For Children · Bible Stories & Lives of the Saints
Stories for Children
Gentle, illustrated stories for children — from the Bible and from the lives of the saints. Read them aloud, a little at a time, with the children you love.
Each story is told simply, for young hearts, and carries its own hand-made illustrations. Start with whichever one you like — the brave saints and the wonders of the Bible are all here, waiting to be discovered.
The Cross of Vines
A little girl in Cappadocia hears of the Lord's Robe hidden in a far-off land, and the Mother of God gives her a cross of grapevines and a calling she will never forget.
Read the story →The Long Journey and the Garden
Nina walks across the world to the green land of Georgia, makes her home under a bramble bush in the king's garden, and God answers her prayer for a childless couple.
Read the story →The Queen, the King, and the Dark Forest
Nina heals Queen Nana, and proud King Mirian — lost in a sudden darkness in the forest — calls on the God of Nina and finds the light. Georgia becomes a Christian land.
Read the story →The Garden That God Made
In the very beginning, God makes the world and the first people, Adam and Eve, and gives them a garden — and even when they stumble, His love never fails.
Read the story →David and the Giant
A young shepherd boy faces a fearsome giant with nothing but a sling and his trust in God — and shows that the battle belongs to the Lord.
Read the story →Saint George and the Dragon
A brave young soldier who loved Christ rescues a city from a fearsome dragon — and shows that with God's help, good is always stronger than evil.
Read the story →Saint Nicholas and the Secret Gifts
The kind bishop of Myra loved to give in secret — tossing bags of gold through windows by night — and became the beloved gift-giver the whole world remembers.
Read the story →Saint Barbara and the Three Windows
A girl kept in a tower discovers the one true God by gazing at His creation, and bravely confesses the Holy Trinity — remembered every time we make the sign of the Cross.
Read the story →Saint Herman and the Little Island
A gentle monk crosses the ocean to a little island in Alaska, where he becomes the beloved 'grandfather' of a whole people and friend even to the wild animals.
Read the story →Saint Olga, the Kind Mother of Alaska
A gentle Yup'ik mother and midwife in a snowy Alaskan village cared for everyone around her — and became one of the very newest saints, the first holy woman of North America.
Read the story →Inside God's House
A gentle walk through an Orthodox church for children — the narthex, the candles, the icons, the iconostasis, and the altar — and what each one means.
Read the story →The Greatest Gift
What Holy Communion is, how the bread and wine become the Body and Blood of Christ, and how we get ready to receive the greatest gift of all.
Read the story →A New Birth
How a person becomes a Christian in Holy Baptism — the font, the three immersions, the godparents, the white robe, the cross, and the seal of the Holy Spirit.
Read the story →The Night the King Was Born
The birth of the Lord Jesus in Bethlehem — Mary and Joseph, the manger, the shepherds and angels, and the wise men who followed the star.
Read the story →The Light on the Road
How Saul, who once hurt the Christians, met the Lord in a great light on the road to Damascus and became Saint Paul, one of the greatest apostles.
Read the story →Tabitha, the Kind Helper
The kind woman of Joppa who sewed clothes for the poor — and how the apostle Peter prayed, and God gave her back to life.
Read the story →Jonah and the Big Fish
Jonah tried to run away from God, was swallowed by a great fish, prayed and was saved — and learned that God is full of mercy for all who turn back to Him.
Read the story →The Tall, Tall Tower
The people built a tall tower out of pride, so God gave them many languages and scattered them — a story made right again, long after, at Pentecost.
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