§ Occasion № iii · For the Godchild
Chrismation,
baptism, and after.
The promises a godparent makes are paid out in small things, year after year. A first prayer book. The icon over the bed. The calendar that gives a name to every day. These are the gifts we are asked for, again and again.
§ The shelves we draw from
A bundle is
several shelves.
Each occasion is a small library, not a single shelf. Open the shelves that fit the giving and leave the rest in print for next year.
- № 01
Icons
The icon for the new room - the patron saint, the Theotokos, Christ Pantocrator.
Coming to print - № 02
Prayer Books
A prayer book sized for a child, with the prayers said before sleep and on rising.
Coming to print - № 03
Books
Lives of the saints, written for children - and patristic readers for when they are older.
Open shelf · 14 titles - № 04
Calendar
The calendar of saints - to learn the day they were chrismated, and the feast that bears their name.
Open shelf · 1 title - № 05
Cards
Cards for the baptism, the chrismation, and the namedays that follow.
Open shelf · 10 titles
§ The bundle
The first shelf they will keep.
A working selection from the shelves above - chosen for godparents who want to give something the child will keep.
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§ Other occasions
Or, step into
a different week.
The library is shelved one way; the giving is shelved another. These are the bundles we are asked for, year after year.
№ i
For a nameday, or a friend's.
Gifts for your nameday or a friend's - saint cards, calendars, and small icons for the patron on the icon corner.
№ ii
Companions for the Great Fast.
Companions for the Great Fast - Lenten prayer books, psalters, fasting calendars, and Paschal reading for the weeks of preparation and the night itself.
№ iv
Prayer books, psalters, small icons.
For the bedside - prayer books, psalters, small icons, and prayer ropes kept on the table by the bed for evening and morning prayer.
§ Beyond the bundle
The tradition these gifts come from.
Lives of the saints
Meet the saints
The lives behind the icons, calendars, and books we print.
ExploreThe atlas
Orthodox countries
How the faith is lived and kept across the Christian world.
ExploreThe Journal
Read the Journal
Essays on feasts, fasting, and the rhythm of the Church year.
ExploreEvery morning
Mobile & web apps
Carry the daily rhythm on iPhone and iPad or continue in the web app.
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