Grade 5 Lesson 16 Draft

Learning Outcomes

Feast of the Holy Cross (Sleeba)

• G5.LO43 - Interpret the Feast of the Holy Cross.
• G5.LO44 - Explain the presence of the Holy Cross in the Old Testament
• G5.LO45 - Understand and interpret Discovery of the Holy Cross by Queen Helena.
• G5.LO46 - Recognize how "The Holy Cross is a sign of peace, a sign of victory, by the Holy Cross we all are saved and in it we all glory".
• G5.LO47 - Explain how the Holy Cross is protection from all evil.

Talmido Resources

• Vocabulary Words
  • Pethgomo - Verses from Psalms are chanted with Halleluiah inserted between verses.
  • Qolo - Two or four verses separated by the glorification of the Holy Trinity that explain the nature of those who we seek intercession from and those we intercede for.
  • Sleeba - Cross (in Syriac)
  • Typology - Events in the New Testament are prefigured or symbolized by events in the Old Testament
  • Titclus- The wooden plaque that inscribed- JESUS THE KING OF JEWS
  • Golgotha- the Holy Cross on an elevated stand placed in the Church. This same Cross is used for Holy Friday, the
  • Resurrection of our Lord (Kymtha), and the Feast of Ascension. This Cross symbolizes Jesus Christ.
• Video
  • Ladder Episode 4: The Cross https://youtu.be/PVcKBRX7sXM
  • Be the Bee #29 | The Beauty of the Cross
• Articles
  • https://www.goarch.org/exaltation
  • http://ww1.antiochian.org/node/18634
  • http://www.holycrossmonastery.org/orthodox-symbolism.html

Textbook Lesson

• Lesson 16 Textbook PDF