COPTIC
LENT SUNDAYS 1
LENT SUNDAYS 2
MISCELLANEOUS
Riddles
100
What is "Mother of God" in Coptic?
ⲑⲉⲟⲧⲟⲕⲟⲥ
100
How many Sundays in Lent?
8
100
Blessed are those who have ____?
MERCY
100
Who is the saint that has two swords?
Saint Philopateer Mercurius, Abu-sefen
100
What has a lot of holes but can still hold water?
a sponge
200
What does "ⲕⲩⲣⲓⲉ ⲉⲗⲉⲏⲥⲟⲛ" mean?
Lord have mercy
200
What Sunday is the halfway mark of lent?
The Samaritan Woman
200
Why is it called the great lent?
Because Jesus fasted these 40 days
200
Who is the 116th pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church?
Pope Kyrillos the sixth
200
A man once said he went 35 days without sleep. How is that possible?
He slept at night
300
What does "ϣⲗⲏⲗ" mean?
Pray
300
How many days do we fast and why?
55:
40 - Jesus fasted forty days
7 - Preparation week
8 - Holy Week
300
What is the sixth Sunday of the great lent?
The man who was born blind
300
Who is this saint?
Saint Marina
300
What are two things you can’t eat for dinner?
breakfast and lunch
400
What does "ϫⲉ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲛⲁⲛ" mean?
Have Mercy
400
How many years was the paralytic man paralyzed for (5th Sunday of Lent)?
38
400
What do we call the first week of lent?
The week of preparation
400
How many archangels are there?
7
400
A woman goes into the forest and sees 10 trees. She then proceeds to snap all their branches at once. How is this possible?
she took a picture of the trees
500
What does "ⲓⲣⲏⲛⲏ ⲡⲁⲥⲓ" mean?
Peace be with you all
500
Which two Sundays featured a repentant?
The prodigal son and the Samaritan woman
500
What do we call the first Sunday of lent?
Treasures
500
How many kings/emperors was St.George tortured by?
70
500
I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I don’t have a body, but I come alive with wind. What am I?
an echo