Biblical Events
The angel who announced to St. Mary that she would bear the Son of God.
Who is Archangel Gabriel?
St. Mary is called this title because she gave birth while remaining a virgin.
What is Ever-Virgin?
The month in which the Fast of St. Mary begins.
What is August?
The hymn sung at the beginning of Midnight Praises that honors St. Mary.
What is “Theotokia”?
St. Mary’s response to the angel shows her obedience when she said: "Let it be..."
What is "Let it be to me according to your word"?
The town where St. Mary lived when the Annunciation occurred.
What is Nazareth?
St. Mary is often referred to as this type of plant symbolizing her purity.
What is the Burning Bush?
The number of days in the Fast of St. Mary.
What is 15 days?
The month in the Coptic calendar especially dedicated to St. Mary.
What is Kiahk?
The virtue shown when St. Mary kept all things in her heart.
What is humility or contemplation?
The relative St. Mary visited after the Annunciation.
Who is Elizabeth?
In Coptic Orthodox tradition, St. Mary is called this title because she is the pure vessel who carried God the Word.
What is the Second Heaven?
The feast celebrating St. Mary’s departure from earth.
What is the Feast of the Assumption (Dormition)?
The part of the liturgy where we honor St. Mary and the saints.
What is the Commemoration of the Saints?
The type of service St. Mary showed when she traveled to help Elizabeth.
What is selfless service?
St. Mary said this hymn of praise when she visited Elizabeth.
What is the Magnificat (“My soul magnifies the Lord”)?
This title compares St. Mary to a beautiful building where God dwelled, just like Christ dwelled in her womb.
What is the Temple of God?
This feast celebrates when the angel told St. Mary she would give birth to Jesus.
What is the Feast of the Annunciation?
This part of the Divine Liturgy includes a specific phrase honoring St. Mary as “the Mother of God.”
What is the Orthodox Creed?
One of St. Mary’s most admired virtues, shown in her silent submission to God’s will.
What is meekness?
The first miracle Jesus performed, which St. Mary initiated.
What is turning water into wine at the Wedding of Cana?
This title means “Mother of God.”
What is Theotokos?
This feast, celebrated on Kiahk 29, commemorates the birth of Christ and is closely tied to St. Mary’s role in God’s plan for salvation.
What is the Feast of the Nativity?
The final phrase in the "Hiten" always ends with this title of St. Mary.
What is “The Mother of God”?
St. Mary showed this rare virtue when she accepted God's will without knowing all the details, trusting fully in His plan.
What is faith (or complete trust in God)?