Major Feasts
Minor Feasts
Fasting Rules
Fasts
Timing & Trivia
100

What Feast celebrates the birth of Christ?

Feast of the Nativity

100

What feast celebrates Jesus being presented in the temple as a baby?

The Feast of the Presentation at the Temple

100

Which fast is the longest in the church calendar?

The Great Lent (55 days)

100

When do we celebrate the departure of St. Mary?

August 22

100

Which feast always falls on January 7 (29 Kiahk)?

Nativity

200

What Feast celebrates Jesus rising from the dead?

Feast of Resurrection

200

What feast remembers Jesus first miracle at a wedding?

The Wedding at Cana of Galilee

200

Which two fasts do not allow eating fish?

The Great Lent and Jonah’s Fast

200

Why do we fast Wednesdays?

To remember when Judas betrayed Jesus

200

What do we call the 50 joyful days after Resurrection?

The Holy Fifty Days

300

What Feast remembers Jesus's baptism

Feast of Epiphany

300

What feast celebrates the Holy Family escaping to Egypt?

The Entry of the Lord into Egypt

300

What is the name of the 3-day fast that comes before Great Lent?

Jonah’s Fast



300

Why do we fast Fridays?

To remember the Crucifixion of Christ

300

What day ends the Great Lent?

Lazarus Saturday



400

What feast celebrates Jesus entering Jerusalem on a donkey?

Palm Sunday

400

What feast celebrates the angel Gabriel telling St. Mary she will give birth to Jesus?

The Feast of the Annunciation

400

Which fast happens after Pentecost and honors the disciples?

The Apostles Fast

400

When are the 2 Paramoun Fasts?

Before Nativity & Epiphany

400

What feast comes 40 days after the Resurrection?

Ascension

500

Name all 7 major Feasts

Annunciation, Nativity, Theophany, Palm Sunday, Resurrection, Ascension, Pentecost

500

List  the 7 Minor Feasts of the Lord

  • Circumcision of the Lord

  • Presentation of the Lord in the Temple

  • Entry into Egypt

  • First Miracle at Cana

  • Transfiguration

  • Thomas Sunday

  • Entry of the Lord into the Temple

500

Which fast does not include the special Lent hymn “Je Nai Nan”?

The Fast of the Apostles

500
How long is the Nativity Fast?

43 days

500

What is the last feast of the liturgical year?

Feast of the Cross (September 27)