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23 Cards in this Set
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Age of Russian Orthodox Church? |
1000 years |
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In which century was Princess Olga of Kiev baptized? |
10th C - 954 |
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The main functions of Russian Monasteries |
-brought purely spiritual work -major centers of education -recoded in their chronicles the major historical events in the life of the Russian people -translated into Russian various theological, historical, and literary works |
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In which centuries were the Tatar invasions in Russia? |
13th C - held for 300 years |
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What Russian prince was a great warrior against the Tatars? |
Prince Dimitri Donskoy, blessed by St. Sergio of Radonezh |
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Who was St. Sergio of Radonezh? |
Gave his blessing to Prince Dimitri to fight the Kuliko Battle which marked the beginning of the liberation of Russia. He also founded the Trinity Monastery |
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In what century was the Trinity Monastery founded and by whom? |
By St. Sergio Radonezh in 1334 |
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Who was St. Andrew of Rublev? |
Icon-painter: -The Holy Trinity -The Transfiguration -The Archangel Michael |
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Who are Minin and Pozharsky? |
Fighters in the war against the Tatars |
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Who is Patriarch Nikon? |
One of the main people in charge of introducing corrections into the service books and rites of the church in the period after the invaders. |
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Explain the word "Orthodoxy" |
It means "right-praising" or "right-believing" |
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Name 3 of the first churches which were founded by the missionaries |
-Church of Alexandria - St. Mark -Church of Antioch - St. Paul -Church of Jerusalem - Sts. Peter & James -Church of Rome - Sts. Peter & Paul |
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Why do we say the Orthodox Church is only one, holy, Catholic, and apostolic? |
-Only one - bc Jesus only founded one church -Holy - through the sanctification of Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit -Catholic - bc its universal and knows no limitations of place and time -Apostolic - bc it was founded by the Holy Apostles |
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What does the term "icon" mean? |
-Greek for "image" -Establishes communion between God and man -Icons are blessed by the church -Icons depict God both as the victim (crucifixion) and the victor (resurrection) |
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7 sacraments of Orthodoxy |
-Baptism -Confirmation -Holy Eucharist -Confession -Ordination -Marriage -Holy unction |
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Name 3 of the largest Orthodox churches in the world |
-Russian - 70-100 mil -Romanian - 15 mil -Greek - 13 mil -Serbian - 8 mil -Bulgarian - 8 mil |
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Onion #s |
1) Singularity/unity - God is one 2) Duality - material/spirit, human/divine natures of Christ 3) Trinity 4) Four evangelists, people @ foot of cross 5) Wounds Jesus got 6) Creation - God created the world in 6 days 7) Perfection and rest, God rested on the 7th day 8) Regeneration or resurrection - 8 people saved on Noah's ark 9) Nine choirs of angels 10) 10 commandments 11) Eleven apostles remained with Jesus after Judas betrayed him 12) Apostles, represent the whole church 13) Betrayed - 12 @ the Last Supper - Judas 14) 14 stations of the cross |
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What do colors mean? |
-Gold - feel the radiant light of God -Purple/crimson - kingly -Red - heat, passion, love, life, resurrection, Christs' sacrifice, eternal life -White - heavenly realm, divine light, holiness, cleanliness, simplicity -Blue - celestial sky, everlasting world, Mary -Green - natural, living things, youth, flowering, hope, eternal renovation -Brown - bare earth, dust, all is transient and perishable - Mary's human nature -Black - evil and death, mystery |
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Difference between worship and veneration? |
-Veneration - asking saints to "intercede for us" -Worship - praise, fidelity, requests to God himself |
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Body language of icons: the glorified body, shadows, inverse perspective? |
-The glorified body - when Icons appear "unnatural" -Shadows - none in icons, area around a figure is actually illuminated -Inverse perspective - things are smaller @ front and get larger as they go back - opposite road \ / |
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Theophanes the Greek |
Icon-painter, very old. -The Dormition of the Virgin -John the Baptist and The Virgin -The Virgin of the Don |
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Dionisy |
Icon painter -The Metropolitan Alexis -The Virgin Hodegetria -The Metropolitan Peter, with Scenes from His Life |
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Schools of Russian Icons |
1) Kievan School of Icons 2) Vladimir-Suzdal School 3) The Novgorod School 4) Moscow School |
