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60 Questions & Answers for a Local Parish Quiz

(1) Q: What was the ethnic origin of St. Gregory
the Illuminator?
A: Parthian

(2) Q: What was King Trdat's sister's name?
A: Khosrovidukhd

(3) Q: Where did St. Gregory spend his early years?
A: Caesarea

(4) Q: Who was St. Gregory's father?
A: Anak

(5) Q: Which Roman emperor sent Trdat to Armenia to take over the Armenian throne?
A: Diocletian

(6) Q: How many sons did St. Gregory have?
A: Two

(7) Q: Can you give the name of one of the sons of St. Gregory?
A: Aristakes & Vrtanes

(8) Q: What was St. Gregory's wife's name?
A: Mariam

(9) Q: Where did St. Gregory die?
A: Mount Sepuh

(10) Q: Who found the relics of St. Gregory?
A: Garnik

(11) Q: Where did St. Gregory go to receive ordination?
A: Caesarea

(12) Q: Who ordained St. Gregory as bishop of Armenia?
A: Bishop Leontius

(13) Q: What was the name of the capital of Armenia in St. Gregory's lifetime?
A: Vagharshapat

(14) Q: To what dynasty did King Trdat belong?
A: Arshakuni/Arsacids

(15) Q: Can you name the queen of King Trdat?
A: Ashkhen

(16) Q: Who was King Trdat's successor?
A: Khosrov

(17) Q: Whom did St. Gregory see in his vision?
A: Christ

(18) Q: Where was St. Gregory incarcerated for thirteen years?
A: Khor Virab

(19) Q: What religious rank did St. Gregory have?
A: Bishop

(20) Q: How many torments did St. Gregory suffer?
A: Twelve

(21) Q: Why was St. Gregory tortured?
A: For not offering sacrifice to the idol of the goddess Anahit

(22) Q: Can you give the names of at least three pagan Armenian gods?
A: Anahit, Aramazd, Vahagn, Tir, Astghik, Mihr, Nane, Vanatur

(23) Q: Whom did St. Gregory's father kill?
A: King Khosrov of Armenia

(24) Q: Where did King Trdat spend his early years?
A: Roman empire

(25) Q: From whom did King Trdat claim the throne of his ancestors?
A: The Persians

(26) Q: To which two nations did St. Gregory preach?
A: The Georgians and Caucasian Albanians

(27) Q: In which river did St. Gregory baptize the Armenian nation?
A: Aratsani, which is a major tributary of the Euphrates

(28) Q: Whose relics did St. Gregory bring to Armenia?
A: St. John the Baptist's

(29) Q: Other than Holy Etchmiadzin, can you name two churches that St. Gregory built?
A: St. Hripsime, St. Gayiane

(30) Q: From where did they quarry the stones to build the cathedral of Holy Etchmiadzin?
A: Mt. Ararat

(31) Q: Who carried the blocks of stone to the site of the cathedral of Holy Etchmiadzin?
A: King Trdat

(32) Q: Can you give the name of the ancient author who wrote about the history of the conversion of the Armenian people to Christianity?
A: Agathangelos

(33) Q: Where was skull of St. Gregory located until recently?
A: Naples, Italy

(34) Q: Can you mention three places that possess relics of St. Gregory?
A: Holy Etchmiadzin, Jerusalem, Antilias

(35) Q: Can you identify at least two churches that bear the name of St. Gregory?
A: The new cathedral in Yerevan; the cathedral in Antilias

(36) Q: Can you give the names of St. Gregory's
two grandsons?
A: Aristakes, Vrtanes

(37) Q: Which famous church council took place during St. Gregory's lifetime?
A: The Council Nicaea in 325

(38) Q: Can you give the name of the Roman emperor during St. Gregory's tenure as bishop?
A: St. Constantine

(39) Q: Can you give the name of the Armenian pagan priest's son who was converted by St. Gregory and later became a bishop?
A: Aghbianos

(40) Q: What was the name of the renowned cathedral in Armenia where St. Gregory's relics were kept in the early Middle Ages?
A: Zvartnots

(41) Q: What were the earliest monuments erected by St. Gregory at various sites in Armenia?
A: Stone crosses

(42) Q: Can you name at least two literary works attributed to St. Gregory?
A: The Teaching of St. Gregory, Hachakhapatum

(43) Q: Can you identify the section in the Divine Liturgy that St. Gregory added?
A: The doxology after the
Nicaean Creed

(44) Q: Who were the first illuminators of the Armenian nation?
A: The Holy Apostles Thaddeus & Bartholomew

(45) Q: How many times a year is St. Gregory commemorated in the Armenian Church?
A: Three times

(46) Q: Can you name at least two of the feasts dedicated to St. Gregory?
A: His entry into the pit; deliverance from the pit; invention of his relics

(47) Q: Where is the Monastery of Khor Virab located?
A: To the southeast of Holy Etchmiadzin

(48) Q: Who is the first Armenian woman saint?
A: St. Sandukhd

(49) Q: How many Armenians did St. Gregory baptize?
A: Four million

(50) Q: How did St. Gregory spend his later years?
A: He became a hermit

(51) Q: Who was St. Gregory's successor?
A: His younger son, Artistakes

(52) Q: From St. Gregory's time up to the present-day, how many Catholicoi of All Armenians have there been?
A: 132

(53) Q: What was the religion of the Armenians before St. Gregory's time?
A: Pagan syncretism

(54) Q: What is the Armenian word for "Illuminator?"
A: Loosavorich

(55) Q: Did the Armenians have a literature at the time of St. Gregory?
A: Not a written literature, but a rich oral tradition

(56) Q: What was St. Gregory's native language?
A: Greek

(57) Q: Who was St. Gregory's most renowned pupil?
A: Daniel

(58) Q: Who was responsible for St. Artistkes' death?
A: Arkeghayos

(59) Q: What was St. Gregory's secular name?
A: Suren

(60) Q: From where did St. Hripsime and Gayiane and their companions come?
A: Rome

(61) Q: How is St. Nersess the Great related to St. Gregory?
A: St. Nersess is the grandson of St. Gregory's grandson