Catherine's Pascha is a beautiful children's picture book about a perfectly ordinary young girl at Pascha, the Orthodox Christian celebration of Easter. Catherine doesn't like vegetables. She doesn't like naps. She doesn't like it when her mom combs her hair. She loves hot dogs, chocolate cake, and her best friend, Elizabeth. Most of all, she loves Pascha!Pascha! It's celebrated in the middle of the night, with processions and candles and bells and singing. And Catherine insists that she's not a bit sleepy.

Catherine's Pascha: A Celebration of Easter in the Orthodox Church

Children's Books

Riggle, Charlotte

Holidays & Celebrations

Phoenix Flair Press

Award-Winning Finalist in the 2015 USA Best Book Awards This little book has a deep heart and enormous vision, simple enough to engage young readers and profound enough to inspire their parents. - His Eminence Metropolitan Savas of Pittsburgh (Greek Orthodox Archdiocese) This is one of my children's all time favorite Orthodox books! - Sarah Wright, Orthodox Motherhood When I brought the book in the house, it caught my 9-year-old's eye immediately, and she literally screamed, "MOM! IT SAYS 'PASCHA' ON IT! LET ME SEE!" And she proceeded to bury her face in it for the next hour. - Maura Oprisko, The Least of These Folks, my kids adored this book. In fact, as soon as we were finished reading it the very first time, they requested that we read it again. - Caitlin Fitzpatrick Curley, My Little Poppies It's Pascha, and Catherine is determined to stay awake all night. Can she do it? Will she remember how to say "Christ is risen!" in Russian? Will her best friend Elizabeth remember how to say it in Greek? Will their parents let them play with burning candles, smash hard-boiled eggs, and eat sweets until the sun rises on Pascha?

Catherine's Pascha

The Saint Nicholas Day Snow

The Saint Nicholas Day Snow begins on the morning of St. Nicholas Eve. Catherine's best friend, Elizabeth, is coming for a sleepover. They'll share a day filled with warm cookies, squabbles with siblings, holiday traditions, and the excitement of an unexpected snowstorm. It's all familiar, comfortable, and delightful. And yet Elizabeth is worried. She's spending the night with Catherine because her grandmother is ill, and her parents are heading to the hospital to see her. The brief references to Elizabeth's grandmother in the main story are developed into a fully realized wordless story-within-a-story in the corner of each spread. Both stories are filled with kindness, prayer, faith, and love. And snow. At the end of the day, the girls set out their shoes (with apples and carrots for St. Nicholas's horse), and their parents pray and keep vigil for Elizabeth's grandmother. All of them, in the end, receive joy.

The Saint Nicholas Day Snow begins on the morning of St. Nicholas Eve. Catherine's best friend, Elizabeth, is coming for a sleepover. They'll share a day filled with warm cookies, squabbles with siblings, holiday traditions, and the excitement of an unexpected snowstorm. It's all familiar, comfortable, and delightful. And yet Elizabeth is worried. She's spending the night with Catherine because her grandmother is ill, and her parents are heading to the hospital to see her. The brief references to Elizabeth's grandmother in the main story are developed into a fully realized wordless story-within-a-story in the corner of each spread. Both stories are filled with kindness, prayer, faith, and love. And snow. At the end of the day, the girls set out their shoes (with apples and carrots for St. Nicholas's horse), and their parents pray and keep vigil for Elizabeth's grandmother. All of them, in the end, receive joy.

"These raw and honest accounts from such brave and inspiring women provide an incredible depth and beauty to what a relationship with the saints can look like. They bring to light the stories of some incredible female saints and, in doing so, allow us the opportunity to see our stories in their struggles. Single mothers will not only benefit from the hope they find in these words but will take comfort in knowing the God of scripture through these stories-a God who mends our broken hearts and restores us to a life with Him by His grace." 
Mirette Abraham, Author of Mama I See You: Finding Glimmers of Hope in the Trenches of Motherhood\n"Single mothering is a road that can feel so alone and unworthy of God’s Grace, but God is glorified in even his single parent Saints. In this book we find the beauty of His Grace working in and through the lives of single mothers whose lives can inspire us to keep struggling the good struggle as we navigate this journey. We are single, but never alone." - Olga Greve\nIn this encouraging collection of essays, eight Orthodox and Catholic women who have lived single parent life bring you the fruits of their connection with eight women saints who were single mothers. Learn about the Widow of Zarephath, St. Photini, St. Helen, St. Anthousa, St. Monica, St. Sophia, St. Margaret of Cortona, and St. Maria of Paris as their lives intertwine with the lived experiences of faithful women who pray to them for help. Discover the grace of being there from women whose lives show you the God who meets every mother right where she is.\nWith respect and compassion borne of lived experience, each chapter reveals the sanctity of family life led by parents without partners. Reconnect with the roots of the faith that began in the womb of an unwedded Mother, whose prayers are with all women going through the beautiful and challenging life of motherhood.

The Grace of Being There: Single Mother Saints in Our Lives

Parenting & Relationships

Kinard, Summer

Anderson, Sandra C.

Bjeletich Davis, Elissa

Gatling, Elizabeth

Roth, Kristina

Chuff, Carrie

Doll, Angela

Parenting

Park End Books

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