Ethiopian Orthodox Church History
What ancient city is believed to house the Ark of the Covenant?
What is Axum?
What are the three chant styles in Ethiopian Orthodox liturgy
What are Ge’ez, Ezel, and Ararai?
Which fast is dedicated to the Virgin Mary and lasts 15 days in August?
What is the Fast of the Assumption (Filseta)?
What Marian feast is celebrated in August after 15 days of fasting?
What is Filseta?
How many sacraments does the Ethiopian Orthodox Church recognize?
What are seven?
What year is commonly recognized as the arrival of Christianity in Ethiopia through the Ethiopian eunuch?
What is 34 A.D.?
What is the name of the central sanctuary that only clergy may enter?
What is the Qeddist or Holy of Holies?
What is the name of the three-day fast practiced in imitation of the Ninevites?
What is the Fast of Nineveh (Tsome Neneweh)?
What is the holiday where priests sprinkle holy water and carry the Tabot in procession?
What is Timket?
What is the term for the mystery of God becoming man?
What is the Incarnation?
Which two rules preceded the Gospel in Ethiopia’s religious history?
What are the Rule of Conscience and Rule of Mosaic Law?
What is the processional instrument made of metal rings used in liturgy?
What is the sistrum (senasel)?
What days of the week are fasting days throughout the year?
What are Wednesdays and Fridays?
Which feast is dedicated to Archangel Michael and is observed monthly?
What is the Feast of St. Michael (Senay Mikael)?
What biblical figure is used as a type for Christ in the sacrificial lamb of Holy Communion?
Who is the Passover lamb?
What heresies, introduced during the reign of Emperor Susenyos, weakened the Ethiopian Church?
What are Kibat and Tsega?
What is the name of the wooden prayer stick used by clergy and elders during long services?
What is the Mequamia?
What sacrament is highly recommended during fasting seasons?
What is Holy Communion?
Which city hosts a major pilgrimage on Hidar Tsion?
What is Axum?
What is the divine unity of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit called?
What is the Holy Trinity?
Which emperor expelled Jesuit missionaries and reaffirmed the Orthodox faith in Ethiopia?
Who is Emperor Fasilides?
During which liturgy is the bread believed to become the real body of Christ?
What is the Anaphora (Holy Communion)?
What is the term for abstaining from all food and drink for an extended period during fasts?
What is complete fasting (meten tsom)?
What feast commemorates Christ’s presentation at the temple 40 days after His birth?
What is the Feast of Cana or Candlemas?
What book in Ethiopian theology describes Christ as both divine and human in one nature?
What is the Anaphora of St. Dioscorus (or any Anaphora affirming unity)?