Name day is a special holiday. This is the day of remembrance of the saint in whose honor a person was baptized. And this holiday is special, it can be called the day of spiritual birth - after all, it is associated primarily with the sacrament of Baptism and with our namesake heavenly patrons. In the past, name days were considered a more important holiday than the day of “physical” birth. Moreover, in many cases they were practically identical.
It is not for nothing that we designate everything pure, bright, beautiful, and perfect with the name of an angel. They say about sweet children, with trusting eyes and a kind smile: “like angels”, “angel eyes”, “angel smile”. Seeing extraordinary beauty, a person exclaims: “Angelic beauty!” Hearing the extraordinary, sonorous, gentle singing - “ Angel singing!»
The angel gets very upset when you move away or, even worse, give up on God, on Love, on the bright, the good, on him. He is upset by all your bad actions. For all your sins, the angel will be reproached for not being able to educate and protect you, to reach you. But the angel will happily read all your good deeds from the book of life. It’s good if there are more good deeds and prayers in your piggy bank than bad deeds, words, views...
Andrew (in honor of Andrew the First-Called) - disciple of Jesus Christ. Was a simple person, dressed in simple clothes, ate simple food. Andrew was the first person called to ministry by the Lord Jesus Christ. He was the first to follow the Lord and became one of the 12 apostles. St. Andrew the First-Called together with St. Nicholas the Wonderworker is the patron of the Russian fleet.
Guardian Angel is our constant friend. Guardian angel– our invisible, quiet interlocutor, comforter. He wants only one thing for a person - the salvation of the soul, and this is all he cares about. He sees us doing good - he rejoices; He sees us doing evil - he grieves.
Lesson topic: Lecture No. 2. Fallen angels. Sources of knowledge about angels
Greetings. I would like to devote today’s lesson to sources of knowledge about angels, and also talk about fallen angels. Write the topic from the board.
Many religious texts state that angels were created on the second day of the creation of the world and were endowed with perfection, immortality and free will (Talmud). Some theologians argue that angels were created before the creation of the earth or together with the creation of the heavens and earth. There is no unity on this issue, so let’s return to the angels themselves. Most of them immediately chose to give up free will and began to serve their Creator. But some desired their own power and glory - they began to be called “fallen” angels. Those. not everyone wanted to become a part of the light and the Creator, but we should not judge them for this choice to have free will, because we do not condemn humanity, which is also gifted with free will. Angels who refuse the gift serve God and are believed to protect humanity from the fallen. But no one undertakes to say for sure that the fallen harmed someone. It's just a religious tradition.
It is more convenient for a person to divide the world into good and bad, Light and Darkness, he has the right to choose, but who gave him the right to judge? And how did man initially differ from the fallen? Only because angels are spiritual entities, and man, here he is, is material. The fallen are free in their choice of actions and words. Yes, they can go against the will of God, but more often they simply shock people, revealing to them a different view of the world. And they could live on earth, among us.
There are also so-called demons, or demons (in the Christian understanding), which are believed to harm a person, seduce his soul, and live in Hell. Detailed value I will not consider the word “demon”, not in angelology, I will only say that initially demons or daimons were considered akin to guardian angels. By the way, demons relatively recently, before the baptism of Rus', were considered just small dirty spirits, even earlier elemental spirits who loved to joke, but initially. Christianization gave Rus' a lot, but also caused considerable damage. But let's not talk about that now. The legend about the fallen is that they did not give up the gift of free will and were cast out of heaven. Everything else is history, its mistakes, gaps, inventions, etc. Because of a copyist's mistake, the guardian spirit daimon turns into an evil demon. And the fallen angels because thousand years of history are equated to the same demons or demons. I told you this so that you would not equate fallen angels with demons or demons.
I will tell you one of the versions of the confrontation between Lucifer and God. “Initially, Lucifer (“light-bringer”) was “an elder of the 10th rank” of the angels of the Lord, which later did not prevent him from receiving the name Satan and becoming his most implacable opponent. However, these events were never seriously reflected on the pages of the Bible: isolated mentions of the event in Old Testament And short description in the Revelation of John the Theologian. “And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought against them. But they could not stand, and there was no longer a place for them in heaven. And the great dragon was cast out, the ancient serpent, called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world, thrown to the ground and his angels were cast out with him."
There is no specific story of the overthrow of Satan on the pages of the Bible, which made it possible for the priests to interpret it in different ways. If we consider the theologians’ interpretations to be true, then history looked like this, or almost like this:
“On the fourth day of creation, God “winded up” the sky and placed his throne on it. Then Satan thought: “I will put my throne on the clouds and I will be like the Most High,” and so he did, only he placed the sky higher than what God had built. God saw this and built a new heaven, higher than Satan’s. So they built the heavens until they erected all five (seven - nine - twelve) levels. After which God accused Satan of ineptitude, since no matter what the latter puts his hands to, God has to redo everything, and the Angel-Satan refused to obey the Almighty and called on the rest of the angels. “to fall away” from God. “Those who fell away” were driven out of the divine heavens, but did not rest.”
In general, they resemble two brothers who are always arguing about who is cooler.
What happened next, I think you can guess. There was a battle. The Fallen lost and were thrown from heaven to earth. Or, as some sources say, to hell. But this is one of the interpretations of theologians. It is, of course, difficult to find out what actually happened there. But definitely fallen angels have free will and the right to choose, unlike their heavenly brothers.
We have one more issue to consider. It is associated with sources of knowledge about angels. No one knows exactly where on Earth the tradition of venerating angels originated. Winged creatures - messengers of the gods - are spoken of in ancient Egyptian, Sumerian, Persian and Indian texts. I note that all these civilizations are considered more ancient than European ones. And on one of the stelae of Ancient Sumer that has come down to us, the world’s first civilization, according to historians, depicts the heavenly winged creature, which fills the cup of the earthly ruler with the “water of life.”
IN Ancient Greece philosophers such as Aristotle and Socrates also believed in angels. Aristotle called them “intelligentsia” (more often this term can be heard among medieval scientists), otherwise “first matter” or “pure reason”. The first matter itself represented a single aggregate of angels, a sea of divine grace, and Aristotle did not single out individual angels. The first matter was one, only sometimes it twisted into vortexes around the human soul, thereby influencing him. Socrates had his own daimon - a guardian spirit that guided him throughout his life, i.e. it stood out as a certain essence within a person, was difficult to separate from consciousness and soul, but at the same time did not merge with world matter, however, it manifested itself spontaneously. Remember your conversations with inner voice- this was the daimon, according to Socrates. It’s hard for you to say that it exists outside of you, comes from outside. I gave you two examples of other names, even perceptions, that are familiar to you for angels in general (in Aristotle) or only for guardians (in Socrates). I hope that this will once again help you realize that the Christian good spirits-messengers, the angels and daimons of Socrates, and the Gandharvas of Hinduism are very similar, if not the same. But let's get back to the lecture.
Comprehension of angels is dealt with by a special science - angelology, which we will study. Angelology is considered a branch of the sciences that study various aspects of religions and more, but this does not mean that I will preach sermons in my classes. The purpose of the lessons is to present you with the most diverse points of view on angels existing in the world from ancient times to the present day, and also to introduce you to spiritual world, giving the necessary skills and preparing your consciousness to perceive this world. Angelology is mainly studied by theologians (in particular, Christian ones), as well as mystics and philosophers.
Over the centuries, many works have been written about angels and their hierarchies, parascientific, religious, mystical traditions of their study have been created, often based on rewriting or translation of earlier manuscripts.
The authors of most of these texts were mystics, prophets, legislators - creators of religious rituals and moral norms, poets and chroniclers. The numerous sources of knowledge about angels that existed in early Christianity had the same weighty authority as they do today canonical books Bible. However, after these texts were removed from the Old Testament, the information they contained was forgotten. I am making a slight bias towards Christianity, assuming that most of the believing students are Christians.
Although there are many references to angels in the Bible, no details are given about them except in two or three cases. Gabriel and Michael are named in the Old Testament, and the Book of Tobit (included in the Old Testament of the Catholic and Orthodox Bibles, but not part of the Jewish Bible; included as apocrypha in the Protestant version of the Bible) includes Raphael. Some angels in the Old Testament are described as “men in white” because they were prophets dressed in white linen (in ancient times linen was considered a symbol of immortality).
The wealth of information about angels is contained in the extra-canonical books of Enoch. The 1st Book of Enoch has been completely preserved only in the Ethiopic language, the 2nd Book of Enoch, or the Testament of Levi, has survived to this day in Old Church Slavonic, and the 3rd Book of Enoch in Hebrew. All of them were excluded from the Bible, but centuries later they continue to be quoted by church leaders and are often mentioned in the New Testament.
Recently, several more fragments of the 1st Book of Enoch in Aramaic were discovered among the Dead Sea Scrolls. It is believed that they contain the most ancient list of names of angels.
In the Western religious tradition, the classic work on angels is considered to be the treatise "ABOUT celestial hierarchy» , one of the texts of Dionysius the Areopagite, an anonymous theologian and philosopher of the 5th century. (The authorship of the Areopagitica was erroneously attributed to Dionysius, mentioned in the Bible - Acts 17:34.) St. Thomas Aquinas made this treatise the basis of the doctrine of angels in the work "Summa Theologica", which to this day remains one of the cornerstones of Catholicism.
Islam has always had a strong tradition of venerating angels. Islamic texts mention a huge variety of angels. Apparently, their authors were inspired by Zoroastrian, Babylonian, Assyrian and Chaldean books.
One of the richest sources of knowledge about angels is the Jewish mystical teaching known as Kabbalah. It is not contained in any one book, but rather is a collection of oral traditions. However, there are two important texts within the Kabbalah: the Zohar, or Book of Radiance, and the Sephira Yetzirah, or Book of Creation.
I've gone a little off topic. All previously mentioned sources were created in the past. Today, an interesting religious movement “New Age” has emerged ( New era). It led to a revival of faith in angels. People who follow the path of spiritual enlightenment testify that they feel contact with angels every day. And although in the past (especially in the Middle Ages) excessive curiosity about angels was not encouraged among Christian church authorities (tricky theological questions that arose due to discord between early Christian sects were associated with them), and the Apostle Paul generally warned against communicating with them , it should be noted that roman catholic church always encouraged her flock to turn to their guardian angels. The teachings of Jesus Christ contain no warnings about the dangers of contact with angels. Of course, these days there are many religious movements and directions, the New Age movement is given only as an example, since it is based on direct contact with or evidence of angels. However, this current was revealed the problem of angelism, i.e. faith in faceless messengers without faith in God himself, without certain knowledge of the content of the message (because this Divine message is not needed), you can learn more from the article of the same name by M. Epstein.
Here you briefly learned about well-known and less common sources of knowledge about angels. As you can see, it was not only the clergy who were interested in these spiritual entities. Back in the distant past bygone civilizations left us works on the basis of which they were created mystical teachings, religious and philosophical treatises. And throughout the history of mankind, various inquisitive minds wanted to know more about good spirits. There were different approaches for this: religion explained angels as residents of the Kingdom of Heaven and messengers of God, esotericists talked about angels as spiritual beings, good by nature, who can be used for good or as helpers to achieve goals, philosophers turned their gaze to these spiritual entities as an ideal, the embodiment of thought.
Write down your homework. Thank you for your attention.
Homework:
1) Who are fallen angels in your opinion? (Mini-essay)
2) Name the types of main sources of knowledge about angels and briefly describe them.
3) Find and read M. Epstein’s article “The Return of the Angels.” How did you understand what angelism is?
From time immemorial, the forces of good have been opposed by darkness. This can be seen in different areas, from fairy tales to religion. Angels are the main helpers of people, but if they do bad things, the Lord kicks them out of heaven and they go over to the side of Satan.
Who are fallen angels?
God created angels so that they would help convey his will to people and fulfill different tasks. Among them were those who, for various reasons, decided to go against the will of the Lord, for which they were expelled from heaven. Also, people who are interested in what a fallen angel means should know that as a result, such entities went over to the side of evil and began to help Satan. Fallen angels- Nephilim, because they fell out of the world and filled it with miscarriages from their fornication. Among the people they are also called demons.
Fallen angel Lucifer
Many do not know that God's main opponent was once his main assistant. Lucifer's name translates as "bringer of light" and was previously associated with morning star. He always bathed in the love of the Lord, possessed enormous power and beauty. For those wondering how Lucifer became a fallen angel, the main reason for his exile was his pride.
One day he considered himself equal to God and stopped listening to his orders. He descended into the Garden of Eden, taking the form of a serpent, and tempted Eve. God saw that there was no more love in Lucifer's heart and it was filled with pride. All this aroused the wrath of the Almighty, and he threw him into Hell, where he is still serving his punishment. Together with him, other fallen angels who took the side of darkness were overthrown from heaven.
Fallen Angel Belial
It is believed that Belial is comparable in strength to Lucifer. According to legend, it appeared long before the emergence of Christianity itself. The names of the fallen angels are special meaning, and Belial is translated from Hebrew as “one who has no dignity.”
- In ancient scriptures, the demon is presented as the root of all evil on earth.
- There is information that Belial was the first fallen angel before God kicked out Lucifer.
- In some ancient Christian sources he is presented as the Antichrist.
Fallen angel Leviathan
This demon, together with Lucifer, was at the head of the revolt of the angels. The quality that Leviathan is especially attracted to is greed. He is engaged in inducing people to commit sins, deviating them from the faith.
- Angel Leviathan has an enemy from the side light forces- Apostle Peter.
- It is believed that Leviathan brought Satan together with Lilith, and from this union Cain emerged.
- Some sources accuse him of being the serpent who led Eve to sin.
Leviathan
Fallen angel Lilith
The Church completely refutes the information according to which Lilith was the first woman created by God as a mate to Adam. She was distinguished by her wayward and strong character, so she did not obey either her husband or the Lord, and he kicked her out of Paradise.
- It is believed that after the exile, three angels were sent to kill the woman, but they decided to punish her and there are three versions of this. According to the first, she suffered every night from the fact that hundreds of her children were dying, the second, her descendants turned into demons, and the third, Lilith became barren.
- The dark angel Lilith is considered an entity that harms childbirth.
- In Sumerian legends, she is described as a goddess of extraordinary beauty and destructive power.
- There are different options for describing appearance. More often she is presented as a beauty who has incredible attractiveness. In ancient sources, Lilith has a body covered with hair, paws and a snake tail.
- It is generally accepted that after being expelled from Paradise, she created a couple with Lucifer.
Fallen Angel Azazel
Among others, this entity is distinguished by its cunning and ability to plot intrigues for people. Many people are interested in whether Azazel is an angel or a demon, so in different sources he is described in different ways, but the fact that he was one of Lucifer’s accomplices is certain.
- Initially, Azazel was called a ritual animal - a goat, which was sent every year into the desert with all the sins of the Israeli people.
- The original meaning of the name is absolution.
- The story of Azazel's fall includes several episodes. There are interpreters who indicate that he was a tempting serpent.
- He is considered a cherub angel who taught men how to use weapons and women how to create potions.
- Many fallen angels are similar in appearance to humans, and Azazel is no exception. They represent him as old men with a beard and goat horns.
Fallen Angel Succubus
Among the expelled angels there were also representatives of the fair sex. The names of female fallen angels include such a creature as Succubus.
- The succubus appears to people as a beautiful naked woman who has wings behind her back.
- This fallen angel is considered a devilish incarnation that feeds on human powers.
- The demon comes to men when they are weakened by their own passions. He reads the wishes of his victim and makes them come true. The demon of lust gains power during sexual intercourse. When a man succumbs to her deception, he will no longer get out of her trap.
How to summon a fallen angel?
Before getting involved with the forces of darkness, you need to think carefully about everything, because it is very dangerous. Since the Devil is a fallen angel, it is possible to summon him, but this requires special magical power and preparation. Call dark forces they commit it so that the demon can be a witness at the initiation into sorcerers, for the purpose of harming another person or getting an answer to a question of interest.
Remember that black magic rituals always have negative consequences, so take care of protection. You cannot bind a fallen angel to demand the resurrection of loved ones, to ask for power and strength to harm a large number of people. It is important to treat the forces of evil with respect, so as not to anger them with your words. For the ritual, prepare five church candles black, a mirror, black thick fabric and incense.
- Place the mirror in front of you and place candles around so that they are at an equal distance from each other. Light the incense and begin the ritual.
- Close your eyes, relax and tune in to communicate with the fallen angel. When you feel that the preparation is complete, read the plot.
- A cold touch to the face will indicate that the demon has arrived. In the reflection of the mirror you can see his appearance.
- Thank the fallen angel for making contact. After that, quickly and without hesitation, say your wish. The fact that it will be completed will be indicated by the resulting flow of cold air. If the candle flames sway, this also indicates agreement.
- Finish the ritual with gratitude, and then put out the candles and cover the mirror with a cloth. After that, hide all attributes.
- When your wish comes true, turn to the fallen angel again, expressing your gratitude to him.
Fallen angel in Christianity
The Church does not deny the existence of the forces of evil, which are represented by Lucifer and his assistants. Orthodoxy speaks of fallen angels as the main servants of darkness, who were once on the side of light, but were guilty before God and he kicked them out to Hell. It is believed that when a person embarks on a sinful path, Satan’s assistants act on him. Fallen angels use various tricks to lead people astray from the righteous path.
God is love (1 John 4, 8).
Life in love is great joy, the highest bliss. And God wanted other creatures to receive this joy.
For this purpose He created the world.
First, God created Angels and installed them in the heavenly abodes. Heaven is spiritual invisible world. Then He created our earthly world.
The word “angel” itself means “messenger” in Russian. God sends holy Angels into the world to proclaim His will to people.
To do this, Angels take on a visible, human image. Many times Angels appeared to people in the form of beautiful young men in snow-white, shiny robes, girded with gold belts.
Angels are depicted as beautiful young men - as a sign of their spiritual beauty and winged - as a sign of their stay in the Kingdom of Heaven.
God gives every Christian a Guardian Angel at baptism. Our Heavenly Father commanded His Angels to guard us in all our ways and protect us from all evil (Ps. 90:10-11).
God gave me an angel at baptism.
I may never have seen him,
I know and believe that day after day
He protects me from enemies!
Guardian Angel is with me day and night,
Wherever I am, he is in a hurry to help me!
I don't know the best doctor in the world,
But I often upset him...
Am I lying, being lazy, or quarreling with someone?
The angel moves away and then cries.
Demons approach me then.
Angel, forgive me, without you I’m in trouble!
When you were just learning to walk, your mom or dad would take you by the hand, protecting you from danger. But they cannot be with us always, and dangers await us everywhere. We are so often left alone. Who will help us when they are not around? Our Guardian Angel. He is always and everywhere with us, although we do not see him.
Angela
God, my guardian, pray to God for me. 
Angel is my good guardian,
Quiet bright patron,
I always pray to the angel
I'm not afraid of anything with him.
Guardian Angel protects you
He knows your secret thoughts too,
Luck is having fun with you,
If you sin, he suffers and cries.
Poems by the monk Barnabas, and Evgeniy Sanin.
And here is the coloring book.
I read two stories to them about the Guardian Angel, they listened with bated breath, here is one of them:
In 1885, the assistant to the head of the Moscow Oktyabrsky railway station, F.I. Sokolov, reported such a case. He had a friend from the railroad
employee - a switchman who served at one of the stations of the Oktyabrskaya Railway closest to Moscow. One day while fulfilling his
During his official duties on the line he had to endure terrible moments. There was a courier train from Petrograd to Moscow. The switchman came out to him
towards to move the arrow and direct it towards free way. He looks, far ahead he can already see smoke and hear the whistle of a steam locomotive.
Looking back, he sees his three-year-old son running along the track towards the train and holding something in his hands. It was already too late to throw the arrow and run towards my son to take him away from the canvas. What to do?
Meanwhile, the train was approaching, and in about two minutes, if it had not moved the switch, the train would have rushed along another occupied track and crashed, which would have led to hundreds of casualties. Then with all his heart he cried out to God: “Thy holy will be done,” he crossed himself, closed his eyes and turned the arrow. A moment - and the train rushed along the track along which he had just run. little son. When the train was out of sight and the dust had settled a little, the switchman ran to the place where his son was, thinking to find at least
the remains of a corpse, and what does he see: a boy, with his arms folded on his chest, lies prostrate on the ground. The father shouted to him: “My son, are you alive?” “I’m alive, I’m alive,” he answered cheerfully, rose to his feet, continuing to press him to his chest.
little crow. There was no trace of fear in his eyes. His father asked him: “How did you think of lying on the ground?” And the boy replied: “Some bright, handsome, kind young man with wings bent over me and bent me to the ground.” The switchman realized that when he cried out to the Lord, God's Angel miraculously saved his child. (Trinity leaves from the spiritual meadow. P. 84).
MBOU
"SECONDARY SCHOOL No. 3"
Protvino
MOSCOW REGION
Development of an extracurricular activity
in the course "Fundamentals Orthodox culture» in 1st grade
on the theme "My Guardian Angel".
Teacher:
Topic: My Guardian Angel
The purpose of the lesson: development of spiritual and moral concepts: Angel, saint
patron, Angel's day.
Lesson objectives:
1. reveal to students the meaning of a name for a person;
2. give every child knowledge about the patron saint, whose name
he wears;
3. consolidate such concepts as saint,
Guardian Angel, Angel's Day, name day;
4. develop cognitive activity, communication skills
students' skills and creativity;
5. use examples from the lives of patron saints to educate children
Christian virtues and the desire to follow them
Equipment:
From the teacher: 1. computer, projector (computer presentation; recording
phonograms for the performance of the song “Guardian Angel”);
2. writing the epigraph on the chalkboard;
3. Reproductions from icons with images of patron saints:
“Holy martyrs Faith, Hope, Love and their mother
Sofia", "St. Sergius of Radonezh", "St.
Ksenia of Petersburg."
For students: 1. Gifts for guests: angels
2. Each student has a card with his name
Progress of the event
Slide 1
1. (light music sounds) Parable of the Angel (a teacher in the image of God and a child come out)
Parable about the Angel...
An angel addressed the man:
Do you want me to show you your life?
“I want,” said the man.
An angel lifted him above the ground and the man saw his whole life and two pairs of footprints walking side by side...
Who's that next to me?
It’s me, says the angel. - I accompany you all your life.
Why is sometimes only one pair of footprints visible?
These are the most difficult periods of your life... - says the angel.
So what, you abandoned me in the most difficult moments? - the man asked indignantly.
No, I carried you in my arms... - the angel answered quietly.
May your angel always be near!
2. Dance of angels for the presentation
Today is a holiday in our class. Don't try to remember which one. Don't look for it on the calendar. You will find the feeling of this holiday in your soul by the end of our lesson, because today we will talk about one of the most important and important holidays for every person - the day of his Angel, his name day.
Epigraph For our today's event I would like to take the following words:
“Rejoice that your names are written in heaven” (Gospel of Luke (X, 20)
Meanwhile, name day is a special holiday, which could be called a day of spiritual birth, since it is associated, first of all, with the sacrament of Baptism and with the names that our heavenly patrons bear.
Guys, how do you feel about this day, do you celebrate Angel Day?
As our survey showed, not everyone fully understands the importance and traditions of the holiday. Let's find out today the importance of this day in a person's life
(children read poetry)
Wonderful angel, clear angel,
Resident of the mountain side
Come fly to me, beautiful,
In the hour of evening silence.
Teach me to study
It's righteous to live in the world,
Teach me to work
And it’s better to be honest in your heart.
Teach to love and believe,
Teach me not to judge
Teach me not to be a hypocrite
And do not lose heart in troubles.
2. Updating basic knowledge.
Question: Who are angels? (children's answers)
Slide 2
Guardian angel in Christianity - an angel, a good spirit, given to a person God at baptism for help and guidance.
The word “angel” itself means “messenger” in Russian. God sends holy Angels into the world to proclaim His will to people.
To do this, Angels take on a visible, human image. Many times Angels appeared to people in the form of beautiful young men in snow-white, shiny robes, girded with gold belts.
Angels are depicted as beautiful young men - as a sign of their spiritual beauty and winged - as a sign of their stay in the Kingdom of Heaven.
Slide 3
To each Orthodox Christian God gives his special good Angel at Baptism - the Guardian Angel. He is our first intercessor and helper. A Guardian Angel invisibly protects a person throughout his entire earthly life and does not leave us even after death.
Question: What is the role of the Guardian Angel?
Slide 4
Guardian angel helps a person do good and prays for him before God. The Guardian Angel protects us from all harm and, in case of danger, covers us with his wings. A person must love his Guardian Angel and try not to upset him.
Slide 5
My mom told me
That my Guardian Angel
Wherever I am,
Always by my side.
I looked around: “Where is the Angel?
After all, I don’t see him.
If the Angel is invisible,
How does he protect me? »
And my mother answers me:
"Yes. Your angel is invisible
But remember, my son,
An angel next to you.
Like an invisible hat
He decided to cover himself.
It shines with such light
What can blind us?
Even though the bright angel is invisible,
Well, believe your mom,
He covers you
With gentle wings.
Your angel is worried
If you behave badly,
If you offend a friend,
Or you take someone else's.
Well, if you are obedient,
And diligent and courteous,
If you are friends with everyone,
If you are moderately playful.
You boldly defend the weak,
Helping mom at home
You are a joy for an Angel.
He is always with you"
And I said: “My angel,
Come back more often.
And me, my heavenly friend,
Together: Never leave."
Question: What is the difference between a Guardian Angel and a patron saint?
Slide 6
Every Christian, besides the Guardian Angel, has one more patron saint: This is a holy person whose name a Christian bears. At baptism, a person is given a name in honor of one of the saints of the Christian church.
Question: What are name days?
Name day- a special holiday. This is the day of remembrance of the saint in whose honor a person was baptized. And this holiday can be called the day of spiritual birth - after all, it is associated primarily with the sacrament of Baptism and with our heavenly patrons of the same name. In the past, name days were considered a more important holiday than the day of “physical” birth. Moreover, in many cases they were practically identical.
Attached to the board hearts with your names. (hearts with names)
How many different names do the guys in our class have?
That’s how many saints are next to us every minute. They help us and warn us against bad thoughts and actions.
In front of the icon of Sergius of Radonezh, people ask for recovery, and on September 25, the day of his death, many believers celebrate his memory.
SLIDE 13
Can you ask your Guardian Angel and patron saint for everything?
What requests will he not respond to? Why?
Question. Can you hope for the help of a saint if you ask for something bad for others?
Answer. No.
Let's play game "Angel's Help"" I will name you actions and requests, if you think that you can count on the Angel’s help in them, then clap your hands, if not, shake your head.
1. Don’t try hard in your studies and hope for the help of the Guardian Angel and patron saint?
2. Ask for help in order to take revenge on a friend.
3. Study well.
4. Help adults.
5. Respect your elders.
6. Snitch.
7. Get angry.
8. Ask for forgiveness for bad actions.
Now you know which of your classmates has a name day. We have a great opportunity to please each other by congratulating each other on their name day. Don't forget that your attention will greatly please your friend, especially on such a day.
Teacher's final words
The tradition of celebrating name days has been known in Rus' since the 17th century. In the past, name days were considered a more important holiday than birthdays. Let's celebrate name days, and we can make this day ourselves a red day on the calendar.
SLIDE 14
(The song “Guardian Angel” is sung by the children)
1. With a sweet smile, strong and big
2.If I suffer, cry and am sick,
I know that my angel suffers with me.
I won’t hide anything in life in front of him,
He sees everything and knows everything
Yes, my angel is with me (2p.)
3. With a sweet smile, strong and big
My guardian angel, he is always with me,
And when I go to school and home,
I am not afraid, I walk calmly, my angel is with me. (2 r)
- In memory of our holiday, we give you gifts: these angels. May they always be by your side!
(Gifts for guests)
Reflection: presentation “Prayer”
Literature used in preparing the lesson:
1. Severe. Complex methodological developments. Christian life. Wedge. 2004.
2. Shevchenko's manual for teachers. 1st year of study. – M.: Center for Support of Cultural and Historical Traditions of the Fatherland. Moscow. 2006.
3. Shevchenko culture. Experimental textbook for primary grades of secondary schools, lyceums, gymnasiums. 1st year of study. Book two. – M.: Center for Support of Cultural and Historical Traditions of the Fatherland, 2004.
4. I'm going to class in primary school: Fundamentals of Orthodox culture: A book for teachers. – M.: Institute for Expertise of Educational Programs and State-Confessional Relations, 2006.
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