Matins and Vespers
This prayer begins the Raising of Incense, with the priest standing outside the sanctuary holding a cross.
What is the Thanksgiving Prayer?
Before liturgy, the priest prepares the altar using special vessels that are only used for this sacrament.
What is the Eucharist?
During the Liturgy of the Word, the congregation shows reverence by doing this while the Gospel is read.
What is standing?
Before offering the sacrifice, Jesus taught us to do this with each other, which is part of the Reconciliation Prayer.
What is reconcile or greet one another with the Holy Kiss?
This is the first action the priest performs when he enters the sanctuary, symbolizing Christ’s redemption.
What is opening the curtain from left to right?
During the opening of the sanctuary curtain, the priest moves it from this direction to this direction, symbolizing our transfer through Christ’s redemption.
What is left to right?
What is the Paten?
How many times does Abouna walk around the altar during the Pauline Epistle, just like the priests walked around Jericho in the Old Testament?
7 times
During the Anaphora, when the priest says, “Lift up your hearts,” the congregation responds with this.
What is “We have them with the Lord”?
The Espadicon is the center piece of the Body of Christ that the priest immerses into this vessel.
What is the Chalice?
What do the five spoonfuls of incense placed in the censer symbolize?
Who are the five men in the Old Testament who offered acceptable sacrifices?
Before going to the altar, the priest washes his hands and says, “Wash me and I shall be whiter than snow,” which comes from this book of the Bible.
What is the Psalms?
The priest asks God to make us worthy of hearing and acting according to the gospel and to spread God’s Word everywhere during this litany.
What is the Litany of the Gospel?
The holiest part of the Liturgy, where the bread and wine are changed into the Body and Blood of Christ, is called this.
What is the Consecration?
This epistle that is read during the liturgy is a selection from the epistles of St. James, St. John, St. Peter, or St. Jude.
What is the Catholic Epistle?
In vespers, this specific litany is prayed because evening symbolizes the end of earthly life.
The congregation recites this statement before the Offertory, where they declare what they believe as Christians.
What is the Creed?
In the Praxis Incense procession, why does the priest offer incense only to the first rows of the church and not the entire congregation?
It symbolizes the start of the Apostles' mission where they started their mission in Jerusalem and Judea.
The Anaphora begins with the removal of this long sheet covering the sacraments, signaling our hearts and minds are lifted to heaven.
What is the Prospherin?
What period of the year is the Synaxarium not read?
The Holy 50 Days
Whose prayer does the priest silently recite during the procession before the Gospel marking the end of the Old Testament?
Who is St. Simeon the Elder?
After the Creed, everyone says “Lord have mercy” 41 times. What does the number 41 remind us of from Jesus' sufferings?
39 lashes from the whip that Jesus received before His Crucifixion, the crown of thorns and the spear that pierced His side
What book in the Bible is the Praxis quoted from?
What is the Book of Acts?
During the Commemoration of the Saints, the priest reads from this book to remember the lives and virtues of the martyrs and saints.
What is the Synaxarium?
During the Confession, what does the priest confess loudly as he raises the Paten?
This is the true and living body and blood of Jesus Christ who is given for the remission of sins