St Severus
St Severus became the patriarch of this city in 512 AD
What is Antioch?
Acting entirely against their natural instincts, these birds were commanded by God to bring Elijah bread and meat twice a day.
What are ravens?
Elijah challenged the people to stop faltering between two opinions on this specific mountain where fire fell from heaven to consume his altar.
What is Mount Carmel?
God created humans like Himself
This Greek word means “according to part.”
What is Katamarus?
Before becoming a monk, St Severus studied this subject in Beirut and later worked in this profession.
What is Law? He worked as a lawyer.
Meaning "My God is Yahweh," this great prophet confronted King Ahab during a time of major spiritual decay.
Who is Elijah?
After fleeing in fear to Beersheba and asking God to end his life, Elijah was guided on a 40-day journey to this holy mountain, where God spoke to him not in a wind, fire, or earthquake, but in a gentle whisper.
What is Mount Sinai? (or Mount Horeb)
Humanity's separation from God & corruption of our nature
What is the fall?
There are four of these in the Church.
What are the four Katamarus books?
This emperor tried to pressure St Severus into accepting the Council of Chalcedon, but St Severus refused.
Who is Emperor Justinian?
Following the death of Solomon, the kingdom split into the South kingdom, and this many tribes under Jeroboam reign in the North kingdom.
What is ten?
This faithful official responsible for Ahab's affairs hid 100 prophets of the Lord in two caves, supplying them with bread and water.
Who is Obadiah?
Death and separation from God
These readings focus on the work of the Holy Trinity
What are the Annual Sunday Readings?
St Severus fled to this country to escape persecution and lived there for about 20 years.
What is Egypt
This prophet is traditionally considered the most likely writer of the book of kings, drawing from records by Gad and Nathan.
Who is Jeremiah?
This courageous prophet explicitly warned Ahab that he saw Israel scattered on the mountains like sheep without a shepherd, predicting the king's death.
Who is Micaiah?
“the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin" (1 John 1:7)
What's a verse that reminds us of God's salvation for us?
This reading tells us about the lives of the saints and shows us how they lived the Bible.
What is the Synaxarion?
St Severus defended this teaching about Jesus Christ.
What is the teaching that "Jesus Christ is fully God and fully human, united in one nature."
This character flaw in the kings as the root cause of the kingdom's collapse, divisions, and splits.
What is pride?
This King of Judah visited Ahab and requested that they inquire for a true word from the Lord before going to war.
Who is Jehoshaphat?
Despite being made in God's image, man disobeys and falls into sin
Why do we sin?
Examples include:
Name three groups for which the Church has special organised readings.