Moses’ Rod (The Cross is God’s Eternal Plan)
This is what Moses used that became a symbol of the Cross.
What is his rod / staff?
This is what Abouna uses to bless us and in all the prayers of the sacraments.
What is the sign of the Cross / the Cross?
Adam and Eve lived happily in this beautiful garden until they disobeyed God.
What is the Garden of Eden?
When the king’s son was very sick, St. Theognosta did this, and God healed him.
What is prayed?
St. Paul’s other name (before he believed) was this.
What is Saul?
God used Moses’ rod to split this body of water so His people could walk through on dry ground.
What is the Red Sea?
The Cross is placed high on top of the church to show everyone that we follow.
Who is our Lord Jesus Christ who was crucified for us
Because of sin, we were all born separated from God. Sin makes us like a lamp that is separated from its ______.
What is source of light?
After many people believed, the women built this and lived with St. Theognosta.
What is a Convent?
St. Paul was on his way to this city to persecute Christians when Jesus appeared to him.
What is Damascus?
Moses told the scared people: “Do not be afraid. Stand still, and see the ______ of the Lord.”
Salvation (Exodus 14:13)
300
In Baptism, Abouna immerses the person three times in the name of the Father, the Son, and the ______.
What is the Holy Spirit?
On the third day after He died on the Cross, our Lord Jesus Christ did this.
What is rose from the dead / the Resurrection?
While the king was lost in a thick black cloud while hunting, this appeared in the sky and guided him safely home.
What is a Cross of light?
St. Paul wrote this many Epistles in the New Testament.
The Epistle of Philemon teaches us how to ______ and be peacemakers
What is 14?
Forgive
Just as Moses’ rod saved God’s people from Pharaoh and slavery, the Cross saves us from these two things.
sin and death?
Name any three of the seven sacraments in which the Cross is used.
Baptism, Myron, Confession, Eucharist, Unction of the Sick, Matrimony, Priesthood
The Redeemer/Savior had to be three special things. Name any two.
A Man without sin / Infinite (without end) / Victorious over death
St. Theognosta was a nun who lived near this city.
Messengers and soldiers took St. Theognosta from the convent to be a servant to the queen of this country.
Rome
Serve the queen of Syria
Onesimus stole from his master and ran away. What is the name of his master?
Who is Philemon?
God led the people by day with a pillar of ______ and by night with a pillar of ______.
cloud / fire
In the Sacrament of Myron, Abouna anoints the person this many times in the shape of the Cross.
In Confession, Abouna places the ______ on our ______ and prays the Absolution.
What is 36 times?
Cross/Head
Name three things we must do to receive the gift of salvation (from the lesson).
Believe in our Lord Jesus as Savior / Receive Baptism and the holy Myron / Repent and confess our sins / Partake of Holy Communion / Do good deeds (works)
St. Theognosta departed on the same day as this important feast of the Church (17th of Thoout / September 27).
The Bible verse St. Theognosta trusted says: “I will save you, and you shall be a blessing. Do not ______!”
What is the Feast of the Cross?
Fear
St. Paul asked Philemon to forgive Onesimus and accept him not just as a servant but as a ______.
What is a brother?