Our Lord teaches that "the eye is the lamp of the body". If the eye is not sound something else fills the body
What is darkness.
100
Cesar Augustus ordered a census. Although they lived in Galilee they had to go in this city where Christ was born.
What is Bethlehem.
100
She was a young girl, the daughter of Dioscorus. She was born in Heliopolis and became the patron saint of those working with explosives.
Who is St. Barbara
100
We use palm leaves and at the end of the service on this feast day we receive a little cross.
What is Palm Sunday
100
As Greek Orthodox we never treat the Holy Scriptures (Bible) as a book meant to give us scientific answers. Although, one can find many scientific things of the past related in it. There is a basic principle of faith that the Church concluded from the first chapter of Genesis.
What is Creation
200
They fly and were given by our Lord as an example of a life free of anxiety for material things.
What is birds
200
Joseph (the younger son of Jacob) was sold as a slave and ended up in this country. Another Joseph had to take the mother and the child and flee in the same country for the fear of Herod.
What is Egypt
200
He is riding a horse and kills with a spear a beast that looks very much like a dinosaur.
Who is St. George
200
We celebrate this major feast ten days after the Ascension of the Lord.
What is Pentecost.
200
In the first millennium, there were these special meetings when clergy and laity come together to establish the Orthodox faith (the true teaching versus heresies) and also, issue practical canons.
What is Ecumenical Councils
300
God and mammon (the god of money) are two opossites that we cannot serve.
What is masters
300
In the book of Joshua (chapter 6) the walls of this city fell down after the Israelites marched around it.
What is Jericho.
300
In the icon he holds a branch with an apple and he is the patron saint of the cooks.
Who is Euphrosinios the Cook
300
The Holy Cross was buried till St. Helen went to Jerusalem and found it. Every year on September 14th we commemorate that event.
What is The Elevation of the Precious and Life-giving Cross.
300
We venerate them and establish a relation with the persons that are represented in them through prayer.
What is icons
400
"Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these"
What is lilies.
400
St. John the Evangelist was exiled in this island where he dictated the book of Revelation to his disciple/scribe Prochorus.
What is Pathmos.
400
He was a hierarch of the Church and many of his family members became saints. We celebrate his Liturgy mainly during the Sundays in Great Lent.
Who is St. Basil the Great.
400
Joachim and Ana were very happy that day. At their old age their daughter was born. We celebrate that event every year on September 8.
What is the Nativity of Virgin Mary.
400
Because He is "begotten" of the Father, the Son shares the same essence with the Father being eternal, omniscient, unlimited and all-powerful. The Creed uses these words to describe it.
What is "light of light, true God of true God"
500
The first things that we have to seek in life according to the sermon on the mount.
What is "His Kingdom and His righteousness".
500
This monastery is the oldest Christian monastery and was built on the same mountain on which Moses received the tables of the Law.
What is St. Katherine of Sinai.
500
The heretics cut his right hand and his tongue to prevent him to preach and to write the Orthodox faith.
Who is St. Maximus the Confessor
500
This fest day marks the beginning of the public ministry of our Lord. Since there is a manifestation of the Holy Trinity one of the names of this feast is "The Feast of Lights".
What is Epiphany.
500
By the end of the second century the canon of the Bible had been established. There are documents that list all the books of the Scripture. Under the guidance of the Holy Spirit she produced the Bible therefore she has the authority to interpret it.