Tsome Hirkal

The longest of all fasts of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church is:

• The Fast of Advent

• The Fast of Nineveh

• The Fast of the Apostles

• Great Lent

Who said: "The other members of the body also need to fast: our eyes from seeing evil, our ears from hearing evil, our hand from doing evil, our feet from running to evil. And our mind from evil thoughts."?

• St Yared the Ethiopian

• St Basil the Great

• St John Chrysostom

• St Jerome

Who said this: "Because we did not fast, we were chased out of Paradise; let us fast now, so that someday we may return there.” ?

• St Jerome

• St Basil he Great

• St John Chrysostom

• St Yared the Ethiopian

Children aged ________and above must fast all the seven fasting seasons.

• 7

• 14

• 18

• 16

There are _______weeks in the Lenten period.

• 2

• 4

• 6

• 8

The Lenten period is divided into ________ seasons.

• 1

• 2

• 4

• 3

The first week of the Lenten period is known as _________.

• Pascha

• Heraclius

• Passion Week

• Debrezait

Heraclius defeated the Persians at the Battle of Nineveh and restored ___________ to Jerusalem

• the True Cross

• his Family

• the Romans

• The Turkish

Which one is the shortest of the rest of the fasts?

• Apostles

• Assumption

• Theophany

• Lenten

Which food item can be eaten during the Lenten period?

• Fish

• Egg

• Injera

• McDonald's Chips