Uni Convention

Calendar

100

When is the Nativity feast (Christmas)?

29th Kiahk

200

When does the Nativity fast start?

16th Hator

300

When is the Coptic New Year? It's Feast of the Martyrs

11th September

400

How many months in the Coptic Calendar?

13

500

What is the shortest month in the coptic calendar?

The last one.. Nasii (5-6 days)

Who am I?

100

I lived in the desert

I was killed to please a royal member

My mother was barren

St. John the Baptist

200

Oldest disciple

Herod killed me

I wrote 1 book in the bible

St. James

300

I preached in India

I saw virgin Mary’s body ascend to heaven

We celebrate my story the first week after resurrection

St. Thomas

400

I was a tax collector

I wrote to the jews

I was martyred by a sword in Ethiopia

St. Matthew

500

I ascended to heaven

I humbled the priests of baal

I stopped rain for 3 years

Isiah

Nativity / Misc.

100

What Gospel/chapters are read in the last 4 weeks before the Nativity Feast?

Chapter 1 of the Gospel of Luke (divided on 4 weeks)

200

What did King Herod do when he learnt of the birth of Jesus?

Sent out an order to kill the kids who were two years old and younger

300

What kind of meat did God provide for the Israelites in the desert?

Quails

400

How many holes and crosses are on the orbana, and what do they symbolize?

5 holes for the wounds of Jesus (3 nails, 1 crown of thorns, 1 spear) and 12 small crosses (12 disciples)

500

I have cities, but no houses.
I have forests, but no trees.
I have rivers, but no water.
What am I?

A map

Bible

100

Who wrote the most books in the Bible?

St. Paul

200

Who wrote the book of Lamentations?

Jeremiah

300

How many sons did Noah have, and who are they?

Shem, Ham and Japheth

400

Who wrote the Chronicles?

Ezra

500

Which book talks about Samson?

Judges

Who am I? .2

100

I built the wall of jerusalem

I was the cup bearer to the king

I was captive for 70 years

Nehemiah

200

I grew up in the temple

I consecrated 2 kings

I was the prophet at king Saul’s time

Samuel

300

I begged God not to destroy a city

Me and my wife’s name were changed

I was 100 years old when I got my firstborn

Abraham

400

I grew up with my uncle and saved him from Haman

I married the king

I saved the Jews from the king’s wrath

Esther

500

I was rich

I lost all of my family

I was tempted by satan

Job