#sampson #ancientfaithkids #orthodoxchristian O glorious St. Sampson, pray to God for us! (scroll down for words of the hymn!) This week Fr. Alexander talks about St. Sampson the Innkeeper, who became an unmercenary healer and constantly chose a simple life, dedicated to God, over wealth and power. Join us to learn his hymn and know more about this beautiful saint, celebrated every year on June 27th. Fr. Alexander is a priest at Holy Trinity Cathedral in Phoenix, AZ. After finding a lack of Orthodox story podcasts for kids, as father of his two children, Max and Penelope, he is here to share the wealth of knowledge and wisdom we get about our faith just from reading the lives of the saints of our Church. Send along your children’s questions about a saint or our Faith to: fraeliades@holytrinityphx.org or wondrous@ancientfaith.com Fact: St. Sampson was related to St. Constantine. Fact: Unmercenary means being selfless, non-materialistic, or acting without expecting a reward. Last fact for today! https://store.ancientfaith.com/ has lots of books about saints! Chapter books, picture books, and giant 101 and 102 Orthodox Saint books! Hymn to St. Sampson the Innkeeper O holy Sampson, imitator of God's compassion, you  did  pour forth streams of divine goodness. For radiant with God's love, you  did relieve the afflicted and suffering, and grant eternal healing to all who honour you. GLORY to God. Acknowledging that the First Community Foundation Partnership of Pennsylvania has granted Ancient Faith Kids funding to help serve the deaf community! We received a grant that allows us to do the time-consuming work of correcting of our captions on all of our Ancient Faith Kids videos. We are so grateful to be partnering with them, and other efforts to serve the deaf community are also underway. Made with love. Powered by donors! Consider helping fund this community effort! https://web.charityengine.net/Default.aspx?tsid=33193

#psalms #ancientfaithkids #orthodoxchristianity “O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth, for Your glory is chanted above the heavens…" Listen and learn Psalm 8! Psalms for Kids is read BY young people and created especially FOR kids. Be still and allow the words of the psalms to enter your mind and heart. Set an episode on repeat and memorize a passage or two. Psalms are integral in Orthodox Christian worship, chanted or sung at all services, from vespers to matins to the Divine Liturgy. As Fr. Thomas Hopko said, every expression of human emotion is found in the Book of Psalms. From joy to sorrow--to repentance to faith. All psalms in this series are taken from the Ancient Faith Psalter, generously translated by an anonymous group of monks. Books from Ancient Faith Publishing that feature the Book of Psalms! A CHILD'S GUIDE to the PSALMS! (It's such a special book--https://store.ancientfaith.com/a-child-s-guide-to-the-psalms/?searchid=0&search_query=child%27s+guide+to+ ) A Child’s Guide to Prayer A Child’s Guide to Confession We Pray The Orthodox Study Bible The Ancient Faith Psalter Find these books and more at https://store.ancientfaith.com/ Made with love. Powered by donors! Consider helping fund this community effort! https://web.charityengine.net/Default.aspx?tsid=33193

#candles #ancientfaithkids #orthodoxchristian Learn something new about something very old! This episode explores candles--how they’re used and why are they present in the Orthodox Christian Church? Join us! Your host, Christos (Mr. Chris) Kladeftiras, is a tonsured reader in the Greek Orthodox Church who loves his faith and has a passion for sharing the beauty of Orthodox Christianity with children and those around him. He is preparing to attend seminary to become a priest. In 2024, he was recognized with the Archdiocesan District Servant Leadership Award for his dedicated service at St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Shrine Church in Flushing, New York. His ministry and involvement with youth have been longstanding, reflecting his deep commitment to the life of the Church. Odd Brothers productions is a multimedia production company spearheaded by Brothers Michael and Pete Condoleon. The brothers have aspired to create original content for children and families, and are currently in production on multiple family friendly shows, and an original feature film. Ancient Faith and Odd brothers have partnered to bring you Church Things Explained, a simple series to help bring alive elements of the Orthodox Christian Faith. We hope you enjoy! Ancient Faith Publishing books about the liturgical life! Today My Priest Wears White A Child’s Guide to Prayer A Child’s Guide to the Divine Liturgy A Child’s Guide to Vespers In the Candle’s Glow We Pray Pictures of God Sweet Song The Cellarer’s Celery Beautiful Pascha 102 Orthodox Saints …and more! Visit our store page for our full line up of children’s books: https://store.ancientfaith.com/ GLORY to God. Acknowledging that the First Community Foundation Partnership of Pennsylvania has granted Ancient Faith Kids funding to help serve the deaf community! We received a grant that allows us to do the time-consuming work of correcting our captions on all of our Ancient Faith Kids videos. We are so grateful to be partnering with them, and other efforts to serve the deaf community are also underway. Made with love. Powered by donors! Consider helping fund this community effort! https://web.charityengine.net/Default.aspx?tsid=33193

Хайде да научим всичко за СВЕТИИТЕ. Какво и кои са те и защо ние всички трябва дабъдем едно! Благодарим на целия екип, който участва в реализирането на това видео на Българскиезик. Ако се интересувате от повече информация за православната вяра, може да прочететеиздадените книги за деца от Клисурски манастир "Св.св. Кирил и Методий": "Православен буквар" "Книга за Пресвета Богородица" "Христос Воскресе!" "От Аз-град в Ти-град" "От Ти-град в Небесния град" This video was translated into Bulgarian because so many lovely people wanted it to happen. Tsvetelina emailed on behalf of the sisters from the Bulgarian Orthodox monastery "Клисурски манастир"-- the Klisurski Monastery of "St. Cyril and St. Methodius." Natalie gave her permission, Yasen jumped in to help, then handed things over to Anton, who worked on and produced the video. There will be more videos made in the Bulgarian language, which is just wonderful. We encourage other Orthodox Christians, from other countries and languages, to reach out to us to do similar work. We don't expect children all around the world to speak English, and would love to share these resources with them. For Orthodox Christian books for kids in English, check out https://store.ancientfaith.com/ Made with love. Powered by donors! Thank you to our donors, who help sponsor this missionary work. May God bless you. Consider helping fund this community effort! https://web.charityengine.net/Default.aspx?tsid=33193