Definitions

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“What is the meaning of pestilence in the Bible?”

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Why did Jesus warn against saying the word "raca" in Matthew 5:22?

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"Why did Jesus refer to James and John as the sons of thunder?"

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Does the word “Tsar” (Czar) mean King?

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What does the word ‘church’ actually mean?

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What is a “dendrite?”

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What is a “stylite?”

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What is a Mantiya?

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What is a shrine?

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What does “Pantocrator” mean?

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What is a Great Schema?

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What is a “Protopresbyter?”

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What does the term “exegesis” mean?

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Some saints are referred to as “Confessors.” What does this term mean?

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On the south wall of the church there is an icon of St. Seraphim. In his hand he is holding what looks like a type of prayer rope, but one completely different from the kind I’ve normally seen, with two triangles on the bottom. What is this?

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What is the Feast of the Elevation of the Cross?

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What is a seminary?

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What are Subdeacons?

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What does the word “ordination” mean?

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What is the difference between Doctrine and Dogma?

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Definitions Pascha / Easter

What is the “Day of Rejoicing?”

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A little boy asked me the question, “If Good Friday is the day that Jesus died on the Cross, then why do they call it good?”

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Definitions Pascha / Easter

What is the Artos?

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What is a “Synodikon?”

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My favorite parable is the Prodigal Son, but what does the word “prodigal” actually mean?

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What are the Cherubim?

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What are Seraphim?

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What does “speaking in tongues” mean?

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What is Canon Law?

Definitions Pascha / Easter

Last Wednesday our church calendar noted that it was the “Leavetaking of Pascha.” What does this term mean?

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What are “Metrical Records?”

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What is meant by the term Apostolic Succession?

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What is the Maronite Church?

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What does “Son of Perdition” mean and who is it?

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What does the word Transubstantiation mean?

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What does the word “parish” mean?

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Who are the Major and Minor Prophets?

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How do you make water ‘holy’ and what purpose does it serve?

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What is a ‘dogma’ and what does it mean?

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What does the word ‘church’ actually mean?

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Can you briefly explain the differences between bishops, archbishops, metropolitans, and patriarchs?

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What does the word “Axios” mean?

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I’ve often heard the expression that someone’s as old as “Methuselah.” Who was Methuselah and exactly how old was he?

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What does term “locum tenens” mean?

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What is the Tabernacle and what is kept inside it?

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What is the literal meaning of the word “Bible?”

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In reading the Psalms I've often come across the word "Selah." What does this word mean?

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What is a “Concordance?”

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What is a “hair shirt?”

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What is Frankincense?