Lessons 1-3
The book of Genesis starts with this story.
What is creation?
The year when Apostle St. Thomas spread the gospel in India.
What is AD 52?
Bringing ourselves closer to God through our thoughts, actions, words, and habits//humbling our worldly desires.
What is fasting?
The year St. Thomas was martyred.
What is AD 72?
Your emotional, psychological, and social well-being, and their impact on how you think, feel, and act.
What is mental health?
This saint wrote, "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me"
Who is St. Paul?
This prophet foreshadowed the death and resurrection of Christ.
Who is Jonah?
The amount of times we should forgive our brothers and sisters, according to Jesus.
What is seventy times seven (490)?
This is recited during every Sacrament and at the end of daily hourly prayers.
What is The Nicene Creed?
In this book we read that David learned how to speak with God and how to express his emotions to God in a healthy way.
What is the book of Psalms?
This prophet led the Jews through Canaan after the death of Moses.
This is the shortest form of prayer.
What is the sign of the cross?
This Church believes in the infallibility of the Pope.
What is the Catholic Church?
The name of the Council which split the Orthodox Church into Eastern and Oriental.
What is the Council of Chalcedon?
This is what helps us meet deadlines, turn in our homework on time, and study well for upcoming examinations.
What is good stress?
This is a skill to stand up to bullying which is neither passive nor aggressive. It is a skill used to effectively communicate a necessary opinion or feeling while also respecting the feelings of others.
What is assertiveness?
This apostle made a clear confession of Christs' divinity: "my Lord and my God".
Who is St. Thomas?
The names of the two major branches of Orthodoxy.
What is Oriental Orthodoxy and Eastern Orthodoxy?
Who is H.G. Zachariah Mar Nicholovos?
This saint is considered the very first monastic follower.
Who is John the Baptist?
The process of growing to be more like God.
What is theosis?
These are the five great canonical fasts of the Holy Church.
The name of the saint who was the sister to St. Basil the Great and St. Gregory of Nyssa. She eventually rejected all worldly pleasures and settled in a woman's monastery.
Whos is St. Macrina?
The names of the Three Great Ecumenical Councils.
What is the Council of Nicea, the Council of Ephesus, and the Council of Constantinople?
These are the names of all six Oriental Orthodox Churches.
What is Indian, Coptic, Armenian, Ethiopian, Eritrean, and Syrian?