Saints
This saint was tortured for 7 years before being beheaded. They made him drink poison, but it did not hurt him because he made the sign of the cross on the cup before drinking.
Who is St. George?
These words are the most common response by the congregation during the liturgy.
What is "Kyrie Elyson" or Lord Have Mercy?
At the counsel of Nicea, this Egyptian bishop drafted the creed.
Who is St. Athanasius?
God changed the names this man and his wife because of his faith in waiting 25 years for God to give them a child.
Who is Abraham/Sarah?
He authored most of the New Testament.
Who is St. Paul?
This saint lived a life of sin, but her life changed when she could not enter the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem. She then went to live alone in the Egyptian desert and did not see anyone until St. Zosima came to give her communion and bury her body.
Who is St. Mary of Egypt?
This hymn is said after the Absolution of Ministers and before the readings.
What is Taishori and the hitens?
This council in 431 AD was attended by 200 persons and discussed the heresy of Nestor, denying that Saint Mary was the Theotokos (Mother of God).
What is the Council of Ephesus?
When this leader of the Israelites prayed, God stopped the sun from moving and it was daylight until he defeated his enemies.
Who is Joshua?
This Roman centurion converted to Christianity at the hands of St. Peter, who saw a vision telling him not to call the things consecrated by God unclean.
Who is Cornelius?
This saint tied his hair to the top of his cave so he could pray to God all night. He washed the feet of Christ and carried Him on his shoulder. His body never decayed.
Who is St. Bishoy?
This is the part of the liturgy when the bread and wine are transformed into the body and blood of Christ.
What is the Invocation of the Holy Spirit (the first time we bow down during the Liturgy of the Eucharist)?
This council in 325 AD was attended by 318 people, but they found 319 chairs when the council was completed. The council discussed the divinity of Christ when Arius denied that God the Son was equal to God the Father.
What is the Council of Nicea?
Who is Susanna?
This is the only miracle mentioned in all four gospels.
Before there were nuns, this saint was a girl who went with her dad to the monastery to live as a monk. She was accused of fathering a child and kicked out of the monastery. She lived with the child in a cave for 10 years before being returned to the monastery. They realized she was a woman at her death.
Who is St. Marina, the Monk.
This liturgy is addressed to God the Son and is prayed on Feast days.
What is the Liturgy of St. Gregory?
The second part of the Creed "We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the Life-Giver..." was added at this council in 381 AD attended by 150 bishops.
What is the Council of Constantinople?
Other than the serpent, I am the only animal in the Bible who spoke.
Who is Balaam's donkey?
These two people were raised from the dead after Christ's resurrection.
Who are Tabitha/Dorcas and Eutychus?
This saint was queen, but she left her palace to live alone with God. To share in Christ's suffering, she went to a convent where she pretended to be mad. She endured the insults of the nuns. Christ revealed her story and she then left the convent to live as a hermit.
Who is St. Queen Anna Simone?
This is the name of the area where the congregation sits. It is between the sanctuary and the narthex.
What is the Nave?
Assembled in 451 AD, this council was not endorsed by the Church of Alexandria and resulted in the split between the Eastern Church and the Western Church. The main disagreement was about the Divine nature of Christ.
What is the Council of Chalcedon?
This King of Israel was sick and the prophet Isaiah told him he would die. When he prayed to God to let him live, Isaiah told him that if the shadow of the sun went back 10 steps, he would live. The shadow of the sun went back 10 steps.
Who is King Hezekiah?
This apostle met an Ethiopian eunuch and explained to him the book of Isaiah before baptizing him and disappearing in a whirlwind.
Who is Phillip?