Advent Prayers for Kids

<p><br></p><p>Why is a Christmas children's rhyming prayer book decorated with fishes? The fish (ichthys) historically was a symbol for Christians to meet in a safe place. </p><p><br></p><p>In the Romans' times the church was persecuted; that is the word we use to say that the police would take the Christians to prison because it was against the law to pray to Jesus. </p><p>When Christians wanted to pray in a group they used this symbol so other Christians would know where to look for other believers and find people to pray with but still be safe. </p><p><br></p><p>The word Ichthys comes from Greek. It is an acrostic and can be read as: </p><p>I - Iota (which means Jesus) </p><p>X - Christos (which means Christ) </p><p>N - Theou (which means God) </p><p>Y - Yidos (which means Son) </p><p>Y - Sigma (which means Savior). </p><p>If you put it all together it means Jesus Christ God's Son is Savior. Let's pray.</p>