Foundational Faith
The ancient Semitic language used in the church’s liturgy and sacred texts.
What is Ge'ez?
The city where the Ark of the Covenant is believed to be kept in the Chapel of the Tablet.
What is Axum?
The 13th-century saint often depicted with wings who prayed for seven years on one leg.
Who is Saint Tekle Haymanot?
What does Christ say to St. Peter
What is Matthew 16:17-19
In the Divine Liturgy, this liturgical proclamation is rooted in St. John the Theologian's vision's in Revelation
What is "Holy, Holy, Holy"
The most sacred object in the church, a consecrated slab representing the Ten Commandments.
What is the Tabot?
The 12th-century king who ordered the construction of eleven monolithic rock-hewn churches.
Who is King Lalibela?
This translation of the Old Testament is the primary textual tradition used in Orthodox liturgy and theology
What is the Septuagint
What is the key Eucharistic prayer to sanctify our offering
What is Epiclesis (Habene)
This term, meaning "being made one," describes the belief in the unified nature of Christ.
What is Tewahedo?
The famous cross-shaped church in Lalibela, carved downward into the earth.
What is Biete Ghiorgis (Church of St. George)?
Known as Abba Selama, Kesate Birhan, this 4th-century figure was a shipwrecked boy from Tyre who became the first Bishop of Ethiopia.
What is St.Frumentius?
After Christ's Baptisms, what were the 3 temptations in the wilderness (in order)
What is
Turn stone into Bread Jumping from the Temple Bowing down to satan
What does Azariah do after being thrown in the fire by King Nebuchadnezzar's
What is Pray, the structure of liturgical prayer
The number of books contained in the narrow canon of the Ethiopian Orthodox Bible.
What is 81?
This site in Northern Ethiopia features a "footprint" in the rock, traditionally believed to belong to the Virgin Mary during her flight to Egypt/Ethiopia.
What is Debre Qwesqwam?
Of the Nine Saints who arrived from the Byzantine Empire, this specific monk founded the monastery of Debre Damo, accessible only by rope.
What is Abba Aregawi?
This book, central to Ethiopian identity, tells the story of the Queen of Sheba and King Solomon.
What is the Kebra Nagast (Glory of Kings)?
What is "Holy Windows into Heaven"
This 6th-century saint is credited with inventing the system of musical notation used in liturgical chant.
Who is Saint Yared?
Debre Bizen is a prominent monastery in the Tewahedo tradition (now in Eritrea) known for this strict rule regarding who can enter the mountain.
What is No females (including animals) allowed?
Who created the First Temple, why, and what happened to it ?
What is King Solomon built it because God forbade King David. Destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar and the Babylonians
What two verses are found in all Ethiopian Orthodox Tabot's
What is Revelation 22:13- I am the Alpha and the Omega
Philippians 2:10- Every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord