The Church
Most often, churches are built in the shape of this.
What is a Cross? or What is an Arc? or What is a circle?
Who in the bible has fasted 40 days and 40 nights
1- Jesus
2- Moses
3- Elijah
John 3:16-17 “For God so .... the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have ...... For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.”
1-Loved
2-Eternal Life
This book is often called the book of hours and is used for prayers everyday.
What is the Agpeya?
How long did St. Mary and St. Joseph stay in Egypt?
3 years
What was the name of the great Egyptian who refuted the heresy of Arius at the Council of Nicaea?
Who is St. Athanasius?
This is a spiritual practice involving self-sacrifice that can help us draw closer to God, seek his guidance, and show our humility and repentance.
What is fasting? or What is works of mercy?
“there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ....... just persons who need no repentance.” (Luke 15: 7)
99
The number of hours that can be found in the Agpeya
What is 8 hours?
1st, 3rd, 6th, 9th, 11th, 12th, veil, midnight.
This saint used to be a thief in the desert but then became a monk
St. Moses
One of the ancient Christian Churches, this church was the first to constitute a Theological School and library in their major city center.
What is then Coptic Orthodox Church?
Fun Fact: That is why Coptic Church is called the Mother Church.
The 3rd Sunday of the Great Lent is named after this young man whose story is read in the gospel.
Who is the Prodigal Son?
I am the Way, the Truth, and the ...
What is the Life
This is the number of priests depicted in the icon of the Pantocrator?
What is 24?
This in Church symbolizes the prayers of the congregation and the saints rising up to heaven.
What is incense?
This country was the only country that our Lord visited other than his place of birth in Israel.
What is Egypt?
The number of total days of fasting during Lent in the Coptic Church
What is 55?
“Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was .....”
(Matthew 4:1-2)
Hungry
Saints who wrote the Coptic Orthodox liturgies
St. Basil
St. Gregory
St. Cyril
How many stars are present on an icon of the Theotokos? and why?
3 stars. She was a virgin before, during, and after the birth of Christ.
This prophet prophesied that there would be an altar to the LORD in the midsts of the land of Egypt.
Who is Isaiah?
This is one of the 7 Major Feasts of our Lord, and always comes during the fast of the Great Lent.
What is Palm Sunday?
1 Peter 2:24 “He himself bore our sins in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; ‘by his wounds, you have been .......'”
Healed
Each hour of the Agpeya commemorates something important. This is what is represented in the 11th hour of the Agpeya.
What is taking Christ down from the Cross?
This is what Coptic Orthodox people celebrate on June 1st.
What is the entry of our Lord into Egypt?