The Theotokos
She Said No!
Miss Apostle
Big Ideas
100

The widower whose rod sprouted three small leaves, prompting Zacharias the high priest to select him as the Theotokos' caregiver.

Who is St. Joseph the Betrothed?

100

Because they wanted to remain dedicated to Christ and wed to Him alone, serving Him, His Church and remaining undistracted by the burdens of family life.

Why these women saints refuse marriage?

100

According to St. John, the first person to have seen Jesus after his resurrection

Who is St. Mary Magdalene.

100

The term means "one who is sent off"

What is "apostle"?

200

Two people commemorated as the "ancestors of God".

Who are Joachim and Anna?

200
This virginmartyr had to conquer many demons through her prayers as the pagan man who had lusted after her hired a sorcerer to cast demonic attacks on her. She overcame with the sign of the cross and the sorcerer came to follow Christ as well!

Who is St. Justina?

200

Met the Lord by Jacob's Well and was offered "living water that springs up from inside" and will cure thirst.

Who is St. Photeini the Samaritan Woman.

200

The terms means "witness" in Greek.

What is martyr? 
300

The feast celebrating the Theotokos's dedication at the Temple in Jerusalem when she was three years old.

What is the Presentation of the Theotokos at the Temple?

300
Emperor Diocletian noticed her great beauty and vowed to marry her. King Trdat of Armenia also became obsessed with her. She was ultimately tortured and killed along with her abbess and sisters in her monastery. 

Who is St. Hripsime?

300

She was sent by Christ to go to share the gospel in Georgia and ended up converting the entire nation for Christ.  She then lived under a bramble bush in the royal gardens for the rest of her life.

Who is St. Nina?

300

This term literally means "anointed one". The Hebrew equivalent is "Messiah". 

What is "Christos" or "Christ"?

400

He wrote this in his homily in praise of the Theotokos: "Whereas Eve said “no” to God, wishing instead to follow her own desires, Mary said “yes”, thus bringing our Savior into the world, and reversing the curse of death. Our Lord, the King of All, overshadowed her, and formed within her the Son of God."

                                   


    

Who is St. Gregory Palamas?

400
Trapped in a tower by her father, this saint came to meet some young Christians, etched a cross into the marble wall of her family's bathhouse. Bonus points for naming her companion in martyrdom.

Who is St. Barbara and St. Juliana?

400
She prayed for God to save her against those who had come to hurt her, and she died in a rock that had opened up to swallow her.

Who is St. Thekla?

400

This holiday precedes "All Saint's Day" and is centered a world that means "set apart". 

What is Halloween and "hallowed"?

500

St. Thomas' late arrival to her funeral allowed for the apostles to see that her body had been ____.

What is translated? / What is ascended?

500

These two women saints we studied pretended to be male monastics as a way to escape marriage and continue their spiritual progress. Bonus 100 points for naming the monk who accepted responsibility for a sin she did not commit and raised a child as her own.

Who are St. Euphrosyne and St. Marina the Monk?

500

Compares the women disciples who were charged to share the news of Jesus' resurrection with His male disciples, and then with the rest of the world!

Who are equal-to-the-apostles?


500
The term means "all holy" or "most holy" is often associated with the Theotokos.

What is Panagia?

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