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CHDS No.1
COFFEE HOUR DISCUSSION STARTERS
MULTIPLE
CHOICE
1
. The term “Liturgy” refers to:
a) Public service
b) Public worship
c) Both the above
d) Neither of the
above
2
. The basic aspects of human nature expressed
in liturgy are:
a) The need for
individual self expression
b) The need to
come together
c) The need to
worship
d) The need for
non-verbal expressions
3
. The term “hours” refers to:
a) The ‘cathedral
‘ services of vespers and matins
b) The all-night
vigil services
c) The brief services
prayed every few hours during the day
d) The monastic
services of compline and midnight prayer during the
night hours
4
. The chief
offices of the Byzantine Churches are:
a) Orthros and matins
b) Matins and
vespers
c) Great Compline and the Great Hours\
d) Vespers and
the Akathist
5
. The following
observance (s) is/are not included among
the Twelve Great Feasts:
a) Palm Sunday
b) Hypapante (Presentation of the Lord in the temple)
c) Immaculate
Conception
d) Pascha
6
. The weekly
commemorations include:
a)
b) The sufferings
of Christ on Wednesday and Friday
c) The departed
believers on Saturday
d) All the saints
on Saturday
7
. The design and structure of Byzantine
Churches is related to:
a) The Jewish
Synagogue
b) The Jewish
temple
c) The Greek
Basilica
d) The Roman
catacombs
8
. The design and placement of icons in the
church building is meant to reflect in a visual way:
a) The effects of
the Divine Liturgy and the Sacraments
b) The history of
the Church in God’s loving plan
c) Our
relationship to the mystery of God’s love
d) The
relationship of clergy and people in the Church
9
. The bishop:
a) Presides over
the Liturgy because he is the head of the Community.
b) Is head of the
Community because he presides over the Liturgy.
c) Is head of the
diocesan community, but not the parish community.
d) Is represented
in the parish Liturgy only by the priest he has sent.
10 . Thy mystery
of holy orders (priesthood) includes the offices of:
a) Patriarch,
bishop, and priest
b) Bishop,
priest, and deacon
c) Bishop,
archpriest, and priest
d) Priest,
deacon, and subdeacon
11 . The proper
celebrant of the Divine Liturgy is/are:
a) The bishop
surrounded by his priests and deacons
b) The Clergy and
the people together
c) Christ
d) The chief of
the concelebrating clergy
12 . The Divine Liturgy commemorates and makes present:
a) The Sacrifice
of the Cross
b) Christ’s death
and resurrection
c) Christ’s whole
earthly life
d) The entire
saving mystery of Christ, past and future
CHDS
Series #2
COFFEE HOUR DISCUSSION STARTERS
(FILL-IN THE MISSING WORD/S)
1. The Blessed
Virgin Mary is called __________________________.
2
. Our homes
are properly called
______________churches.
3
. We are initiated into the family of God when
we ___
______________.
4
. ___________________ is the more common
Eastern term for what the West calls sacraments
5
. The evening communion service held with
vespers during the Great Fast is called
the ___________________________.
6
. The series of prayers, beginning with the Trisagion (“Holy God . . . “) and ending with the Lord’s
Prayer is called the ______________________________.
7
. A prayer shrine placed in the corner of a
room, usually the eastward corner, as the focus for personal or family prayer
is called ____________________________________.
8
. The author of the Divine Liturgy we
celebrate most of the year is _________________________.
9
. Baptism includes
_______________________--
_______________________
10
. The word “Eucharist” means
_________________________.
11
. What do we sing at the Great Entrance ________________________
12
. Where do the beatitudes come
from?_____________________________
13
. Short hymns made up of verses taken from the
Old Testament psalms, chanted by the choir and congregation are called
________________________
14
. The parents of the Virgin Mary are ________________-and
_____________
15
. A brief chant expressing the event remembered
on a feast which becomes the theme song of the feast is called a
________________________.
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CHDS No. 3
COFFEE HOUR DISCUSSION STARTERS
TRUE/FALSE
1
. The Church’s liturgy is completely distinct
from the concerns of ordinary life.
2
. The liturgy is God’s normal way of
sanctifying us
3
. The term kairos
refers to purposeful time, such as the appropriate moment for action.
4
. The practice of praying at fixed times during
the day began in the monasteries of the Middle Ages.
5
. The most ancient and important celebration of
the Church year is Pascha
6
. The Great Fast is the only obligatory fasting
season in our Church.
7
. The raised areas of the church where the word
of God is proclaimed is called the narthex.
8
. The iconostasis serve to remind us of both
our separation from and union with God.
9
. The basic priesthood in the Church’s worship
is that exercised by the bishop.
10
. The priesthood of the faithful is exercised
by each believer, both individually and corporately.
11
. The Eucharistic Liturgy is the continuation
of the Old Testament’s
12
. The Divine Liturgy is our entry into the
perpetual self-offering of Christ the High Priest.
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CHDS No. 4
COFFEE HOUR DISCUSSION STARTERS
1 What takes place during the
singing of the Cherubic Hymn?
A The Little Entrance
B The Creed
C The Great Entrance
2 Liturgy means:
A Public worship
B Common work or common action
C The work of all of God's people
D All of the above
3 What Feast is celebrated on
February 2?
A Valentine's Day
B The Encounter
C Hypapanty
4 The Feast of the Encounter
occurs:
A 40 days after Christmas
B February 20
C January 6
5 What do we celebrate on the Feast of the Encounter?
A The first meeting of Jesus, God and man, with His people
B The recognition of the baby Jesus as the Messiah
C Joachim and Anna recognize Jesus as the Messiah
D All of the above
6 The two candle candleholders
used by the bishop are called?
A Dikerion
B Candlebra
C Menorah
D Trikerion
Which Father of the Church said: "God became man that man might
become God"?
A St. StAthanasius
B. St. Basil the Great
C St. John Chrysostom
8 The form of the Liturgy
celebrated on most Sundays and feast days is the Liturgy of:
A. St. James
B St. John Chrysostom
C St Basil the Great
9. The Apostle connected with the
apostolic see of
A. St. Mark
B. St. Andrew
C. St. James
9 Who was the Apostle who
connected with the establishment of the see of
C St Peter
10 Name the Apostle connected with
the apostolic see of
B St John
C St Mark
11 Name the twelve Apostles?
A Andrew, Matthias, James, Peter, Jude, Simon, Judas Iscariot,
Bartholomew, Matthew, John, Philip, Thomas.
B Andrew Barnabas, Simon, Jude, Mathias, James, John, Philip, Peter,
Thomas, Judas Iscariot,
C Andrew, James, Peter, Paul, Jude, Simon, Judas Iscariot,
Bartholomew, Mathew, John, Philip, Thomas
12 The evening service consisting
of psalms, hymns, biblical canticles and litanies is called?
A Matins
B Vespers
C Orthros
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Answers: (1-C;, 2-D, 3-C, 4-A,
5-A+B, 6-A, 7-A;, 8-B, 8-B, 9-A, 10-1< 11-A, 12-B)