Saints
This saint was a deacon and the first martyr - and the saint who oversaw his execution and martyrdom?
Who is Saint Stephen and who is Saint Paul?
This is known as the feast of all feasts.
What is Pascha!
He begins his gospel account with the words, "In my first book, O Theophilos..."
What is the Gospel of St. Luke?
Saint Basil, Saint Gregory, Saint Cyril
The three ancient, Eucharistic liturgies that the Coptic Orthodox Church uses.
The color of Abouna's car.
What is charcoal.
The only apostle who was not martyred but died a peaceful death in old age.
Who is Saint John?
This feast day commemorates something that Peter, Andrew, and John got to witness exclusively.
What is the Transfiguration?
The two books (one OT and one NT) that have one chapter.
What is the Book of Obadiah and the Book of Jude?
What are the three most common designs of Coptic Orthodox Church buildings?
The Orthodox way of saying sacraments.
The Holy Mysteries.
Revered as the Pillar of Faith and the Seal of all the Fathers.
Who is Saint Cyril of Alexandria?
This Feast is celebrated twice a year.
The Feast of the Cross.
The book of the bible that has a prophecy that starts with: "The Lord Almighty will bless them, saying, “Blessed be Egypt my people, Assyria my handiwork..."
What is the Book of Isaiah?
This item hanging in the church is a symbol that represents God's unceasing watchfulness over His people, the miracle of the Resurrection, and a call for believers to fix their undivided attention on Christ.
What is an ostrich egg? According to traditional lore, ostrich parents are known for their extreme vigilance, continuously fixing their eyes on their eggs until they hatch.
He came from a family that produced multiple saints and wrote the profoundly impactful The Life of Moses.
Who is Saint Gregory of Nyssa?
A fast + feast that all Oriental Orthodox share with Syriac churches like the Syriac Orthodox Church and the Chaldean Catholic Church.
The Jonah or Nineveh Feast. The Oriental Orthodox churches adopted this fast/feast from the Syriac Christian traditions and it's known as Ba’utha (the Supplication or Fast of Nineveh) in Aramaic.
These are 10 additional books in the Orthodox Bible.
What are the deuterocanonical books?
A shape of a ship, a shape of a cruciform (cross), and a shape of a circle.
What are the three most common designs of Coptic Orthodox Church buildings?
The council that affirmed the divity of the Holy Spirit, the year, and the main heresey it rejected.
First Council of Constantinople (381 CE). The full divinity of the Holy Spirit and His co-equal place in the Trinity. They revised the Nicene Creed to its expanded form (the Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed).
It rejected Macedonianism (which denied the Holy Spirit's divinity), as well as lingering forms of Arianism.
Known as the "Golden-Mouthed" for his eloquent preaching.
Who is Saint John Chrysostom?
The Feast we often forget about because its close behind another Feast but is equally as important (a major feast).
The Feast of Theophany! While Nativity marks Christ's birth, this feast is considered just as important because it marks His public unveiling as the Savior of all mankind.
The shortest Gospel book.
The Gospel of Saint Mark
The council that affirmed the divinity of Christ, the year, and the main heresey it was rejecting.
First Council of Nicaea (325 CE). What they affirmed: The full divinity of Jesus Christ. They declared that the Son is of the same substance (homoousios) as the Father, and drafted the original Nicene Creed.
It rejected Arianism, which argued that Christ was a created being and not co-eternal with God.