How Is the Sunday School of St Elisabeth Convent Doing These Days?
The life
of the pupils of our Sunday School is so exciting and colourful that everyone –
children, their parents, and the residents of the boarding home – are happy to
go to school on Sundays. Novice Galina Shpakova, the headmaster of the Sunday
School, has told us about the recent events, which stay in the memory of the
big and the little ones.
We Took Part in Friendly Contests!
The
recent draughts and table tennis tournaments have shown that there are plenty
of young talents in our school! It turned out that some of the children play
better than adults...
The
children were divided into several groups according to their age to participate
in the tournaments. The best table tennis players were selected out of more
than fifty contestants. There were seventy draughts players to choose from!
Even so, everyone received an award in the end!
We Learned a Lot!
Classes
in the Sunday School are captivating, too. Not only children but also their
parents come to acquire new knowledge. There are meetings for adults with seminarians,
priests, matushkas, and theologians.
There are
special classes for the residents of the boarding home for the mentally
challenged. The sisters teach them to paint, read, and pray. The residents of
the boarding home rehearse various drama performances with the help of the
teachers and the sisters.
We Shared Our Love!
Thanks to
the Sunday School classes, the parents of our pupils met the young patients of
the boarding home for children. Recently, on St Xenia of Petersburg Day, young
singers of the Bozhya Korovka (Ladybug) Choir greeted the residents of the
boarding home for children. The singers' parents visited the boarding home
together with their children, in spite of the fact that it was a working day.
They shared the joy of this feast with the young patients. The children were
singing a song about little people with strong faith, and it sounded so
heart-warming!
The
parents did their best to help the residents of the boarding home to feel the
feast, too: a birthday party for all children born in this month was held there
last Sunday. Small gifts, sweets and biscuits, a concert, and stories about the
children's holy patrons blended together in one big and meaningful day, which
will be remembered in the boarding home for a long time.
February 12, 2018
St.
Elisabeth Convent