Saints & Church Fathers
This saint, known as the “Golden Mouth,” is credited with the Divine Liturgy most commonly celebrated in the Orthodox Church.
Who is St. John Chrysostom?
This prophet led the Israelites out of Egypt and received the Ten Commandments on Mount Sinai.
Who is Moses?
This is the sacrament through which Orthodox Christians receive the Body and Blood of Christ.
What is the Holy Eucharist (Holy Communion)?
Celebrated on January 6, this feast commemorates Christ's baptism in the Jordan River.
What is Theophany (Epiphany)?
This bird, often shown descending at Christ's baptism, symbolizes the Holy Spirit.
What is a dove?
This saint, known as the “Apostle to the Gentiles,” wrote many of the epistles found in the New Testament.
Who is St. Paul the Apostle?
This king of Israel built the First Temple in Jerusalem and was known for his wisdom.
Who is King Solomon?
This service is celebrated during weekdays of Great Lent and distributes Eucharistic Gifts consecrated at an earlier Divine Liturgy.
What is the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts?
Celebrated 50 days after Pascha, this feast commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the apostles.
What is Pentecost?
The icon of the Mother of God with the Christ-child usually in the apse of the sanctuary, visible above the iconostasis.
What is Our Lady of the Sign? (also acceptable: Platytera, More Spacious than the Heavens).
This 4th-century bishop of Alexandria authored On the Incarnation, a seminal work explaining why the Word became flesh to restore humanity.
Who is St. Athanasius the Great?
This Pharisee visited Jesus at night and was told that a person must be born again to enter the Kingdom of God.
Who is Nicodemus?
This part of the Divine Liturgy involves preparing the bread and wine before the public portion of the service begins.
What is the Proskomedia?
Celebrated on August 6, this feast commemorates Christ revealing His divine glory to Peter, James, and John on Mount Tabor.
What is the Transfiguration?
In iconography, a Saint commemorated as a martyr holds this object.
What is a Cross?
This saint is known for defending the veneration of icons during the iconoclastic controversy and wrote Three Treatises on the Divine Images.
Who is St. John of Damascus?
This Old Testament figure was both king of Salem and priest of God Most High, and is understood as a type of Christ.
Who is Melchizedek?
This special cloth, depicting the burial of Christ, is venerated during the service of Great and Holy Friday.
What is the Epitaphios?
Celebrated 40 days after Pascha, this Great Feast commemorates Christ's return to heaven in the presence of His disciples.
What is the Ascension?
Icon depicting the Holy Trinity in angel form.
What is the Hospitality of Abraham? (Also acceptable: Andrei Rublev).
This fourth-century Church Father, brother of St. Basil the Great, contributed to the Church's teaching on the Holy Trinity and is one of the Cappadocian Fathers.
Who is St. Gregory of Nyssa?
In the Book of Acts, this disciple in Damascus was sent by God to restore Saul's sight after his encounter with Christ.
Who is Ananias of Damascus?
This cloth, containing a relic and bearing the signature of a bishop (or a metropolitan), is placed on the Holy Table and is necessary for celebrating the Divine Liturgy.
What is the antimension (antimins)?
Celebrated on September 14, this feast honors the Holy Cross and commemorates its finding and exaltation.
What is the Exaltation of the Holy Cross?
This saint is sometimes depicted with wings in iconography.
Who is Saint John the Baptist (the Forerunner)?