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What is the Arabic word for the Coptic monk's hood?
"Qalansuwa"
How many crosses are on the Coptic monk's hood?
12 crosses
What is the main activity that is done by all monks/nuns?
Prayers including: Tasbeha, Liturgy, singing the psalms, and private prayers.
What is a monk/nun in training called?
What does the black clothes that monks/nuns wear represent?
To remind them that they have died from this world and are seeking eternal life.
What did the angel tell St. Anthony to do during his monastic life?
"read a little, work a little, and pray a lot"
Why did the angel tell St. Anthony the Great to wear this Coptic monk's hood?
To remind him to always be simple and pure as a child.
Who is the Father of Monasticism?
St. Anthony the Great
What does the Cross at back of the Coptic monk's hood represent?
It stands for the Lord Jesus Christ whom the monk/nun bears in their mind and heart.
Who is a monk?
A person with a distinct purpose of living the eternal life
Name some of the activities that monks/nuns preform throughout their day.
1.) Building baskets, crosses
2.) Help build some structures of the church
3.) Writing books, painting icons etc...
What are the two interpretations of the 12 crosses on the monk's hood?
1.) They represent the twelve apostles
2.) They represent the twelve fruits of the Holy Spirit.
Why is there a stitched part of the Coptic monk's hood?
St. Anthony the Great battled with satan, who was trying to take away the hood from him.
What are the three vows that monks/nuns live by during their monastic life?
AND
What do they mean?
1.) Patience--> To only carry the essential things in life in order to concentrate on the clear goal of eternal life.
2.) Chastity--> To stay away from things that hurt the body
3.) Obedience--> To obey the leaders and elders of the church.
What does the final step of the ordination of a novice to a monk/nun involve?
AND
What does it represent?
It involves having the novice sleep in the church overnight.
This is to say that the individual is dead from the world and is born into a new angelical life.