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Exploring the Eastern Orthodox Church: A Visual Quiz

This quiz explores various aspects of the Eastern Orthodox Church through visual representations, testing knowledge on significant structures, practices, and artworks within the tradition.

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1 What does the following picture show?  Depiction of the Hagia Sophia's appearance during Byzantine times   Pentecost: The spread of Christianity begins.   Orthodox Deacons preparing incense for a Cross Procession in Novosibirsk, Russia.   The congregation lighting their candles from the new flame in Adelaide, at St. George Greek Orthodox Church, just as the priest has retrieved it from the altar – note that the picture is flash-illuminated; all electric lighting is off, and only the oil lamps in front of the Iconostasis remain lit.

2 What does the following picture show?  Stavronikita monastery, Mount Athos, Greece (South-East view)   Clergy at All Saints' Antiochian Orthodox Church, Raleigh, United States (L to R): priest, two deacons, bishop   Photograph taken of the 1931 demolition of the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow.   16th century Russian Orthodox icon of the Resurrection

3 What does the following picture show?  Last Judgment. 12th-century Byzantine mosaic from Torcello Cathedral.   An illustration of the traditional interior of an Orthodox church   Orthodox Monastery of Saint Naum in Ohrid, Macedonia.   The congregation lighting their candles from the new flame in Adelaide, at St. George Greek Orthodox Church, just as the priest has retrieved it from the altar – note that the picture is flash-illuminated; all electric lighting is off, and only the oil lamps in front of the Iconostasis remain lit.

4 What does the following picture show?  Iconostasis in the Cathedral of the Annunciation in the Moscow Kremlin.   Orthodox Monastery of Saint Naum in Ohrid, Macedonia.   The 17th-century interior of a typical Yaroslavl church   Enei Church, central Bucharest, Romania, being purposely demolished by Communist authorities on 10 March 1977, 6 days after the 1977 Bucharest earthquake, despite having suffered no structural damage.

5 What does the following picture show?  The Three-Bar Orthodox Cross.   The rebuilt Cathedral of Christ the Saviour.   A service at St. Michael's Cathedral in Izhevsk   Orthodox Monastery of Saint Naum in Ohrid, Macedonia.

6 What does the following picture show?  Orthodox Deacons preparing incense for a Cross Procession in Novosibirsk, Russia.   Enei Church, central Bucharest, Romania, being purposely demolished by Communist authorities on 10 March 1977, 6 days after the 1977 Bucharest earthquake, despite having suffered no structural damage.   Orthodox churches in Vologda, Russia

7 What does the following picture show?  Orthodox Monastery of Saint Naum in Ohrid, Macedonia.   An illustration of the traditional interior of an Orthodox church   Last Judgment. 12th-century Byzantine mosaic from Torcello Cathedral.

8 What does the following picture show?  The rebuilt Cathedral of Christ the Saviour.   Photograph taken of the 1931 demolition of the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow.   Stavronikita monastery, Mount Athos, Greece (South-East view)   16th century Russian Orthodox icon of the Resurrection

9 What does the following picture show?  The 17th-century interior of a typical Yaroslavl church   Orthodox churches in Vologda, Russia   The congregation lighting their candles from the new flame in Adelaide, at St. George Greek Orthodox Church, just as the priest has retrieved it from the altar – note that the picture is flash-illuminated; all electric lighting is off, and only the oil lamps in front of the Iconostasis remain lit.   Enei Church, central Bucharest, Romania, being purposely demolished by Communist authorities on 10 March 1977, 6 days after the 1977 Bucharest earthquake, despite having suffered no structural damage.

10 What does the following picture show?  An illustration of the traditional interior of an Orthodox church   Neamţ Monastery in Romania   Iconostasis in the Cathedral of the Annunciation in the Moscow Kremlin.   The congregation lighting their candles from the new flame in Adelaide, at St. George Greek Orthodox Church, just as the priest has retrieved it from the altar – note that the picture is flash-illuminated; all electric lighting is off, and only the oil lamps in front of the Iconostasis remain lit.

💡 Interesting Facts

  • the Akhtala monastery (pictured) was originally an Armenian Apostolic monastery that was converted into an Eastern Orthodox monastery in the 1200s.
  • the semantron, intended for summoning Eastern Orthodox Christians to worship, has been used as a deadly weapon in church brawls.
  • the Sviatohirsk Lavra (pictured), an Orthodox Christian monastery in eastern Ukraine that dates back to the 1500s, was recently rebuilt anew after being destroyed by the Soviets in the 1930s.
  • the official recognition of the Eastern Orthodox Church in Transylvania in the late 18th century was the result of the activity of an Orthodox monk who was canonized two centuries later as Saint Sofronie of Cioara.
  • the Chinese government had no objections when the Eastern Orthodox Church canonized Metrophanes, Chi Sung and other martyrs of the Boxer Rebellion, but did object to canonizations by the Roman Catholic Church.
  • the Orthodox cave monastery in Bakota, Ukraine is said to have been founded by St. Anthony of Kiev.
  • Romanian clergyman Gavril Bănulescu-Bodoni (pictured) was the first head of the church in Bessarabia after the Russian annexation.
  • Saint Mary of the Mongols (pictured) is the only Byzantine church in Constantinople to have remained Eastern Orthodox to this day.
  • Elias Zoghby, a Melkite Catholic archbishop, attempted to re-establish communion between the Melkite Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church while maintaining communion with the Roman Catholic Church.
  • the 11th century Duke Yaropolk Izyaslavich is an Eastern Orthodox saint.
  • Eastern Orthodox icon expert Father Egon Sendler is highly respected by many Eastern Orthodox scholars, despite being a Roman Catholic.
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