St Paul/ቅዱስ ጳውሎስ
Monasteries of Eritrea/ገዳማት ኤርትራ
Sing & Finish the mezmur/መዝሙር ምውዳዕ

General Knowledge/ሓፈሻዊ ፍልጠት
Guess who? (emojis or icons)/መን ኢዩ?
100

 How was St Paul martyred?

ሓዋርያ ቅዱስ ጳውሎስ ብኸመይ መንገዲ ሰማዕትነት ተቐቢሉ፧

He was beheaded.

 ርእሱ ተሰይፉ

100

What is the full name of the Gedam that is being planted in our diocese?

ኣብ ሃገረ ስብከት ኣሜሪካን ካናዳን ዝምስረት ዘሎ ገዳም እንታይ ተባሂሉ ተሰይሙ፧

Hope of the Refugee Mt Sina  

ተስፋ ስዱዳን ገዳም ደብረ ሲና

100

ኃይልየ ሥላሴ…

Hayliye Silassie...



 ኃይልየ ሥላሴ ወጸወንየ ሥላሴ (፪)

በስመ ሥላሴ (፪) እቀጠቅጥ ከይሴ (፬)

Hayliye Silassie we-tseweniye Silassie, (2)

Be-sime Silassie (2) iqeTeqiT keysie. (2) 



100

ቅዱስ ያሬድ ክንደይ ዓይነት ዜማ ደሪሱ እንታይ ከ ይበሃሉ?

 How many kinds of melodies did St Yared author and what are they called?

3ተ ግእዝ፡ ዕዝል፡ ኣራራይ 

3, Ge’ez, Izl, Araray



100

🙏🏽🧎‍♂️📿🦵🪽🪽🪽🪽🪽🪽

St. Tekle Haimanot prayed standing on one foot and received six wings

አቡነ ተክለ ሃይማኖት

ጻድቕ - ኣቡነ ተክለሃይማኖት ብሓንቲ እግሮም ቆይሞም ጸልዮም ካብ እግዚብሔር ከኣ 6 ክንፊ ተዓዲሎም።



200

St Paul was on the road to ______ when God spoke to him. 

እግዚአብሔር ንሓዋርያ ቅዱስ ጳውሎስ ዝተዛረቦ ናብ ______ ትበሃል ከተማ ኣብ ዝኸደሉ ዝነበረ ግዜ ኢዩ።

Damascus

ደማስቆ

200

This monastery is the site where the first sacramental practices were performed in Eritrea around 332 A.D. by Aba Selama Kesatie Berhan?

እዚ ገዳም ኣብ ሃገርና ኤርትራ ብኣባ ሰላማ ከሣቴ ብርሃን ተመሪሑ ንፈለማ ግዜ ምሥጢራተ ቤተ ክርስቲያን ዝተኻየደሉ ኢዩ…

Gedam Debre Sina

ገዳም ደብረ ሲና

200

ደቂቀ ሰላም ወፍቅር…

deqīqe selam we-fiqr...

ደቂቀ ሰላም ወፍቅር ወአርድእተ ክርስቶስ አንትሙ (፪) 

ትግሁ እስከ ይትፌጸም ተስፋሁ (፪)

deqīqe selam we-fiqr, we-ardite Kristos antimu 2x

tigihu iske yit’fetsem tesfahu 2x



200

 ኣስማት እቶም ብዛዕባ ትንሳኤ ጎይታ ምስክር ኮይኖም ንዓለም ምሉእ ወንጌል ዘበሰሩ 12 ሃዋርያት ጥቀስ? 

What are the names of the 12 apostles who preached the Resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ as witnesses to the whole world?

 ጴጥሮስ፡ ዮሓንስ፡ ያዕቆብ፡ እንድርያስ፡ ፊልጶስ፡ ቶማስ፡ በርተሎሜዎስ፡ ማቴዎስ፡ ያዕቆብ ወዲ እልፍዮስ፡ ስምዖን ቀባኢ፡ ይሁዳ ወዲ ያዕቆብ፡ ማትያስ

መወከሲ፥ ግ፡ሃዋ 1፥12-ፍ

Peter, James, John, and Andrew; Philip and Thomas; Bartholomew and Matthew; James the son of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot; Judas the son of James, and Mathias (Acts 1)

200



St Kristos Semra praying in Lake Tana

ቅድስት ክርስቶስ ሠምራ 

ቅድስት ክርስቶስ ሰምራ ኣብ ቀላይ ጣና እናጸለየት



300

The disciple who baptizes St Paul is named…

ንሓዋርያ ቅዱስ ጳውሎስ ዘጥመቆ መን ይበሃል፧

Ananias

ሃናንያ ዝስሙ ወደ መዝሙር 

300

his monastery celebrates the feast of the Holy Trinity in July, does not allow females to enter, and was established in the 17th century by Abune Seyfemichael?

እዚ ገዳም ዓመታዊ ክብረ በዓሉ ሥላሴ ሓምለ ኢዩ ዘብዕል፣ ደቀ ኣንስትዮ ውን ኣይኣትወኦን፣ ብኣቡነ ሰይፈሚካኤል ኣብ 17 ክፍለ ዘመን ተመስሪቱ. . 

Gedam Tsa’ida Imba Qidist Silassie

ገዳም ጻዕዳ እምባ ቅድስት ሥላሴ

300

መልኣከ ራማ ሰማያዊ…

Melake rama semayawī...



መልኣከ ራማ ሰማያዊ

ሄር ለዋህ ኣቦ ሰላማዊ

ስሙ ጸውዑ ክረድኣና

ሚካኤል በሉ ክንፉ ከጽልለልና (፪)

Melake rama semayawī

Hier lewah abo selamawī

Simu tsew’U kiredana

Mikael belu kinfu ketslilelna/2/



300

ብሕትውና ብመን ተጀሚሩ፥ ምንኩስና'ኸ? 

Who was the first hermit & who was the first monk?

ብሕትውና - ኣባ ጳውሊ፥ ምንኩስና - ኣባ እንጦንስ 

Hermit: Aba Pawli Monk: Aba InTons (Anthony)

300

1️⃣🩸🪨📣👀🌌



St. Stephen was the first martyr and was stoned. He looked up to heaven and saw the glory of God. 

ቅዱስ እስጢፋኖስ

ቅዱስ እስጢፋኖስ ቀዳማይ ሰማዕት ብዳርባ እምኒ ዝተቐትለ፣ ናብ ሰማያት ብምንቅዕራር ድማ ክብሪ ኣምላኽ ዝረኣየ። 



400

What is the theme verse of our conference and in what book, chapter, and verse of the Bible from the Epistles of St Paul is it found?

ናይ ሎሚ ዓመት ቴማ ዓመታዊ በዓልና ኣበየናይ መጽሓፍ፣ ምዕራፍን  ጥቕሲን ካብ ናይ ሓዋርያ ቅዱስ ጳውሎስ መጻሕፍቲ ንረኽባ፧

“Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?” Romans 8:35

“ካብ ፍቕሪ ክርስቶስ ዝፈልየና መን ኢዩ” ሮሜ 8፥35

400

This monastery was established in the 14th century and the fathers here established a unique calendar and wrote Metshafe Birhan. 

እዚ ገዳም ኣብ 14 ክፍለ ዘመን ተመስሪቱ፣ ኣቦታት እዚ ገዳም ፍሉይ ዓውደ ኣዋርኅን መጽሓፈ ብርሃንን ጽሒፎም።

Gedam Debre Bizen

ገዳም ደብረ ቢዘን

400

መርከብ ናይ ኖህ ኢኺ…

Merkeb nay noh ikhī...

መርከብ ናይ ኖህ ኢኺ ተስፋ ድኅነትና

ብኢደ ዮሓንስ ተዋሃብክና

ኣኽሊል ድኅነትና ኢኺ መመክሒትና

ድንግል ማርያም ኣደ ኵላትና (፪)

Merkeb nay noh ikhī tesfa dihnetna

B’īde yohanis tewahabkina

Akhlīl dihnetna ikhī memekiHītna

Dingl Maryam ade kulatna 2x



400

ካብ ኩለን መልእክታት ናይ ሓድሽ ኪዳን ዝሓጸረት ኣየነይቲ ኢያ? 

What is the shortest epistle in the New Testament?

2ይ መልእክቲ ዮሓንስ 12 ጥቅስታት ኣለዋ። 

2nd John with 12 verses.

400

🥛💧🪞🏺🗣️🏃‍♀️📣

Samaritan Woman (St Photini) was asked for a drink of water from our Lord Jesus Christ, He revealed many things to her, and she testified that our Lord Jesus Christ is the Messiah 

ሳምራዊት ሰበይቲ 

ሳምራዊት ሰበይቲ፣ ካብ ክርስቶስ ኣምላኽና ማይ ክትሰቲ ዝሓተተት። ንሱ ከኣ ብዙኅ ነገራት ገሊጹላ፣ ክርስቶስ ኣምላኽና እቲ ሓቐኛ መሲሕ ምዃኑ ከኣ መስኪራ።



500

How many epistles did St Paul write? Name them all.

ሓዋርያ ቅዱስ ጳውሎስ ክንደይ መልእኽታት ጽሒፉ፧ ንኹለን ጥቐሰን፧

 14; 

Romans, 1 and 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, 1 and 2 Thessalonians, 1 and 2 Timothy, Titus, Philemon, and Hebrews

14፡ 

ሮሜ፣ 1ን 2ን ቆረንቶስ፣ ገላትያ፣ ኤፌሶን፣ ፊሊጵስዩስ፣ ቆሎሴ፡ 1ን 2ን ተሰሎንቄ፣ 1ን 2ን ጢሞቴዎስ፣ ቲቶ፣ ፊሊሞና፣ ዕብራውያን።

500

This monastery was the home of our beloved bishop, His Grace Abune Elias, and was established in the 6th century by a disciple of Abba Pachomius.

እዚ ገዳም ብፁዕ ኣቡነ ኤልያስ ጳጳስ ሃገረ ስብከት ኣሜሪካን ካናዳን ገዳሞም ኣብ 6ይ ክፍለ ዘመን ብ ሓደ ካብ ደቀ መዝሙሮም ንኣቡን ፓኩሚስ ተመስሪቱ. . .

Gedam Debre Werqi Abune Libanos 

ገዳም ደብረ ወርቅ ሃም ኣቡነ ሊባኖስ

500

ኣይንወጽእን ካባኺ ኢየሩሳሌም...

Ayniwetsi’in kabakhī īyerusaliem...



ኣይንወጽእን ካባኺ ኢየሩሳሌም 

ከመይ ኢልና ክንክእሎ 

ምሥጢረ ድኅነትና ሓቀኛ አምልኾ 

ኣባኪ እንድዩ ዘሎ

Ayniwetsi’in kabakhī īyerusaliem

Kemey īlna kinki’ilo

miTire dihnetna Haqegna amliKho

abakhī indiyu zelo



500

ኣብ ቤተክርስቲያንና ክንደይ ፍሬ ቅዳሴ  ኣሎ? ጥቀሶም 

How many anaphoras does our Church have and what are they called?

 14- ቅዳሴ እግዚእ፡ ቅዳሴ ሃዋርያት፡ ቅዳሴ ማርያም፡ ቅዳሴ ዲዮስቆሮስ፡ ቅዳሴ ዮሓንስ ኣፈወርቅ፡ ቅዳሴ ባስልዮስ፡ ቅዳሴ ጎርጎርዮስ ዘኑሲስ፡ ቅዳሴ ጎርጎርዮስ ካልእ፡ ቅዳሴ ያዕቆብ ዘስሩግ፡ ቅዳሴ ሰለስቱ ምእት ዓሰርቱ ወስምንቱ፡ ቅዳሴ ኣትናቴዎስ፡  ቅዳሴ ዮሓንስ ወልደ ነጎድጓድ፡ ቅዳሴ ኤጲፋንዮስ፡ ቅዳሴ ቄርሎስ

14- Anaphora of the Lord, Anaphora of the Apostles, Anaphora of  St Mary, Anaphora of St Dioscoros, Anaphora of St John Chrysostom, Anaphora of St Basil, Anaphora of St Gregory of Nyssa, Anaphora of Gregory II, Anaphora of Jacob of Serug, Anaphora of the Three Hundred, Anaphora of St Athanasius, Anaphora of St John Son of Thunder, Anaphora of Epiphanius, Anaphora of St Cyril

500

🫓🫒🏺👩🏽‍🦳🧒🏽|👳🏽‍♂️💧🔥

The Widow of Zarephath who hosted Elijah, her flour and oil never ran out, and her son was raised from the dead.

ንኤልያስ ዘዐንገለት በዓልቲ ሰራጵጣ፣ ሓርጫን ዘይታን ከኣ ፈጺሙ ኣይተወደአን፣ ዉሉዳ ውን ካብ ሞት ተንሢኡ።

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