The Sacrament of the Holy Eucharist
What is the holiest place in the church? and why?
The Altar, it carries the Body and Blood of Christ
Who was the first person that St. Mark met and healed in the city of Alexandria?
Anianas
As Christians we have a Trinitarian belief, God exists as three Persons or Hypostases. True or False
True
What did God teach Adam to do once he left Paradise in order to reconcile with God?
Build an altar and sacrifice on it
What is the Sacrament of the Holy Eucharist considered as: (aka) there are 3.
1. The Sacrament of Sacraments
2. The Sacrament of Thanksgiving
3. The Sacrament of life
What did the pagans do to St. Mark to persecute him?
They dragged him with a thick rope on the streets and said "Drag the dragon to the place of cows"
Each hypostasis has different hypostatic properties. Name them
The Father is the origin. The Son is begotten of the Father. The Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father.
What were the consequences of sin?
What did the Lord command Moses to do and why?
to build a tent to meet His people
Name the physical preparation for the Eucharist
Keep your body clean and pure
Fast for 9 hours before communion
Name all of St. Mark's titles *there are 5
The Evangelist
The Evangelist of the Land of Egypt
Apostle
Martyr
The Agpeya (book of hours)
The Lectionary (Katameros)
The Euchologion (Liturgy Book)
Antiphonary (difnar)
Holy Pascha week book
Psalmody (book of Praises)
Name the 5 characteristis of our Savior
1. Took our Body
2. Surrended to Death
3. Despite being immortal
4. To recreate all
5. In His likeness
What is the name of the event in the New Testament that signified the beginning of the church?
What did our Lord Jesus say when He took bread and when He took the cup
"Take eat, this is My body" (Matthew 26:26)
"Drink from it, all of you for this is My Blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many for the remission of sins" (Matthew 26:26-28)
Who was the Pope who added prayers and modified the liturgy from St. Mark?
Pope Cyril the First.
What is the name of the council and the year that they discussed The Macedonian heresy?
The Council of Constantinople in 381 AD
What are the steps to salvation?
Believe in the Lord Jesus
Get baptized
Partake in the Communion
Repent and Confess
Accept the redemption of Christ
God allowed King Solomon to build the temple but gave King David the instructions. T or F
True
When and where was the Institution of this Sacrament
Covenant Thursday before the arrest and the trial of Christ in the upper room of St. Mark's house.
What day does the church commemorate Saint Mark and why?
30th day of Paramoute: the martyrdom of the Great Saint Mark,
the commemoration of the consecration of the church pf St. Mark and the appearance of His Holy Head.
The return of the relics of St. Mark to the new St. Mark Cathedral from Rome during the Papacy of Cyril VI
What did the council at Constantinople conclude?
1. The Holy Spirit is of one essence with the Father and the Son
2. The last section of the Orthodox creed was added "yes we believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the Life-Giver" to the end
3. The excommunication of Macedonius as a result of his refusal to repent and correct his faith
Name only 5 characteristics of the sacrificial lamb to save the people during Passover?
A sheep to the slaughter, shall be without blemish, it is a ransom sacrifice, bones shall not be broken, put its blood on doorsteps and beams, eat roasted on fire with bitter herbs, none of it shall be left till morning, everyone in the house should eat it, reminder of the slavery of pharaoh, and through it receiving a new life.
Name the 5 characteristics of the Church
The Assembly of Believers, Who meet in the consecrated house of God, Led by the Clergy, In the presence of Angels and Saints, Around the Holy Body and Blood of the Lord.