Feast Days
The Churches movable Feast Days are all calculated from the date of
Pascha
True or False The Orthodox recognize the Bishop of Rome as the First among equals
True
Sainthood is given from God to man through the...
Holy Spirit
The Holy Spirit proceeds from...
The Father
Who was the birth mother of John the Baptist
Elizabeth
What month in the fall does the Church calendar begin?
September
An evening prayer service in the Church is called
Vespers
True or False There is an official procedure for the Canonization of Saints
False
The 1st book of the New Testament is
Matthew
The Good Samaritan was from...
Samaria
What Feast Day is the birth of the Church found on
Pentecost
How many Church Councils were there?
5, 7, 9 or 11
7
What date celebrates the Seventy Apostles?
January 4th
What is the meaning of word "Beatitudes"?
The Blessings from Sermon on the Mount
Approximately there are how many Orthodox Christians in the world today?
220 320 420 million
225 million
September 14th
Exaltation Holy Cross
The Church says that what % of a person's income should represent there "tithe"
10%
Saints are remembered on the date of
their miracle, their death or when they were made Saints by the Church?
Death- New" birth in heaven
The word "icon" in Greek translate to
"image"
How many books of the Law are there in the Old Testament? 4, 5 or 6
5 Genesis Exodus Leviticus numbers Dueteronomy
Why is date of Pascha set each year after the Jewish Passover?
Holy Week was during Passover
Define the heresy of Arianism
Belief that God and Christ were one
There are six categories that the Saints are classified number1 is the
Prophets, Apostles or the Martyrs?
Apostles
The first bishops of the Church numbered how many ?
12
Jesus said that John the Baptist answered the prophecy 0f the return of the prophet
Issac Moses Elijah Micah
Elijah