource is the perfect accompaniment to our webpage The Twelve Days of Christmas which also includes a free printable lapbook. You can find additional material for teaching some of the themes on our page Winter Feasts and Catechesis Themes.
* Best enjoyed by ages 7-11
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