The Five Mysteries
Which two mysteries are illustrated together at the Baptism of Jesus Christ, where the Father speaks and the Holy Spirit descends?
Mystery of the Holy Trinity and Mystery of Baptism
What season does the Ethiopian Orthodox Church commemorate the Virgin Mary's flight to Egypt?
Zemene Tsige/ Season of the Flowers
Which son was Abraham told to sacrifice by God?
Isaac
Which Saint does the Ethiopian Orthodox Church venerate that lost a leg due to standing for prayer for so long?
Saint Teklehaimanot
"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. "
John 3:16
According to John 3:5, one must be born of water and what else?
The Spirit
What are the names of the mother and father of the Holy Virgin Mary?
Joachim and Hana
In the Book of Jonah, God sent Jonah to this city to warn these people to turn away from wickedness.
Nineveh
Which Saint wrote the most Epistles in the New Testament?
St. Paul the Apostle
"The Lord is my shepherd;
I shall not want."
Psalms 23:1
Which apostle warns against receiving the Body and Blood of the Lord unworthily in 1 Corinthians 11?
St. Paul
What title referring to the Virgin Mary means "God bearer"?
Theotokos
Name 2 of the major prophets in the Old Testament.
Isaiah
Jeremiah
Lamentations
Ezekiel
Daniel
Who was the first martyr?
St. Stephen
" Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
And lean not on your own understanding"
Proverbs 3:5-6
Name one spiritual blessing that we receive through Baptism.
Becoming children of God (John 3:5)
Salvation (Mark 16:16)
Cleansing of Sin (Acts 2:38)
New life/beginning (Romans 6:4)
Body of Christ (Romans 12:5)
Which prophet foretold that a virgin would conceive and bear a son named Emmanuel?
Isaiah (Isaiah 7:14)
Name the first 5 books of the Bible.
Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy
What book, known as the "Book of Saints", contains the lives, martyrdoms, and miracles of holy figures of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church?
Synaxarium (Sənkəssar)
"Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things."
Which heresy taught that the Son of God was created and not eternal?
Arianism
Finish the Bible Verse and Who said it?
Luke 1:42 says, "Blessed are you among women.."
Elizabeth
"... ,and blessed is the fruit of your womb."
Name three of the Ten Plagues of Egypt.
Water turns to Blood (Exodus 7:14-end)
Frogs (Exodus 8:1-15)
Lice (Exodus 8:16-19)
Flies (Exodus 8:20-end)
Dead Livestock (Exodus 9:1-7)
Boils (Exodus 9:8-12)
Hail (Exodus 9:13- end)
Locusts (Exodus 10:1-20)
Darkness (Exodus 10:21-end)
Death of Firstborn (Exodus 11)
Which Saint saw the perseverance of a worm climbing up a tree, after failing multiple times, to repent and return to his teacher?
St. Yared
"But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ"
Ephesians 2:4