Sight & Touch
What is something you see in the Church?
any of the following are correct
Icons
Bible
Agpeya
Gospel
How many MAIN tunes do we have in the church?
6 main (The real answer is 750 tunes, but we don't have time for that)
What do we smell in the Church?
The incense
After the priest prays on the bread and wine and the Holy Spirit descends on them, what does the bread and wine turn into?
Body and Blood
The church is heaven on what?
Heaven on Earth
What is the Iconostasis made of?
Wood, Marble, or Stone
How many readings do we have in the Church, and can you name some of them?
6
Agpeya gospels and litanies, Pauline epistle Catholic epistle, Acts, Synaxarion, Psalm and Gospel
What are we supposed to be doing when Abouna walks around with the Censer?
Praying/bowing down doing the sign of the cross. Its a way of asking for forgiveness
What is communion?
Receiving the body and blood, The sacrament of the Eucharist
The priest offers incense when?
Any of the following is correct
Vespers, Matin, Liturgy
What is the Bosom of the Father?
The altar, or Sanctuary inside the Church
Why are Hymns important?
Hymns teach us about the church’s traditions, history and Theology / We sing hymns to praise God with the angels in heaven
What is the Censer made out of?
Bronze, gold, ceramic
What should we do at Church?
Must be baptized, Truly believe this is the body and blood of Christ, Going to Vesper prayers to lift our hearts and minds to God, Confessing and repenting our sins to clean our spiritForgive everyone and not have any enemies, Fasting and not eating before church for at least 9 hours so the first thing to enter our bodies is the body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ
What should we always do before communion?
Pray and Confess
What are the 4 shapes of the Church?
There's actually only 3, Cross, Dome/Circle, and Ark
What do we learn from readings?
We learn life lessons from the readings like the lives of the saints from the synaxarion
What does the fire in the censer represent?
Christ's Divinity
What do we do after communion?
Don't spit/bleed.
What do we hear when we walk in Church?
Hymns, They are said together
The Kingdom of God/Where Christ is enthroned
How do we sing hymns / how are they supposed to sound?
Melismatic
What do the upper and lower dome represent
The upper dome represents Heaven, and the lower dome represents saint Mary
Finish this Bible Verse
Take, eat of it, all of you. For this is My Body, which is broken for you and for many-
to be given for the remission of sins. This do in remembrance of me."
How do we (Angels) praise God?
Through singing and chanting