Feasts in the Church
A star appears in heaven, guiding to the place of birth. This place was full of animals and rarely anyone would like to give birth there. The whole world celebrates my birthday and even if they do not know the person whose birthday is celebrated
Christmas
Who was our first pope in the Coptic Church?
St Mark
This Sunday is named after one of the disciples who always did not believe until he touches and see with his eyes.
The Sunday of Thomas
In this week we learn that if we make any sins, we have Jesus waiting for us with open arms to accept our confession and our regrets to not do this sin again
The prodigal son Sunday
This is the only Sacrament that not everyone need to practice in the orthodox church?
Priesthood
If it was not for that feast, we would never had salvation. It was so harsh to see the one who never committed a sin, is being tortured and treated like he committed all the sins.
Easter
Who preached Christianity to India?
The apostle Thomas
This is the second and third Sundays of the Holy fifty days. This food is very important to us and we should eat it daily or weekly. This water is the only water that can make us live purified. What is the name of those 2 Sundays?
The bread of life and the living water
Jesus entry into Jerusalem with Palms and celebrations. Teaches us to have a clean heart no daily basis to accept Jesus to live into our heart
Palm Sunday
You need to clean your heart and mind, in order to practice this sacrament. They come together and follow each other, what are those sacraments?
Repentance and confession
This feast is after Easter, it was when all the disciples got the power, strength and wisdom to preach Christianity to the whole world.
Pentecost
Who wrote the epistles to the Corinthians?
Jesus requires us to be the candle that light the world with our actions and our attitude. Also the Bible is the compass of our ways. Therefore those Sundays are named after those Sundays and the teaching of them
The light and the way
In this Sunday, Jesus asked for water to teach us that he is the living water and we should not be learning from the world to live on its teaching but on the teachings that Jesus teaches us.
The Samaritan woman Sunday
The unction of the sick
It is a minor feast, and this was the first miracle that Jesus performed. St Mary asked the people there to help whenever asked. It invovled 6 jars of water and it was not water after the prayers
The wedding of Cana Galilee
Who wrote the book of the Revelations?
This feast we all experience before we become christians, we receive the Holy Spirit and we are anointed with myron oil as well as 2 other oils.
The feast of the Baptism
In this week, most of us get ready in it because they want to prepare themselves. We should prepare our heart and our mind to live with God and get closer and closer. We should pray, read the Bible and gain one step closer to God.
Preparation Sunday
Name 5 books of the LAW in the Old Testament
Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deutreonamy.
This is also a minor feast, and many places in that country is blessed with the visit of that family, Jesus was young child when this visit happened. Many monasteries and churches are built and many used pots and appliances is kept as for people to have blessings from.
The Escape of the Holy family to Egypt
Simon the tanner or the shoe fixer/maker
In this day Jesus initiated the first communion in the church in the house of St Mark. This is to teach us what to do on regular basis.
The covenant Thursday
This week's teaching talks about if you are kind, helpful and thoughtful to others as well as your family, you are collecting treasure for your self that will never rust. You need to learn to stop being selfish and think about others, help others, love your enemy and pray for them.
Treasure Sunday
Name 6 letter in the New Testament
3 Letter of John, Colosians, Ephisians, 2 Corthinthians, Galatians, Philipians, Romans, Titus, Timothy, James, Hebrew, 2 Peters.