St. Nicholas of Myra

The Olt Family Flag

This summer, the girls had fun watching the 2012 Olympics. Rachel became interested in the flags of various countries and began to study them in her dictionary. Since we were gearing up for the beginning of the homeschool year anyway, I thought that the girls might enjoy the challenge of collaborating on the design of a family flag. I explained that their task was to describe who we are as a family and what we believe through symbols. The above picture is the final version.

“We chose the colors blue and red because the Mother of God is dressed in those colors in an icon,” Hannah explained. “And gold because a censor is gold and the Byzantine cross because we are Christian,” Rachel chimed in.  Of course, each red star represents a family member. Whether the girls realize it, the flag also displays a certain hierarchy – God, parents, and children. Father-Deacon Joseph and I were quite impressed! We plan on getting the flag custom-made (at a very reasonable price) for Christmas.