St. John the Evangelist + More
This is the animal that represents St. John the Evangelist.
What is an "eagle"?
We celebrated this feast day last week (Jan 30-Feb 1).
What is Asteriyo / the Dormition of St. Mary?
This is where we meet God.
What is the secret place?
This is known as a heavy burden.
What is a yoke?
Known as the "happy hormone"
The 3 groups of books St. John wrote in the Bible.
What is: the Gospel of John, 1,2,3 John (aka epistles of St. John), and the Book of Revelations?
The number of years St. Mary lived on this Earth before departing.
What is 64, according to the Synaxarium?
The two types of prayer.
What is structured prayer (the Agepya) and what is personal prayer?
These are the two people who represent the two oxen.
Who is me and Jesus?
This drives us to participate in risky or addictive behavior.
What is stress?
We have this many liturgies in the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahdo Church. This is the name of one of them:
What is: 14.
What is the Liturgy of St. Dioscorus, St. Mary, the Apostles, St. Basil, St. Cyril, St. John Chrysostom, St. Gregory, etc.
This feast is known as "Asteriyo" for this reason.
What is the revelation of Christ and the thousands of His angels?
One of the ACTS prayer method and what it entails.
What is: Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving, or Supplication?
This Coptic saint carried Christ (who appeared as an old man) on his back after He asked for help.
Who is St. Bishoy?
The effect of serotonin in the activation of the reward pathway.
What is satiation or "being full"?
This is what we say in response to "the Lord be with you" in the Holy Liturgy.
What is: "And with your spirit"?
What is: when St. Gabriel came to announce that she would give birth to Christ?
The significance of this icon.
What is Christ waiting for us to open our hearts to him?
The Lord is known as the more ____ oxen for this reason.
What is the "exprienced" oxen?
What is depending entirely on Christ for our success?
This is a coping strategy and is what makes us feel good after physical movement.
What are endorphins?
These are the two parts that the Holy Liturgy is divided in:
*anaphora means "carrying/to offer up"
This specific Bible verse shows us ____
"When the wine ran out, the mother of Jesus said to Him, 'they have no wine'...When the master of the feast tasted the water now became wine" (John 2)
What is the intercessions of St. Mary, the Mother of God?
The significance of this Bible verse:
“But the Lord was not in the wind; and after the wind an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake; and after the earthquake a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire; and after the fire a still small voice.” (1 Kings 19:11-12)
What is: the Lord speaking to us in the silence?
This is how we can begin to feel that a yoke is sweet and a burden is light.
What is: spending time in Jesus' presence?
What is required of Christians before they take Holy Communion?
Why do we do this with a priest and not just to God?
What is repentance and confession?
What is absolution -- the priest gives this prayer after Confession and acts as a witness of your reconciliation with Christ.