The Holy Fifty Days
The Eucharist
Tasbeha
St Severus
Shunammite Woman
100
How many are the Sundays of Holy fifty?
7
100
What do we mean when we say we need to be personally prepared to have holy communion? (2 things)
1-purified body 2-fasted for 9 hours
100
What is the difference between regular prayer and praise?
Praise has a tune that accompanies it. Praise does not include petition, we praise God without asking for anything
100
How do you say 'Joseph' in Coptic?
Yoocif
100
Who was the disciple of Elijah? Who was the disciple of Elisha?
Elisha was the disciple of Elijah. Gehazi was the disciple of Elisha.
200
How do you say 'He sent to us the Paraclete' in Coptic?
Afo –owrb nan embibarakliton
200
How did our Lord prepare His disciples to understand the sacrament of Eucharist?
Through the miracle of feeding the multitude with five loaves and two fish. He wanted to change their minds to seek the heavenly bread instead of the earthly bread
200
What is the story of the first hoas?
The story of Moses and the Israelites crossing the red sea. Leaving the bondage of pharaoh in Egypt
200
Which monastery did St Severus become a monk in?
Monastery of St Leontius in Palestine
200
Where can we find the story of the Shunammite woman?
2 Kings 4:8-37
300
Which feast comes between the 5th Sunday and the 6th Sunday of Holy Fifty? What do we celebrate/remember in this feast?
Thursday of ascension. we remember when Our Lord Jesus ascended to heaven to go and prepare a place for us
300
Say 'Moses the archprophet' and 'David the Psalmist' in Coptic
Daveed Bi-eropsalitees Moisees biarchi-profitees
300
What is the story of the 3rd hoas? Where does it come from?
The three saintly youth in the fiery furnace. Daniel 3 (completion of Daniel 3). Deuterocanonical books
300
What happened in one of the monasteries when pope Severus went to attend the liturgy there?
He went in the form of a Stanger monk, and when the priest was praying, he could not find the bread in the paten. The priest thought that this was because of his sins or the sins of his people, so he wept. An angel appeared to him and pointed to st Severus and told him “you cannot pray the liturgy in the presence of the pope”. The priest went to st Severus and took him to the altar and the bread was found again in the paten.
300
What would Elisha do every day as he passed by? What did the Shunammite woman ask her husband to do for Elisha?
Go to the house of the Shunammite woman and eat some food. Make a small upper room for Elisha so that whenever he comes he can find a place to rest
400
What are eggs a symbol of? Can you explain why eggs are a symbol of new life and the resurrection of our Lord?
New life/ resurrection of our Lord Jesus Just like a chick comes out alive from an egg without anyone cracking the egg, likewise our Lord Jesus Christ came out of the tomb while the tomb was sealed with the stone. He resurrected with the power of His divinity.
400
What do we mean when we say we need to be spiritually prepared for the sacrament of Holy Eucharist? (5 things)
1-come early before the reading of the Gospel 2-repent and confess of our sins 3-reconcile with everyone 4-God in the center of our thoughts, not distracted 5-come with faith, believe that what is on the altar is the true Body and Blood of Christ
400
What is the psali and what is the doxology? What do these words mean?
Psali is a greek word meaning hymn. It focuses on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Doxology comes from a greek word meaning glory or praise. The doxologies are ymns of praise sung during the Tasbeha, special for each season, St Mary, the angles, the apostles and the saints
400
When and what are the three feasts we celebrate for pope Severus?
2nd Babba- commemorate his coming to Egypt. 14th Amshir- departure 10th Kiahk- relocation of his body to the monastery of El-Zagag
400
What did Elisha do when he saw the child lying dead on his bed? What did the child do after this?
Elisha went in and shut the door and prayed to the Lord. He laid on the child and stretched himself out on the child and the child became warm. He returned and went back and forth again and stretched himself out on him. The child sneezed 7 times and opened his eyes (he rose)
500
List the seven Sundays of holy fifty (the message/story)
1. Thomas Sunday 2. Christ the bread of life 3. Christ the water of life 4. Christ the light of our life 5. Christ is the way 6. Christ has overcome the world 7. Pentecost
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What are the blessings of the sacrament of Eucharist? There are 5
1-abiding in our Lord Jesus Christ 2-obtaining eternal life 3-growth and maintenance of our spiritual life 4-salvation and remission of sins 5-unification of believers
500
Say the 39 books of the Old Testament
Genesis Exodus Leviticus................
500
What was the heresy at the time of St Severus? What is the response of the church (What do we believe) regarding the heresy?
The heretics claimed that the divinity of our Lord Jesus was separated from His humanity. We refuse it. We believe in the one nature of the word incarnate. This means that our Lord Jesus Christ in His incarnation, there was an absolute union between His human nature and His divine nature without confusion, mixing or change.
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Say the Gospel of the 12th hour ("And behold there was a man....")
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