The Cross
Christianity was founded on the Cross and the Crucified Christ. What are the two aspects of the the Cross according to the Christian faith?
Joy & Suffering
Name the book from the Bible that sets forth all the rites and rituals pertaining to the priesthood and the offerings.
The Book of Leviticus
How many stations/stops are in the rites of the procession of the cross?
12 Stations/stops
What is the name of the saint whom we call the Archimandrite?
St. Shenouda
Even before humanity fully experienced the consequences of the fall, God gave
the promise of redemption: “And I will put ---- between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed ; He shall bruise your ----, and you shall bruise His ----.”
(Genesis 3:15).
enmity, head, heel
What are the three goals of offering the sacrifices?
1. Atonement for sin
2. Purification from all impurity
3. Obtaining forgiveness
Why is the first stop in the rites of the procession of the cross is the sanctuary? In other words what does the sanctuary represents, what represents the key to it?
Heaven & the cross
Heaven could not be opened except through the Cross and the Crucified One. The Sanctuary
symbolizes heaven, and its door is the gate of heaven. Thus, at the main sanctuary, the Church teaches us that the Cross is the key to the gate of heaven.
Mention the name of the saint who prophesied this
"You bless me, my child, for you will be a father for many people."
For extra credit: what is his relationship to our saint the Archimandrite?
St. Pigol hist uncle
Throughout the Old Testament, God prepared humanity for this saving work through prophecies, symbolic persons (types of Christ such as -------(mention as many as you can), and symbols (such as the Old Testament sacrfices).
Abel, Melchizedek, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, Joshua, Job, and Jonah
"For it is not possible that the blood of --- and
--- could take away sins" (Hebrews 10:4),
bulls, goats
“The angel of the Lord encamps all around those who ---- Him, and delivers them...” Psalm 34: 7-8
fear
Who is the father of communal monasticism?
St. Pachomius.
When God commanded Adam and Eve not to eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, they
disobeyed and ate, thus falling into sin. They became deserving of death as a result. Mention the verse in Romans 6:23
"The wages of sin is death” (Romans 6:23).
Why in the old testament all sacrifices were offered to the Lord at the entrance door of the Tabernacle of Meeting?
Signifying eternal redemption which means that without blood, there is no entry into the Holy Places.
The second station of the rites of the procession of the cross is the icon of saint Mary.
St. Mary has a prominent role in the story of salvation. , she endured the cross of ----------- and ------------.
submission and obedience
The Archimandrite attended many councils, including the Ecumenical Council of --------
with His Holiness Pope Cyril I in 431 A.D.
Ephesus
What are the four main characteristics required of the savior to serve the salvation to humanity?
Characteristics of the Savior:
1. He must be human – It is man who sinned.
2. He must be able to die – The wages of sin is death.
3. He must be unlimited – Adam’s sin is unlimited, as it is directed against the infinite God.
4. He must be without sin
There is no entry to the bosom of the Father, nor eternal rest, except through the blood of
our Lord Jesus Christ: "The blood of ----- ----- His Son cleanses us from all ---" (1 John 1:7).
Jesus Christ , sin
List the first 4 stations/stops of the Rites of the procession of the cross.
1. Before the Main Sanctuary
2. Before the Icon of St. Mary the Mother of God
3. Before the Icon of Archangel Gabriel
4. Before the Icon of Archangel Michael
What theological heresy did the Ecumenical Council attended by the Archimandrite seek to resolve?
Nestorianism.
it taught that Jesus Christ had two separate persons—one human and one divine—rather than a single unified person. It rejected calling the Virgin Mary Theotokos ("Mother of God"), preferring Christotokos ("Mother of Christ").