Enemies of Empires
These were the bands of Swedish Norsemen that plundered Slavic villages.
Who were the Varangians?
The Eastern and Western churches both agreed that this doctrine concerning the nature of God was of pivotal importance.
Hailing from Turkey and the Bishop of Myra, he has become associated with a major holiday that is not his own!
Who was St. Nicholas?
This was the most famous - and most damaging - emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
Who was Justinian?
The beginning of this ruler's reign is usually considered the start of Russian history.
Who was Rurik?
This army brought about the end of the Byzantine Empire by sacking Constantinople.
Who were the Ottoman Turks?
This is the term for depriving an individual of the sacraments and excluding him from the fellowship of the church. (The pope and the patriarch did this to one another in 1054 AD.)
What is excommunication?
Deemed a heretic by the Council of Nicaea, this individual suggested that there was a time that the Son of God did not exist.
Who was Arius?
The wife of Justinian, she was a shrewd politician in her own right. Refusing to flee in the face of revolution, she managed to secure Justinian's power.
Who was Theodora?
The location of this 'mother of Russian cities' on the Dnieper River allowed it to be the vital link between the East and the West.
What was Kiev?
This Germanic tribe came from the West. An enemy of the Byzantine Empire, they managed to conquer most of Italy.
Who were the Lombards?
This is a devotional image originating in Eastern Orthodox Christian traditions.
This man was opposed to the theology of Arius, even when much of the church seemed posed to accept him. He was given the title "contra mundum" - "against the world."
Who was St. Athanasius?
TRUE or FALSE: the Ottoman Turks attacked the Byzantine Empire in the immediate aftermath of Justinian’s death.
What is FALSE?
Who was Yaroslav the Wise?
This group hailed from the Balkans; attacking the Byzantine Empire after the death of Justinian, they were eventually conquered by Basil II. He got his nickname from them!
TRUE or FALSE: The Eastern Orthodox opposed the marriage of clergy.
Notable for his contributions to native Russian literature - especially the language named after him.
Who was St. Cyril?
The city of Constantinople was originally named [this], but was renamed in honor of the emperor Constantine.
What was New Rome?
This ruler was responsible for the adoption of Eastern Orthodoxy as the state religion of Russia.
Who was Vladimir I?
This group emerged to attack Constantinople in the century after Justian’s death.
Who were the Arab Muslims?
This doctrine was the idea that the pope has full, supreme, immediate and universal power and authority over the whole church.
What is papal supremacy?
Notable for his contributions to native Russian literature, he assisted St. Cyril.
Who was St. Methodius?
This was the law code that emerged from a process involving ten legal scribes collating and streamlining ancient Roman legal practice.
What was the Justinian Code?
What was Novgorod?