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El-Nayrouz: Coptic New Year

W Verse to memorize:
If indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together
Romans 8:17

1.  When did the Coptic calendar start? ______

 a) 5 BC     b) 60 AD     c) 284 AD     d) 302 AD       e) 1050 AD
2.   The first martyr was ______
a) St. Paul      b) St. Stephen      c) St. Peter         d) St. Mark          e) St. George
3.  The last martyr of the Roman persecution era was ______
a) St. Stephen        b) St. Paul        c) Pope Peter I         d) St. Athanasius         e) St. Luke
4.  List three other names from among the Coptic Church martyrs :
  1.
  2.
  3.
5.  The Co_________ Church is called by his historians “the Church of the _____________”.

6.  During the rule of ______________ (Roman emperor), 840,000 Copts were _____________.  The persecution ended
      during the rule of king _____________ when he issued the edict of ____________ in 313AD, proclaiming religious
      freedom.

7.  Mark each  sentence with a “T” if it is true or an “F” if it is false:

  a) Martyrs declare their faith and confess their belief in God. [     ]
  b) Martyrs do not share the same pain & sufferings of Jesus Christ. [     ]
  c) Martyrs fear men more the God. [     ]
  d) Martyrs help a Church grow in number. [     ]
  e) Martyrdom is a punishment from God on a Church. [     ]
  f) The New Martyrs are those persecuted during the Islamic period. [     ]
  g) The last period of Christian persecution was in 64AD, during the reign of Nero. [     ]
  h) The Coptic Church lives with martyrdom continuously. [     ]
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