This is the English edition of the classic Russian textbook designed for parents to teach their children "all the fundamental points of the Orthodox Christian faith and way of life." Because children are growing up quickly in a society that raises serious and agonizing questions the author does not teach in naive stories that remain stories only. It offers an overview of the whole of the Old and New Testaments as well as instruction on prayer, worship and what it means to live by the teaching of the Ten Commandments and the Beatitudes. Lavishly bound and made to last. Well illustrated with black and white photographs and icons. Susan Price (Editor) : Seraphim Slobodskoi (Author) : The Law of God For Study at Home and School By Seraphim Slobodskoy Holy Trinity Publications Copyright © 1994 Holy Trinity Monastery All rights reserved. ISBN: 978-0-88465-044-7 Contents Forward, PART I BASIC CONCEPTS, 1. The World, 2. About God, 3. The Attributes of God, 4. Prayer, 5. Sin, 6. The Sign of the Cross, 7 Standing and Bows During Prayer, 8. Different Types of Prayer, 9. When God Hears Our Prayer, 10. Where and How We Can Pray to God, 11. The Church Building, 12. The Priest's Blessing, 13. Icons, 14. Why We call Ourselves Orthodox Christians, PART II PRAYERS, 1. Short Prayers, PART III THE SACRED HISTORY OF THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS, Introduction to the Sacred History of the Old and New Testaments, The Old Testament, 1. The Creation of Heaven, the Invisible World, 2. The Creation of the Earth, the Visible World, 3. How God Created the First People, 4. The Life of the First People in Paradise, 5. The Fall into Sin, 6. The Results of the Fall into Sin and the Promise of a Saviour, 7. Discussion of the Fall into Sin, 8. Cain and Abel, 9. The Flood, 10. The Life of Noah and His Children, 11. The Building of the Tower of Babel and the Scattering of the Peoples, 12. The Appearance of Idolatry, 13. Abraham, 14. The Appearance of God to Abraham in the Form of Three Strangers, 15. The Destruction of Sodom and Gomorah, 16. The Offering of Isaac as a Sacrifice, 17. The Marriage of Isaac, 18. Esau and Jacob, 19. Jacob's Vision of the Mystical Ladder, 20. Joseph, 21. Joseph in Egypt, 22. Joseph's Meeting with His Brothers and the Moving of Jacob into Egypt with His family, 23. The Story of Job the Long-Suffering, 24. Moses, 25. Pascha (Passover) and the Exodus of the Hebrew People from Egypt, 26. The Hebrews Pass Through the Red Sea and other Miracles, 27. God Gives the Law on Mt. Sinai, 28. The Tabernacle, 29. The Forty-Year Wandering of the Hebrew People, the Bronze Serpent, 30. The Entry of the Israelites into the Promised land, 31. Judges, 32. The Story of Ruth, 33. Saul, First King of the Israelites, 34. King David, 35. King Solomon, 36. The Division of the Israelite Kingdom into Two: Judah and Israel, 37. The Prophets, 38. The Downfall of the Israelite Kingdom, 39. The Fall of the Babylonian Kingdom, 40. The Median-Persian Empire. Prophet Daniel in the Lion's Den, 41. The Return of the Jews from Captivity in Babylon and the Construction of the Second Temple, 42. The Greek Empire The Translation of the Books of the Old Testament into Greek, 43. The Roman Empire. The Universal Expectation of the Messiah, The New Testament, 1. The Nativity of the Holy Virgin Mary, 2. The Entry into the Temple of the Most-Holy Virgin Mary, 3. The Announcement of the Angel about the Birth of the Forerunner, 4. The Annunciation to the Holy Virgin Mary, 5. The Visit of the Most-Holy Virgin Mary to the Righteous Elizabeth, 6. The Nativity of John the Baptist, 7. The Nativity of Christ the Saviour, 8. The Meeting of the Lord, 9. The Flight into Egypt and the Slaying of the Innocents. The Return to Nazareth, 10. The Saviour in the Temple as a Youth, 11. The Preaching of St. John the Baptist, 12. The Baptism of the Lord Jesus Christ, 13. The Lord Jesus Christ in the Wilderness and His Temptation by the Devil, 14. The Lord Jesus Christ Appears to the People. His First Disciples, 15. The First Miracle of Jesus Christ, 16. The Merchants are Banished from the Temple, 17. The Conversation of Jesus Christ with Nicodemus, 18. The Conversation of Jesus Christ with the Woman of Samaria, 19. The Healing of the Paralytic at the Pool of Bethesda, 20. The Lord Chooses Twelve Apostles, 21. The Sermon on the Mount, 22. The Power of Faith and Prayer for Others — The Healing of the Paralytic in Capernaum, 23. Parables/The Parable of the Sower, 24. The Stilling of the Storm, 25. Raising of the Daughter of Jarius, 26. The Beheading of St. John the Baptist, 27. The Miraculous Feeding of the People with Five Loaves, 28. Christ Walking on the Water, 29. The Healing of the Daughter of the Canaanite Woman, 30. The Confession of Peter. The First Prediction of the Lord about His Forthcoming Suffering, Death and Resurrection, 31. The Transfiguration of the Lord, 32. The Pa