Prelude
Oil
Pascha
100
On the day before before Holy Week we celebrate a major feast which commemorates Jesus entering into ____.
What is Jerusalem?
100
In Jesus's parable which inspired the Bridegroom Matins service, the foolish virgins neglected to bring extra oil to fill their ____ ?
What are lamps?
100
During the Resurrection Service of Pascha, this word is used when we sing come receive the _____ from the _____ that is never overtaken by night.
What is light?
200
When Jesus entered into the "holy city" as a victorious king, the people of the city welcomed him by holding up ______ as "symbols of victory".
What are palm branches?
200
Every year on Holy Wednesday, Orthodox Christians are anointed with holy oil for this purpose.
What is healing (and forgiveness of sins)?
200
The word "Pascha" originally referred to this feast in which the Ancient Israelites ate bread and roasted lamb.
What is Passover?
300
Jesus went to Lazarus's tomb after Lazarus had been dead for _____ days.
What is four?
300
When someone is being received into the church they will first be baptized by immersion in water and then be anointed with oil as the seal of the Holy Spirit in a sacrament known as ____ ?
What is chrismation?
300
During the Lamentations Service on the night of Holy Friday, the members of St. Paul walk around the outside of the church building three times and then pass under Jesus's _____ before entering the church building.
What is tomb (or kabuklion)?
400
After hearing of Lazarus's death, Jesus went to Bethany to visit these two sisters of Lazarus and show that he is the "resurrection and the life."
Who are Mary and Martha?
400
In St. Luke's account of the Gospel, when Jesus was at a Pharisee's house and woman came to anoint his feet fragrant oil, the Pharisee judged that Jesus could not be a prophet because Jesus had allowed himself to be touched by someone of this profession?
What is a prostitute or harlot?
400
While the Judean / Jewish Pascha commemorates how God rescued the Israelites from physical death and slavery to the Egyptians, the Pascha of our Lord Jesus commemorates how God rescued the multi-ethnic followers of Jesus from spiritual death and slavery to their _____.
What are sins?
500
Jesus rode this animal to show that he was a humble king and the son of King David who is greater and more righteous than King Solomon.
What is a donkey (more specifically a colt or young donkey)?
500
Jesus is often referred to by this Greek word which means "anointed one" and implies that the person has been anointed with oil in order to serve as God's chosen king.
What is Christos or Christ?
500
The Icon of the Resurrection shows Jesus in the realm of the dead (i.e. Hades) where he pulls these two people up out of their tombs.
Who are Adam and Eve?
600
After hearing of how Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead, the man who occupied this leadership role said unintentionally prophesied that "It is better for us that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation not perish."
What is the high priest?
600
In the Orthodox tradition, the women who found that Jesus’s tomb was empty after they came to anoint Jesus’s body with this specific type of oil are known as _____ bearers of the ______ bearing women
What is myrrh?
600
In the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the Avengers must defeat a supervillain named Thanos who seeks to kill off half the population of the universe. The name Thanos means _____ and comes from the Greek word “Thanaton” which can be heard in the central hymn of Pascha.
What is death?