Disciples & Saints
Miracles
Church Growth
Persecution
Events in Acts
100

Saint Luke wrote these two books in the Bible.

What are The Gospel of Luke and Acts of the Apostles?

100

Jesus spent this many days with His followers AFTER conquering death.

What is forty? 

100

The leaders in the temple felt these emotions about the growth of the Church.

What are angry, jealous and helpless.

100

Saints Peter and John were taken here for punishment after preaching about Christ. 

What is prison? 

100

These two feasts occur in the first 2 chapters of Acts and begin the Church. 

What are Ascension and Pentecost? 

200

This Saint was present and complicit in the stoning of St. Stephen, but later became a Saint himself and a main character in the New Testament. 

Who is Saul or Paul?

200

The Holy Spirit gave these two Saints the courage they needed to spread the the Good News of Christ. 

Who are Peter and John?

200

This many men became followers of Christ because of the miracle that Saints Peter and John performed at the Beautiful gate. 

What is 2,000? There were 3,000 believers after Pentecost and after the miracle, there were 5,000. 

200

The apostles responded this way when they were beaten for preaching in the name of Jesus. 

What is rejoicing that they were worthy to suffer for Christ. 

200

On this feast we remember Christ rising to the Heavens. “Now when He had spoken these things, while they watched, He was taken up, and a cloud received Him out of their sight.” Acts 1:9

What is Ascension?

300

This symbol represents holiness in icons and is how we identify the Saints in icons.

What is a golden halo? 

300

This Saint originally lied about knowing Jesus when He was arrested, but later preached the Good News with power and authority from the Holy Spirit. 

Who is Saint Peter?

300

When the Church began to grow, this office was created to help serve the faithful. 

What is the diaconate? 

300

This deacon of the Church also became the first martyr or the protomartyr. 

Who is Saint Stephen?

300

The Holy Spirit gave Peter this special power that we do not even have a record of Jesus having. 

What is the power to cure people with his shadow?

400

This Saint preached at Pentecost with great power and authority. 

Who is Saint Peter?

400

This happened at the Beautiful Gate with Saints Peter and John. 

What is the healing of the lame man?

400

As the Church grew, the first deacons served the church by doing this. 

What is waiting on tables when the believers ate together. 

400
Rather than stopping believers, persecution caused the Church to grow by encouraging believers to leave this city to find places to live in peace. 

What is Jerusalem?

400

On this feast, the Father sent the Holy Spirit to empower the Church. “But you shall receive the power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the the earth.” Acts 1:8 

What is Pentecost? 

500

This Saint persecuted the Church, saw Christ face-to-face, became a missionary and eventually wrote 14 books in the New Testament.

Who is Paul, formally known as Saul? 

500

When the Holy Spirit came down these appeared over the heads of the apostles and allowed them to preach in many languages. 

What are Tongues of Fire? 
500

This Saint was given exactly the right words at exactly the right time when asked to give and answer for his faith. He was hated by his enemies and died loving them, just like Jesus. 

Who is Saint Stephen. 

500

While Saul was trying to stamp out Christianity, this deacon of the Church fled to Samaria to preach to the Samaritans and helped the Church to grow rather than deminish. 

Who is Saint Philip? 
500

Jesus predicted that these 3 things would happen to his disciples if they started the Church. 

What are persecution, church growth and miracles?