Holy Scripture
This shepherd boy became king of Israel and wrote many of the Psalms.
Question: Who is David?
The weekly day on which Orthodox Christians celebrate Christ's Resurrection.
Question: What is Sunday?
The saint known for bringing Christianity to Ireland.
Question: Who is St. Patrick?
Orthodox Christians usually make this gesture when praying in church.
Question: What is the Sign of the Cross?
The language in which most of the New Testament was originally written.
Question: What is Greek?
Jesus delivered this famous teaching on a hillside, beginning with the Beatitudes.
Question: What is the Sermon on the Mount?
This feast celebrates Christ's birth in Bethlehem.
Question: What is Nativity (Christmas)?
This emperor called the First Ecumenical Council in Nicaea in 325.
Question: Who is St. Constantine the Great?
This sacrament is often called the "Mystery of Repentance."
Question: What is Confession?
Orthodox churches traditionally place this image of Christ in the center of the dome.
Question: What is Christ Pantocrator?
This disciple doubted Christ's Resurrection until he saw the Lord's wounds.
Question: Who is St. Thomas?
The service celebrated on Saturday evening that prepares the faithful for Sunday Liturgy.
Question: What is Great Vespers?
These two brothers created the alphabet that helped evangelize the Slavic peoples.
Question: Who are Saints Cyril and Methodius?
The three traditional spiritual disciplines especially emphasized during Great Lent.
Question: What are prayer, fasting, and almsgiving?
How many Ecumenical Councils are recognized by the Orthodox Church?
Question: What are seven Ecumenical Councils?
This Old Testament prophet was taken up into heaven in a fiery chariot.
Question: Who is Elijah?
During this feast, Christ's appearance was changed before Peter, James, and John on Mount Tabor.
Question: What is the Transfiguration?
Known as the "Golden-Mouthed" preacher, this saint composed one of the Liturgies still celebrated today.
Question: Who is St. John Chrysostom?
This Greek word means "change of mind" and is often translated as repentance.
Question: What is metanoia?
The name of the prayer that begins, "Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner."
Question: What is the Jesus Prayer?
This Old Testament figure was willing to sacrifice his son in obedience to God and is therefore seen as a type of God the Father offering His Son for the salvation of the world.
Question: Who is Abraham?
During this service, celebrated on the evenings of the first four days of Great Lent, Orthodox Christians hear the Great Canon of St. Andrew of Crete divided into four parts.
Question: What is Great Compline?
This 4th-century Archbishop of Alexandria spent years in exile defending the Church's teaching that Christ is fully God against Arianism.
Who is St. Athanasius the Great?
This spiritual practice, commonly assisted by a prayer rope, centers on the repeated prayer, "Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner."
What is the practice of the Jesus Prayer (or noetic prayer)?
This Ecumenical Council, held in 787, restored and defended the veneration of holy icons after the first period of Iconoclasm.
What is the Seventh Ecumenical Council (Second Council of Nicaea)?