Fasting in the Bible
What is the first fasting commandment?
What two days of the week do Christians fast year round
Wednesdays and Fridays
St John Chrysostom teaches the mouth should fast not only from food but from what?
Harsh words and judgement
What did Satan tell Jesus to turn the stones into during His temptation?
Bread
What is the refrain for Psalm 150 during Lent
Jesus Christ fasted for us, forty days and forty nights
When did Christ tell the Pharisees His disciples would fast?
When the Bridegroom is taken away
What is the earliest Christian document outside the Bible instructing weekly fasting?
The Didache
According to the Fathers, fasting without repentance becomes what?
A Diet
Which Sunday is also known as Baptism Sunday (7ad al tanaseer)
Christ opening the eyes of the blind man
The Fraction for Lent is famous for mentioning these two practices
Fasting and Prayer
Christ told His disciples that they could not do a certain miracle, and that it must be done by prayer and fasting, what could the disciples not do?
Cast out a demon from an epileptic boy
On the Sunday before Lent, we begin Liturgy in the annual tune, but switch to the Lent tune after _____
The Gospel
What are the three pillars of an acceptable fast?
Fasting, prayer and almsgiving
Name the Sundays of Lent (in order)
Treasures in Heaven, Temptation Sunday, Prodigal Son, Samaritan Woman, Paralyzed Man, The Man Born Blind, Palm Sunday
During Lent weekends, the hymn Taishori is replaced by what similar sounding hymn?
Tishori
The 3 saintly youth fasted from the king's food and wine and ate only vegetables, how long did they fast for?
10 days
This Church service is not practiced during weekdays of Lent
Vespers
St Basil teaches fasting restores humanity to the condition before ____ when humans ate _____
In the reading of the Prodigal Son, what 3 things does the father give his son when he comes back?
A robe, a ring and sandals
Many Lent hymns use the word Ⲁⲓⲉⲣⲛⲟⲃⲓ (aiernovi), but what does this mean in English?
I have sinned
In which chapter of the Old Testament does God tell Israel why their fast in "unacceptable"
Isaiah 58
Which Pope combined the 40 days of Lent and Pascha week to form the fast as we know it now?
Pope Demetrius I
Which monastic father taught that overeating once a day breaks the spirit of fasting even if the food is vegan?
St. John Cassian
The Samaritan woman became one of the first evangelists in Europe and was eventually martyred, but what is her name?
St. Photini
What hymn replaces Shere Ne Maria as the Praxis Response during weekdays of Lent?
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