Coptic New Year - Games Night (Grade 3 +) | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

The Coptic New Year - Feast of the Martyrs is celebrated on which day and month?

11th September

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What is another name for Coptic New Year starting with 'N' and meaning ‘the rivers’

Nayrouz

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Our Coptic Church is also known as ... the church of ...

The church of martyrs

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Our Coptic Orthodox Church began its own calendar of Martyrs in 284AD because of which Roman emperor? Nero, Diocletian, Maximianus or Constantine?

Emperor Diocletian

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Who in Egypt still uses the Coptic calendar? HINT: The Coptic calendar months are based on 3 seasons - Inundation, Cultivation and Harvest, and are related to the Nile River.

The Coptic calendar is still used by farmers today

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Can you identify the shortest/last Coptic month? (a) Amshir, (b) Misra, (c) Nasie or (d) Abib?

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Red dates are symbolic of the martyrs. Can you name all 4 symbols the red date represents?

Red = martyrs' blood. White flesh of the date = purity. Stony Seed = strong faith. The head of the date = crown

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How many months are in the Coptic calendar?

13 months

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Can you name the Coptic month when we celebrate the Feast of the Martyrs?

Thout

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Martyr is actually a Greek word meaning... (a) Faith (b) Truth (c) Suffering (d) Witness

(d) Witness. A martyr is a 'witness' of Christ and is someone who suffers persecution and death for refusing to give up their Christian faith.

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Who is our 1st Coptic Martyr?

St Stephen (Acts 7:51-60)

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