Syriac Orthodox Church Lecture Notes Flashcards

Comprehensive vocabulary flashcards covering Syriac Orthodox Church fasts, miracles, theology, biblical history, and Knanaya traditions.

Mid-Lent Day

The $25^{th}$ day of the Great Lent, which is always on a Wednesday.

Exaltation of the Cross

A feast celebrated in the Syriac Orthodox Church on Mid-Lent and Holy Cross Day.

Great Lent Miracles

Seven miracles celebrated during the first six Sundays and the Saturday prior to Palm Sunday: Wedding feast in Cana, the healing of the leper, healing the paralyzed man, healing the Canaanite's daughter, the healing of a crippled woman, healing the blind man, and raising Lazarus from the dead.

Fast Durations

Great Lent ($50$ days), Fast of Nativity/Yeldo ($10$ days), Assumption Lent ($5$ days), Nineveh Lent ($3$ days), and Apostles Lent ($3$ days).

Fortieth Friday

The Friday during Great Lent on which the Holy Eucharist is celebrated.

Canonical Lents

The five recognized fasts: Nineveh Lent, The Great Lent, Apostles Lent, Assumption Lent, and Lent of Nativity.

Epiphany (Denho)

The feast celebrating the Baptism of Jesus, held on January $6$.

Apocrypha Books

The eleven books: Tobit, Judith, Esther, Wisdom of Solomon, Wisdom of Sirach, Epistle of Jeremiah, Baruch 1, Baruch 2, Daniel, 1 Maccabees, and 2 Maccabees.

Fruits of the Holy Spirit

The nine qualities: Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness, Goodness, Faithfulness, Humility, and Self Control.

Mount Ararat

The location where Noah's ark came to rest after the great flood.

Mount Sinai

The place where God gave the $10$ Commandments to Moses.

Hill of Calvary (Golgotho)

The site where Jesus was crucified.

Omniscient

The attribute of God meaning He is all-knowing and sovereign over all things visible and invisible.

Transcendent

The attribute of God meaning He exists above and independent from all created things on earth and in the heavens.

Triune

The attribute of God meaning He is one God manifested in three divine persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

Tarsus

The city where St. Paul was born.

Elymas

The false prophet who was with the Roman governor when he met Paul.

Number Seven

A number symbolizing completeness and perfection, considered a complete perfect number by the Israelites.

Asceticism

The practice of strict self-denial and discipline to avoid worldly practices as a means of attaining a higher spiritual horizon.

Monasticism

The state of being secluded from the world in order to fulfill religious vows.

Christian Stewardship

A person's relationship to God which identifies God as the owner and man as the manager or co-worker.

Knai Thoma

The leader of the Syriac migrators who left Edessa in AD $345$ for the coast of Kodyngaloor in Kerala, India.

Palanquin

One of the $72$ privileges received by Knai Thoma and the Syriac migrators from the king of Kerala, represented on the Knanaya Archdiocese logo.

Mor Clemons Abraham Metropolitan

The Metropolitan under whose administration the logo of the Knanaya Community was developed.