OLD TESTAMENT
He was the first man God created (Genesis 2:7).
Adam
Jesus was born in this town (Matthew 2:1).
Bethlehem
The Holy Spirit descended on the apostles on this feast day (Acts 2:1–4).
Pentecost
The apostle who preached in Egypt and became the first patriarch of Alexandria.
St. Mark the Apostle
The longest book in the Bible.
Psalms
God told him, “Take now your son, your only son Isaac… and offer him” (Genesis 22:2).
Abraham
esus said, “I am the bread of life” in this Gospel (John 6:35).
The Gospel of John
He held the clothes of those who stoned St. Stephen (Acts 7:58).
Saul (later Paul)
The saint known as “the father of monasticism.”
St. Anthony the Great
The last book of the Bible.
Revelation
He received the Ten Commandments on Mount Sinai (Exodus 20).
Moses
The disciple who walked on water toward Jesus but began to sink (Matthew 14:29–30).
Peter
This apostle baptized the Ethiopian eunuch (Acts 8:26–39).
Philip
This saint founded coenobitic (communal) monastic life.
St. Pachomius
The animal that swallowed Jonah.
What is a great fish
The prophet who confronted King Ahab and the prophets of Baal on Mount Carmel (1 Kings 18).
Elijah
Jesus taught the Beatitudes during this sermon (Matthew 5–7).
the Sermon on the Mount
The apostle miraculously escaped from prison with the help of an angel (Acts 12:7–10).
Peter
Patriarch who defended the faith against Arianism at the Council of Nicea.
St. Athanasius the Apostolic
This man built an ark.
Noah
“The Lord is my Shepherd; I shall not want” was written by this king (Psalm 23:1).
King David
Jesus raised this man from the dead after four days (John 11:43–44).
Lazarus
He was chosen to replace Judas as one of the twelve apostles (Acts 1:26).
Matthias
He wrote the Liturgy most commonly prayed in the Coptic Orthodox Church.
St. Basil the Great
The shortest verse in the Bible
Jesus wept