The Coptic calendar was first used during the reign of this Roman emperor.
Who is Diocletian?
100
This saint lived with a snake in a cave for 20 years.
Who is St Parsoma the Naked?
100
This is the Greek work for praises sung to God and the saints.
What is Doxology?
100
This is the Greek word for 'Mother of God'.
What is Theotokos?
200
He was the first disciple to be martyred at the hands of King Herod.
Who is St James?
200
In this ecumenical council, Pope Cyril wrote the introduction to the creed.
What is the council at Ephesus (431 AD)?
200
He is a bishop who had two brothers who were also bishops and a sister who was a nun and the head of a monastery.
Who is St Basil the Great Archbishop of Caesarea?
200
These ordinations can be performed by a priest.
What is a trick question?
200
St. Mary is symbolized as this in reference to "And Moses was not able to enter the tabernacle of meeting, because the cloud rested above it, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle." (Ex 40:35 NKJV)
What is the dome of Moses?
300
This is the number of chapters in the book of Deuteronomy.
What is 34?
300
Mokattam was moved during the reign of this governor.
Who is Al Muez Le-Din Allah?
300
He's the monk who encouraged St Paesia to repent from her sinful life.
Hint: He was very obedient.
Who is St John the Dwarf?
300
This is the only church sacrament not fulfilled by any of us.
What is the Sacrament of the Holy Orders?
300
These are the steps critical to our salvation that Jesus had to fulfill, as mentioned in the Orthodox Creed.
What are 'came down from heaven', 'was incarnate of the Holy Spirit and of the Virgin Mary', 'was crucified', 'suffered', 'was buried', 'rose from the dead', and 'ascended into the heavens'?
400
He is the first hunter mentioned in the Bible.
Who is Nimrod?
400
This Pope was the first to move the Papal headquarters to Cairo in the 11th century.
Who is Pope Christodoulos, the 66th Pope?
400
The Alexandrian princess and martyr sometimes referred to as ..... of the Wheel (as a reference to the spoked wheel used to torture her).
Who is St Catherine?
400
In the liturgical prayer of reconciliation, Abouna says, "Cleanse us from all ....., all guile, all hypocrisy, all craftiness, and the remembrance of vice bearing death."
What is blemish?
400
"Yes, we believe in the Holy Spirit, the ....., the Giver of Life, who ..... from the Father, who with the Father and the Son is worshiped and glorified, who spoke by the ....."
What are Lord, proceeds, and prophets?
500
"but if you show partiality, you commit sin, and are convicted by the law as ......" (James 2:9 NKJV)
What is transgressors?
500
This apostle preached the Gospel to Russia.
Who is Andrew?
500
These are the saints commemorated by the Synaxarion today, the 12th of Mesore.
Who are the Archangel Michael and St Constantine the Great?
500
This is the date of the commemoration of the visit of the Holy Family to Egypt in the Synaxarium.
What is Pashons 24 (June 1)?
500
This is the number of persons, essences and natures within the Holy Trinity.