Lent
This first Sunday of Lent is dedicated to the upholding of the use Icons in the Orthodox Church
The Sunday of Orthodoxy
What is the central sacrament that is practiced every Sunday
Holy Communion (Eucharist)
This bishop of Myra and Lycea gave all of his possessions away when his parents died. He slapped Arius the heretic for denouncing Christ's divinity and he is commonly celebrated in the month of December
St. Nicholas
Finish the verse: The Lord is my ______, I shall not want. He makes me to lie down in green pastures.
Shepard
"Don't take more than you give."
Elton John
True or False: one may eat honey during Strict Fasting periods
True (etc. John the Baptist)
How many immersions does Orthodox Christian baptism have?
3
This Saint, the greatest man born from man, was born right before Christ and called the Judeans to repentance.
St. John the Baptist
True or false: Jesus is God
Come on!!!! YES!!!!!
"God is not one who requites evil, but who sets evil right."
St. Isaac the Syrian
Name the three stools of the Christian life, which are heavily emphasized during lent
Prayer, Fasting, Acts of Mercy (almsgiving)
True or False: If you believe your first baptism in The Church to be inauthentic, the Fathers recommend a second one once you come to the age of reason.
No, no, no
The Saint was the first Patriarch of Jerusalem and was one of the apostles, known as the Lord's brother. He was the first of the twelve apostles martyred for Christ.
St. James
True or False: Christ is known as the Son of Sons
No
“Miracles are not impossible from a logical standpoint, and right reason does not deny them. Natural laws do not have the claim to be the only ones, nor are they threatened with being overturned by the appearance of other laws"
St. Nektarios
True or False: The liturgy of St. John Chrysostom is celebrated during Great Lent
False
Is the ordination to the Holy Priesthood is induction into the Levitical priesthood, the Aaronic priesthood, the Order of Melchizedek, or the Priesthood of Believers?
The Order of Melchizadek (Christ the High Priest)
This Saint was raised from the dead by Christ when he was living his earthly life. He became bishop of Cyprus and never smiled again in his life. The only time he laughed was when he saw a thief steal a vase, remarking "clay stealing clay".
St. Lazaros
Daily Double
Yes/No
"The sense of justice is continuous with the love of mankind.”
John Rawls
Who wrote the Ladder of Divine Ascent, a book heavily emphasized during Lent
St. John Climacus
Is holy unction considered a sacrament of The Church?
Yes
This Holy Archangel known as "God has Healed" accompanied Tobias in the book of Tobit in his adventure. He is the namesake of a great light to America, who worked for the Orthodox souls in the city Brooklyn and around the country.
St. Raphael
The term Lord (Kyrios) refers to which person of the Holy Trinity?
The second person, Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
"The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is an attribute of the strong"
Mohandas Gandhi