Commonly Known
What is Egypt?
This book of the bible is read, in its entirety, on Bright Saturday or Apocalypse night.
What is Revelations?
This saint is known for opening the first convent and living with her 40 virgin friends.
This saint planted and watered a dead stick according to the instruction of the abbot. Later this stick became the tree of obedience, took root, and grew.
Who is St. John the Short?
This is the name of the church that our congregation rented before building our own church.
What is the Seventh Day Adventist Church?
This is the title that is given to the head of the Coptic Church.
What is the Pope?
This chapter of the bible is commonly referred to as "The Love Chapter".
What is 1 Corinthians 13?
This saint is known for dressing up as a woman, hiding in a monastery, and being accused of committing adultery and fathering a child.
Who is St. Marina the Monk?
This saint famously washed the feet of Christ, as well as carried him up the mountain.
Who is St. Pishoy?
This is the first coptic Church in the United States of America.
What is the Agpeya?
This chapter of the bible is commonly called "The Beatitudes".
What is Matthew 5?
These women prepared the body of Christ for burial.
Who is Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome?
This saint was called to judge his brother monk, filled a leaky bag with sand, and famously said "my sins run out behind me and I do not see them, but today I am coming to judge the errors of another."
Who is St. Moses the Strong?
What is St. Mary's Coptic Church in el Zeiton?
Saint Anthony the Great, is commonly called the world's first ______.
What is monk?
This is the only book of the bible that "continues today".
What is Acts?
This woman was the daughter of a king who did not want to take her place as queen but rather wanted to dedicate her life to God, she went to the convent and pretended to be mute and dumb, and was famously called "habila". Her identity was discovered by Anba Daniel when he visited the convent.
Who is St. Anna Simone?
This saint is known for covering the sins of his brother monk.
Who is St. Macarius the Great?
This church is built at the location of a miracle led by St. Simon the Tanner and is still home to the "zabaleen".
What is the mokattam church?
These men were famously martyred on a beach in 2015 wearing orange jumpsuits.
Who are the 21 Martyrs of Libya?
There are _______ books in the bible (including new and old testament).
What is 74? (Old = 47, New = 27)
This woman famously completed the first gynecological exam on St. Mary the Virgin, during the exam her hand was burned to show the virginity of St. Mary remained.
Who is Salome?
This saint is famously known for moving his church to protect the congregation from the barbarians attack.
Who is St. Abaskhiron?
St. Virgin Mary's Coptic Orthodox Church in Cairo is located above the gate of a roman fortress which gives the church this interesting nickname.
What is the hanging church?