Festivals

2008 Bible Bowl and Oratorical poster (PDF)

Practice Questions and Study Guides are available online at www.orthodoxyouth.org/1Cor

The Rules for each Diocese are listed at the bottom of this page. The Bible Bowl Rules are contained within the Creative Festival Rules. Art, Poetry, Photography and Writing are all together in the Festival Rules and the Oratorical Rules and Bible Bowl are each in a separate file, all of which are listed at the bottom of this page.

Please note listed below for your diocese are the new Bible Bowl Rules.

Practice Questions and Study Guides are available online at www.orthodoxyouth.org/1Cor

2008 Creative Festivals Theme

Bible Bowl

The First Letter to the Corinthians, as found in the Orthodox Study Bible.

Practice Questions and Study Guides are available online at www.orthodoxyouth.org/1Cor

Oratorical:

2008 Oratorical Festival

Keeping in mind The 2008 Conference Theme; "At the beginning He made them male and female. 'For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife and the two shall become one flesh."

Senior Division:
Speak about people being male and female in the image of God and about the role of masculinity and femininity in personal life and in the Mystery of Marriage in Christ.

Junior Division:
Discuss the sanctity of the marriage bond between one man and one woman (as defined by the Orthodox Church), and how the family is strengthened by it.

For Reference You May Wish To Consult:

-The Holy Scriptures (such as New Testament explanations of the Old Testament passage (Gen 1:27) as found in the Gospels and letters of St. Paul).

-The Marriage Service of the Church and other liturgical and hymnographic texts.

-The lives of the saints.

-The twenty-seventh verse from the first chapter of the Book of Genesis, "So God created man in His own image, in the image of God created He him; male and female created He them."

2008 Creative Festivals Lesson Plans

Diocesan Rules

Before you begin working on your Creative Festival entries, please check the individual rules for your Diocese at the bottom of this page.

Diocese Deadlines

You can send e-mails to the following contacts, using editor@antiochian.org.
Please include the name of the person you are contacting. Thank you.

* Oratorical Submission Deadline is Two Weeks before each Parish Life Conference. Contact each diocesan coordinator for more details.