Church Year
The Ecclesiastical (i.e. Church) New Year begins on this date.
What is September 1?
Several months after the Nativity of the Theotokos, the Church also commemorates the Nativity of our Lord which is more commonly referred to as ______.
What is Christmas?
This type of "love" can often reject both positive and negative changes when such changes disturb the sense of familiarity.
What is storge / στοργή?
This is the last major feasts of the church year.
What is the Dormition of the Theotokos?
This husband and wife were childless until angels appeared to both of them and told them that they would conceive a child who would later turn out to be Mary the mother of Jesus.
Who are Joachim and Anna?
By sharing in the activities and attitudes of others and collectively resisting external pressures, this type of "love" makes brave humans braver, kind humans kinder, pious humans more pious, cruel humans more cruel and proud humans more proud.
What is philia / φιλία?
This is the first of major feasts of the church year.
What is the Nativity of the Theotokos?
This New Testament husand and wife were childless until an angel appeared to the husband while he was serving in the temple and told him that his wife would conceive to a son named John who would lead many Israelites to repentance through baptism.
Who are Zachariah and Elizabeth?
This type of love often inspires humans to suddenly overcome their self-centeredness but after some time the self-centeredness tends to return with greater force.
What is eros / ἔρως?
This is the number of major feasts in the church year.
What is twelve?
This Old Testament husband and wife were childless until they were 100 years old and 90 years old respectively when God fulfilled his promise by allowing them to give birth to a son named Isaac.
Who are Abraham and Sarah?
This love never fails.
What is agapē / ἀγάπη?
In addition to the "major feasts" of the church year, the church also celebrates _______ as the "feast of feasts" which exceeds all other feasts.
What is Pascha (aka Easter)?
The Nativity of the Theotokos is celebrated on the _____ day of the new church year which symbolically represents the "day beyond eternity."
What is the eight day?
God's love for humans can be said to be unconditional because God loves us but does not ______ us.
What is need?