Panel Discussion
What Does an Orthodox Life Look Like?
Open discussion: What does “living an Orthodox life” actually look like outside of Sunday morning?
Childhood Memories
You can choose not to answer, no inappropriate questions allowed
ROLE CALL: PROSTRATION!!!
Pick one person as the team's representative. Whenever someone yells “Prostration,” that person must perform a Prostration.
Role Call lasts for the duration of the game and can only be used once per round!
ROLE CALL: SAINT!!!
Pick one person as your team's representative. Whenever someone yells “Saint,” they must yell out a name of a saint. If a Saint's name is repeated, points will be deducted.
Role Call lasts for the duration of the game and can only be used once per round! Failure to do so will result in points lost.
Rapid Fire: Orthodox Edition
The team must choose to challenge another team.
The host asks quick Orthodox lifestyle questions. Teams compete to shout the correct answer first. The team with the most correct answers wins the round.
ROLE CALL: YA RAB BURHAM!!!
Pick 2 people from your team. Whenever someone yells “Ya Rab Burham,” they must lead the team in saying it together. The response can be a different language each time. This Role Call lasts for the duration of the game but can only be used once per round! Failure to do so will result in points lost.
Being Orthodox at School
You can choose not to answer. Keep all questions respectful and appropriate.
Icon Challenge
The team has 60 seconds to silently arrange themselves to recreate a scene represented by an icon chosen by the host. The audience decides how well they did.
Name That Saint
The host gives one player 3 clues about a saint. The player has 30 seconds to identify the saint.
Who Am I? — Saint Edition
The team must choose to challenge another team.
One representative from each of two teams comes forward. The host gives clues about a saint without saying the name. The first player to identify the saint wins.
Faith Outside of Church
What are some ways you can live your Orthodox faith during the week when you aren't physically at church?
Faith, Doubt & Growing Up
You can choose not to answer. Keep all questions respectful and appropriate.
Orthodox Charades
The host gives the team an Orthodox word, practice, feast, or church-related action. The team must act it out without speaking. Another team gets to guess.
Explain It!
A player must explain one Orthodox practice or tradition to Abouna in 30 seconds as if they were explaining it to someone who has never been to an Orthodox church.
What Would You Do?
The team must choose to challenge another team.
The host gives both teams the same real-life scenario involving school, friends, social media, family, church, or peer pressure. Each team has 60 seconds to explain how an Orthodox Christian could respond. The audience votes for the stronger answer.
Orthodox on Purpose
What is one part of Orthodoxy that you personally choose to participate in? Not because your parents make you, but because you understand why it matters?
ROLE CALL: CHRIST IS IN OUR MIDST!!!
Whenever someone yells “Christ is in our midst", the whole team must stand, face one another, and respond together: “He is and ever shall be!” Role Call lasts for the duration of the game and can only be used once per round! Failure to do so will result in points lost.
Build the Liturgy
The host gives the team 5–8 parts of the Divine Liturgy out of order. The team must put them in the correct order as quickly as possible.
The Orthodox Influencer
The host will give one player a topic: prayer, fasting, confession, church attendance, icons, serving others, or another Orthodox-life topic. They have 60 seconds to give a convincing “social media influencer” talk about why it matters.
Wrong Answers Only: ORTHODOX EDITION
The team must choose to challenge another team.
The host gives players common Orthodox situations. Players must explain what they would do; wrong and appropriate answers only!
Anyone who accidentally gives a reasonable or correct answer is eliminated. The last player remaining wins the points for the team.
The Real Challenge
What is the hardest part of trying to live an Orthodox lifestyle as a teenager, and how can someone actually overcome it?
Embarrassing Moments & Weird habits
You can choose not to answer, no inappropriate questions allowed
Orthodox Commercial Break
Create a 30-second commercial convincing another team to try one Orthodox practice during the week; prayer, fasting, attending services, Scripture, service to others, or another practice chosen by the host.
ROLE CALL: CHANTERS!!!
Whenever someone yells “CHANTERS!”, the team must chant Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, Have mercy on us!
Role Call lasts for the duration of the game can be used once per round! Failure to do so will result in points lost.
Debatable: THE FRIEND GROUP
The team must choose to challenge another team in debate. The host will choose sides.
Your friends constantly make jokes about your Orthodox faith. They aren't necessarily trying to be disrespectful, but it's starting to bother you.
TEAM A: You should confront your friends and tell them to stop.
TEAM B: You should laugh along and not take it seriously.
Audience will vote on the best team.