Dear Parents:

We are happy to have your children participate in the Christian Education program at St. Nicholas this 2025-2026 year. Families will worship together during the Divine Liturgy and the children will be dismissed after Holy Communion to their Christian Education classes. Classes will be from 10:45AM to 11:30AM, if we leave the Liturgy later than 10:45AM, we will dismiss a little later so we have 45 minutes of class time. We will educate our students with the fundamental knowledge of the Orthodox Christian Faith, its message of Salvation and our identity as Orthodox Christians. This will equip students with the ability to practice their Orthodox Faith in worship, prayer and action. Father John will kick-off our year with an Agiasmos Service (Blessing of Water), August 24, 2025 to bless the teachers, students and classrooms.

We use the material developed by the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Department of Religious Education, and in doing so, we cover all aspects of the faith like Feast Days, Hymns, Prayers, Sacraments, Saints, Church History and Scripture.

The classes and teachers are listed below:

· Pre-Kindergarten class/must 3 or 4 years old and potty trained-

Cynthia Housianitis, Melissa Moxen, Belle Dowling, and Colleen Church

· Kindergarten and 1st grade class-

Anna Feliberti, Andrea Galanides and Leslie Ullom

· 2nd and 3rd grade class-

Laura Todorovic, Elena Bruno, Maria Maddox and Carolyn Mahon

· 4th and 5th grade class-

Louisa Cook and Cheryl Tutko

· 6th, 7th and 8th grade class-

Andrea Jernigan, Emily Uhl, Andrew Wickard and Lieske Navarre

· 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th grade class-

Jaccy Colton, Thom Maddox and Ed Ullom

Registration is necessary ONLY if your child was not in a class last year at St. Nicholas OR if your contact information has changed since last year. If you are uncertain about either, please provide the information. There will be a sign-up table in the social hall each Sunday during the month of August until classes begin on August 24th. If you would like to register by email, please send all registrations to: eullom@cox.net Attention: Leslie Ullom/CE registration

Please make attendance a priority and come EVERY Sunday because this is the key to how effectively the lessons taught will reach our children AND consistency makes your child feel more comfortable in church and in the classroom.

Listed below are ALL the Sundays in this 2025-2026 School Year

Sunday, August 24- First day of classes! Agiasmos Blessing, Blessing of the Water, for Teachers, Students and classrooms!

Sunday, August 31-NO CLASS, Labor Day Weekend

Sunday, September 7-CLASS

Sunday, September 14-CLASS

Sunday, September 21-CLASS

Sunday, September 28-CLASS (next Saturday 10-4 is the Mission Walk at First Landing State Park 9:30AM-2PM, join us!)

Sunday, October 5-CLASS

Sunday, October12-CLASS

Sunday, October 19-CLASS

Sunday, October 26-CLASS

Sunday, November 2-CLASS

Sunday, November 9- CLASS

Sunday, November 16-CLASS

Sunday, November 23-CLASS

Sunday, November 30-NO CLASS, Thanksgiving Weekend

Sunday, December 7-CLASS

Sunday, December 14-NO CLASS, Christmas Pageant in church TODAY!!!

Sunday, December 21-CLASS

Sunday, December 28-NO CLASS, this is Christmas/NY Day Weekend

Sunday, January 4-CLASS

Sunday, January 11-CLASS, We will have a Vasilopita in each CLASS today.

Sunday, January 18-NO CLASS, MLK Weekend

Sunday, January 25-CLASS

Sunday, February 1-CLASS, Triodion Begins, Sunday of the Publican and Pharisee

Sunday, February 8-CLASS, Meatfare Sunday, Sunday of the Prodigal Son, Sat. of Souls next Sat. 2/14

Sunday, February 15-NO CLASS, Presidents Day Weekend, Judgement Sunday, Cheesefare, Sat. of Souls next Sat. 2/21

Sunday, February 22-CLASS, Oratorical Jr/Sr Division during the Sermon, Forgiveness Sunday, 2/28 Sat. of Souls, Lent Mon. 2/23

Sunday, March 1-NO CLASS, Sunday of Orthodoxy, Icon procession

Sunday, March 8-CLASS, St. Gregory Palamas Sunday

Sunday, March 15-NO CLASS, Sunday of the HOLY CROSS, Cross Procession

Sunday, March 22- CLASS, St. John Climacus Sunday

Sunday, March 29-CLASS, St. Mary of Egypt Sunday

(Lazarus Saturday Liturgy/Pancake Breakfast/Palm Folding APRIL 4)

Sunday, April 5- NO CLASS, Palm Sunday, Palm Procession

Sunday, April 12- NO CLASS, Great and Holy Pascha, Easter Day! Agape Service at 11AM and Egg Hunt to follow!

Sunday, April 19-CLASS

Sunday, April 26-CLASS

Sunday, May 3-CLASS

Sunday, May 10-CLASS, Mother’s Day

Sunday, May 17-CLASS This is the last day of classes for the school year. We will reconvene in August! Have a wonderful summer!

Sunday, May 24-NO CLASS-Memorial Day Weekend

“Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.” Proverbs 22:6

Praying for a prosperous year of learning and growing in Our Faith, with love in Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior,

Leslie Ullom, Director Phone: (757) 477-6659