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WHAT IS BEING SAID ABOUT THIS ORTHODOX CHILREN’S MAGAZINE? TRIBUTES FROM
These booklets are terrific and very beneficial to our program.
This publication is the best that we have seen and all our teaching staff and office staff appreciate your time and effort in this endeavor! Our teachers make good use of this magazine on a regular basis.
Looking over the first issue, it only took our Church School Board a second to vote to subscribe our children to this wonderful magazine.
I want to THANK YOU for your great publication. My Sunday School class really enjoyed it as did their parents. It is a wonderful learning tool for the Orthodox Christian!
I really like the “theme” format of your magazine. It does not go stale as other magazines do, but can be re-read many times for profitable instruction.
It is well-written, informative, attractively arranged for children’s use…it is also an excellent resource for parents and church school teachers…each issue is like one volume of a children’s encyclopedia about Orthodoxy!
We would love to continue to receive these delightful books as in the past. Little Falcons is a superb publication for children as well as for our educators. How wonderful for our youth to have the fortune of your magazine. We desperately need this resource to guarantee the preservation of our rich heritage, and, used as a supplement to our Orthodox teachings. Keep up the good work. I really enjoy your publication. God bless your efforts to increase His Presence.
I just want to say that “Little Falcons” is just absolutely great! Wonderful magazine for us to read to our grandchildren. Congratulations on “Little Falcons”. I believe even we adults are not too old to keep learning. Keep up your fine work! The children’s magazine is excellent. You should be commended for such a wonderful and much needed work. If only we could have had something like this when we were children. I feel you have an excellent magazine that adults, as well as children, could benefit from. The magazine contains so much important information about our religion and heritage that even I learned a few things! I have enjoyed receiving your magazine and sharing it with my staff and my family. My daughter and I have enjoyed the Little Falcons. Thank you for your hard work in preserving and educating our children on their religion and heritage! Never too old to learn and Little Falcons has enlightened us on a number of subjects. A wonderful publication! REVIEWS
RESOURCE REVIEW Little Falcons is a children’s magazine published by the Serbian Orthodox Office of the Diocesan Education and edited by Father Thomas Kazich. Its goal is to bring children together with their Orthodox faith and heritage and expand their knowledge of various aspects of church life. Each issue is dedicated to a basic religious theme: for example, The Gospel, Vestments, The Holy Trinity or Canons. The first article explains the concept in terms that children can understand. Additional feature stories relate to the theme and examine the topic from biblical and liturgical viewpoints AS WELL AS HISTORICAL AND SOCIAL PERSPECTIVES. The issue on vestments discusses the Old Testament story of Joseph and mentions some parables in which clothing is symbolic of “putting on Christ.” An explanation is given as to why clergy wear vestments and describes how vestments are made. Another article includes a time line showing different types of clothing worn by people throughout the ages, talks about today’s clothing, and addresses the issue of what is considered appropriate attire for church and other occasions. A section entitled “Further Exploring” lists brief descriptions of books for recommended reading. Other regular departments include poetry, music and a column called, “What Kids Think” in which children answer questions associated with the topic of the month. There are also activities such as word searches, games and puzzles. Little Falcons is published four times a year: November, January, March and May. Subscription rates for the current school year are $ 15.00 for an individual subscription and a bulk rate of $ 5 per subscription if ten or more copies are shipped to one address. Back issues are available for $ 5.00 each. To subscribe to the magazine or obtain more information, contact: 1-847-223-4300
PERHAPS THE BEST Reprinted from The Canadian Missionary
The Little Falcons is, perhaps, the best magazine for young people in the Orthodox Church that I have come across. It is produced by the Serbian Orthodox New Gracanica Metropolitanate and edited by V. Rev. Fr. Thomas Kazich. It is always a pleasure to report another step forward taken by Orthodox Christian people. This short revue of the magazine, “Little Falcons” is a record of just such a step. The magazine claims to be “bringing our Orthodox Faith and heritage together”. How is this to be done? by being fun, educational, interesting, while teaching the traditional Orthodox piety. We’re sure that Little Falcons is so interesting that parents, grandparents, older brothers and sisters, all will find themselves interested in all the “goodies” this magazine has to offer. It is no wonder. Little Falcons is so well organized from the front to the back cover, that it almost seems to have just “fallen off the press”! Everyone should know however, that a magazine this well organized doesn’t just happen. It requires a great deal of thought, planning and obvious concern for the passing on of Orthodox piety and love for God. |