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100

Baby’s baptism is performed in _____ for boys and in _____ for girls.


What is: 

40 days for boys - 80 days for girls

100

Which day of the coptic year are readings sung in two tunes, and what are the two tunes?

What is: 

Apocalypse Saturday - Mournful (hazayny) and annual

100

I’m always running, but I never walk. I have a bed, but I never sleep. What am I?

What is: 

River 

100

What is intercession?

What is:


Praying for others

200

The synaxarion is not read at this time, and why is it not read at that time?

What is: 

During the holy 50 days, focusing on the resurrection of the lord

200

Hymn that is unique to the feast of the epiphany 

What is:

Oran en shosho

200

What has many keys but cannot open a single door

What is: 

Piano

200

Who was sent by God to guide Tobias in the Book of Tobit?

What is: 

Archangel Raphael

300

Abouna divides the qorban (the body), is the head represented by the throne (where the cup of blood is located), or is it the part located near to Abouna’s chest?

What is:

There are no distinctive features in qorban. Its entirety represents the whole of christ.

300

5 tunes hymns are chanted in

What is:

Annual, Shaanini, Fasting, Kiahki, Joyful, Mournful (hazayny)

300

The person who makes it does not need it. The person who buys it does not use it. The person who uses it does not know it. What is it?

What is: 

A coffin

300

What are Christians living on earth called?

What is: 

The Church Militant

400

How many major feasts of the lord are there, and list them? 

What is: 

(7) Annunciation, Nativity, Epiphany, Palm Sunday, Resurrection, The ascension, Pentecost. 

400

Atay parthenos is chanted in this occasion during this time of the liturgy 

What is: 

Saint Mary’s feast and her other celebrations 

said during the distribution

400

A father and his son are in a car accident. The father dies. The son is taken to the hospital. The surgeon says, “I can’t operate on him; he’s my son.” How is this possible?

What is: 

The surgeon is the boy’s mother

400

Name 3 saints you could ask to pray for help overcoming a sinful past?

What is: 

St. Moses the Black, St. Mary of Egypt, St. Augustine

500

How many, when, and what is celebrated in the feast of the cross?

What is: 

- toot 17 (Sep 27th) - The appearance of the cross and consecration of the resurrection church 

- baramhat 10 (March 19th) - The discovery of the cross

500

To which hymns tune does the hymn (pi ehloog) is similar to?

Pi epnevma - oran enshosho 

500

Three switches are downstairs. Upstairs is a room with three halogen light bulbs. Each switch controls exactly one bulb. You may turn the switches on and off however you like, but you may only go upstairs once. How can you determine which switch controls which bulb

What is:

Turn on Switch 1 for about 5–10 minutes.

  1. Turn it off and immediately turn on Switch 2.
  2. Go upstairs.

    • The bulb that is on belongs to Switch 2.
    • The bulb that is off but warm belongs to Switch 1.
    • The bulb that is off and cold belongs to Switch 3.
500

What principle explains why God chooses to work through human prayers instead of acting alone?

What is: 

Delegated sovereignty