Bible Knowledge
Which book of the Bible opens with Paul calling himself "a bondservant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle"?
Romans
Which Apostle and Evangelist is traditionally recognized as the founder of the Church of Alexandria (the Coptic Church)?
St. Mark
Alongside Arabic, what ancient language — descended from the language of the pharaohs — is used in Coptic liturgical services?
Coptic
What is the shortest verse in the Bible, found in John 11 at the tomb of Lazarus?
"Jesus wept"
What Egyptian city was the historic seat of the Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate before it moved to Cairo?
Alexandria
Which liturgy, most commonly celebrated in Coptic churches today, is attributed to a 4th-century bishop of Caesarea?
The Liturgy of St. Basil
What is the name for the blessings Jesus lists at the start of the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5)?
The Beatitudes
Who is known as the "Father of Monasticism," having withdrawn into the Egyptian desert to live a life of prayer?
St. Anthony the Great
This Coptic month (corresponding to parts of November/December) is marked by extended nightly hymns and doxologies known as the ____ Psalmody, sung in preparation for the Nativity fast.
Kiahk
Which Old Testament prophet was swallowed by a great fish and spent three days in its belly?
Jonah
The Coptic Church rejected the Christological definition of which 451 AD council, leading to a lasting split with the Byzantine Church?
The Council of Chalcedon
This 20th Pope of Alexandria was exiled five times for defending the term "homoousios" against Arianism, and is remembered as the "Father of Orthodoxy."
St. Athanasius the Apostolic
In 1 Corinthians 13, Paul says faith, hope, and this remain — what is the greatest of the three?
Love
Which 20th-century Coptic Pope, known for holiness and miracles, sparked a major revival and was later canonized a saint?
Pope Kyrillos VI
The Coptic Orthodox Church's Christology holds that Christ has one united nature, fully God and fully man, rather than two separate natures — what is this doctrine technically called?
Miaphysitism (Miaphysite Christology)