The Rites of the Anaphora
This Coptic prayer book is divided into 7 canonical hours and is prayed throughout the day.
What is the Agpeya?
The hymn "E-os-is Amen" is chanted in this specific "Tone" or "Tune."
What is the Annual Tone?
when did God first give man permission to eat meat?
What is after the Great Flood (to Noah)?
During the Mystery of the Incense, the priest places five spoonfuls of incense into the censer. These five spoons represent these five righteous men of the Old Testament.
Who are Abel, Noah, Melchizedek, Aaron, and Zachariah?
According to tradition, how many elders translated the Old Testament from Hebrew to Greek to create this version?
Who are the 72 elders?
While most of our prayers are addressed to the Father, the Liturgy of St. Gregory is unique because it is addressed entirely to this Person of the Trinity.
what is God the Son?
This beloved Coptic hymn meaning Your Throne O God is chanted during the Raising of Incense.
What is Pekethronos?
St. Peter, St. James, and St. John were given special glimpses of Christ's Divinity. According to the Diocese notes, how many times do these three appear alone together in the Gospels?
What is three times (The Transfiguration, The Raising of Jairus' Daughter, and Gethsemane)?
When the priest exits the sanctuary for the Circuit of Incense, he must always step out with this foot first.
What is the left foot? (He enters with the right).
In the "In His Steps" book, we are taught about "Theophany." Which two major feasts are considered the "Feasts of Theophany"?
What are the Nativity (Christmas) and the Epiphany (Theophany/The Baptism)?
During the Institution Narrative, when we say "He tasted, He gave it also to His own holy disciples," the priest performs this specific physical action with the Chalice.
What is tilting the Chalice from left to right and then right to left (forming a cross)?
The hymn "O sio afai" is the Gospel Response for Nativity. What does this title actually mean in English?
What is "A star shone"?
Which Apostle faced martyrdom by being placed in a boiling vessel of oil in Rome, yet survived?
Who is St. John the Beloved?
Why Do We Say " Lord have Mercy 41 Times"?
The 41 represent the 39 lashes that Jesus received, the crown of thorns and the spear
This council in 451 AD caused the Coptic Church to split from the Roman and Byzantine churches over the nature of Christ.
What is the Council of Chalcedon?
Before the Fraction, the priest performs the "Ismenon" (the signing of the Body with the Blood). He dips his finger into the Blood and signs the Body in this specific pattern.
What is signing the back of the Body once and the face of the Body once?
In the "Conclusion of the Creed," we say "Amen Ke..." whats the change for the "Feast of the Cross." What do we say at the end of the Creed during the Feast of the Cross?
What is "Who was crucified for us, save us and have mercy on us"?
We are taught about the importance of the tithe (giving 10%). Who was the first person in Scripture to give a tithe of everything he owned, and to which mysterious "King of Peace" did he give it?
Who is Abraham, and he gave it to Melchizedek?
This prayer is recited while the priest washes his hands, declaring his innocence from the blood of those who partake unworthily.
What is the Psalm of Washing?
Until the 1950s, the Ethiopian church was under the Jurisdiction of what church?
The coptic orthodox Church
The very end of the Liturgy, we speak of the "Angel of this Sacrifice." According to our rites, if a priest forgets to dismiss the Angel, he must do this.
What is return to the church, say the prayer of dismissal, and he cannot eat until he does so?
We use the "Adam" tune on what days of the week?
What are Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday?
Which specific room in Jerusalem is considered the "First Church in the world," where the first Liturgy was prayed and where the Holy Spirit first descended upon the Apostles?
What is Zion’s Upper Room (The house of St. Mary, mother of Mark)?
There is a specific moment during the Raising of Incense where the priest stands at the door of the Sanctuary and offers incense to the four cardinal directions. What is the symbolic meaning of the "Westward" offering?
What is to preach to the Gentiles or to the people "sitting in darkness"?
how is the new testament divide
4 - Gospels
1 - book of Acts
14 - the Pauline epistles
7 - Catholic Epistles
1 - Revelation