What saint is regarded as the first great teacher of the Coptic Orthodox Church?
St. Mark
What is another name for Coptic New Year starting with 'N' and meaning ‘the rivers’
Nayrouz
Our Coptic Orthodox Church began its own calendar of Martyrs in 284AD because of which Roman emperor? Nero, Diocletian, Maximianus or Constantine?
Emperor Diocletian
St. Anthony the Great, a Copt, was called the world's first Christian what?
Monk
who is the first hermit?
st Paul
Who is our 1st Coptic Martyr?
St Stephen (Acts 7:51-60)
Can you name the Coptic month when we celebrate the Feast of the Martyrs?
Thoout
In what country did the Coptic Church have its origins?
Egypt
He was a stealer, robber, and even murderer and used to worship the sun and asked God if he could learn about the real God, and God spoke to him and said, go to a monk and he will teach you what you need to be taught
St. Moses the black
There is one camel appears with him in his picture
Anba Rewais
She has 40 virgins that pray with her and the prince wanted to marry her, her dad's name is Morcos
St. Demiana
The Coptic New Year - Feast of the Martyrs is celebrated on which day and month?
11th September / 1st Thoout
Red dates are symbolic of the martyrs. Can you name all 4 symbols the red date represents?
Red = martyrs' blood. White flesh of the date = purity. Stony Seed = strong faith. The head of the date = crown
Archangel Michael gave him a sword during the war
St Philopateer
He is so famous of his obedience (tree of obedience)
St. John the short
He took a picture with a lion and wasn't afraid from him and he is a great pope and a great intercessioner and healer and his intercessioner is St. Mina
Pope Kyrollos VI
Martyr is actually a Greek word meaning...
(a) Faith (b) Truth (c) Suffering (d) Witness
(d) Witness. A martyr is a 'witness' of Christ and is someone who suffers persecution and death for refusing to give up their Christian faith.
Who in Egypt still uses the Coptic calendar? HINT: The Coptic calendar months are based on 3 seasons - Inundation, Cultivation and Harvest, and are related to the Nile River.
The Coptic calendar is still used by farmers today
She is a martyr and a nun, holding a cross in one and and the other hand holding a devil as she defeated him. her name start with "M"
St Marina the martyr
he is a hermit (didn't see a face of a man for 70 years) and has a very long beard that cover his whole body
St. Abu Nufar the hermit
He carried Jesus Christ on his back and didn't know it was God until he was washing God's feet and saw the places of the nails
St. Bishoy the perfect man
what year is this new Coptic year
1738
How many months are there in the Coptic new year
13 months
the youngest martyr in Coptic orthodox church
St.Kyriacos and St.Eulita his mother
Who wrote the Creed?
hint: he is a Pope
St Asanathious