Lent
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What color defines the Lenten season in the Church?
Purple
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How Many services are there during Holy Week?
17
This is starting on Saturday of Lazarus. Though others may not start counting until Liturgy of Palm Sunday.
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How Many days of Pascha are there?
40
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In Icons of Christ, we see three letters "ὁ ὢν" What do these letters mean?
"I am" " the one who is"
This was the phrased used when Moses asked who was talking in the burning bush. God responds with, "I am".
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How tall is the tallest person in the world(still living)?
8ft 2inches
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What is the Meaning of the purple vestments?
- Penitence
- Christ wore "purple of mockery"
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What icon does the church presnt before the church from Palm Sunday evening to Wednsday evening?
The bridgroom icon
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What do we call the flame received by the Patriarch of Jerusalem on pascha night?
The Holy Fire
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A bishop from Asia who's relics now lie incorrupt in San Fransisco, what is this saint's name?
St. John Maximovitch
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What was Pixars first movie?
Toy Story
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What century can we trace Lent back to?
2nd Century
"The dispute is not only about the day, but also about the actual character of the fast. Some think that they ought to fast for one day, some for two, others for still more; some make their ‘day’ last forty hours on end. Such variation in the observance did not originate in our own day, but very much earlier, in the time of our forefathers….”
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What 4 things do we remember on Holy Thursday?
The Washing of the feet, Institution of the Eucharist, The Prayer in the Garden, Christ's Betrayal.
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Traditionally Eggs are dyed red and a game is played to see which "egg is strongest". What does the color and the cracking of the egg represent?
The red color represents the blood of Christ
The Cracking of the egg represents the shattering of death and the tomb being open.
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Which Apostle can Fr. Jacob trace his Priesthood back to?
The Apostle Andrew
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What is the third planet from the sun?
Earth
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Besides Fasting what are we called to increase during the Lenten season?
Prayer & Almsgiving
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What day of the week is the only day a liturgy cannot be served in the Church?
Holy Friday
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From Pascha to Pentecost the church stops saying which prayer in the services?
"O heavenly king"
This is to show that christ is still among us until the Ascension and that the "the comforter" doesnt descend until Pentecost.
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The first Orthodox Liturgy in America was served in which state?
Alaska
aboard the ship of Saint peter. Alaska was how Orthodoxy came to America. Missionaries were sent from Russia to Alaska in the 18th century (about 50-100 years before the first European Orthodox Immigrants came)
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What year did the first iPhone come out?
2007
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How many days of fasting are actually observed by Orthodox Christians during the Lenten season of the Church?
56 days
This includes the weeks of preparation (meat fare, Cheesefare), The Great 40 days & Holy week.
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On Holy Saturday the priest throws bay leaves to represent what?
The broken gates of hades and the shattered chains of death.
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In what year will the Eastern & Western Churches celebrate Pascha together again?
2034
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To make Prosforo (the bread offered for communion) the baker must follow strict ingredient guidelines what are the only four ingredients that can be used to bake this bread.
Flour, Water, Salt Yeast
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How many Jelly beans can fit in the average-size bed of a pick-up truck?
(to the nearest thousand)
379,028