Q 01/05

John of Antioch, the 4th-century archbishop, is remembered by the Greek nickname Chrysostom, which translates as what?

A) Golden-mouthed

B) Lion-hearted

C) Silver-tongued

D) Iron-willed

Answer · why

A) Golden-mouthed

Golden-mouthed is the meaning, a tribute to his eloquence, yet the name is not found in his own lifetime. It is first recorded in 553, almost 150 year...

Q 02/05

Which composer was baptized Joannes Chrysostomus because he was born on 27 January, then a feast of John Chrysostom?

A) Franz Joseph Haydn

B) Christoph Willibald Gluck

C) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

D) Ludwig van Beethoven

Answer · why

C) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart got the saint's name by Catholic custom at his baptism in Salzburg, but never used it in everyday life. He once opened a jokin...

Q 03/05

John Chrysostom was banished for good in 404 after complaining about revels around a silver statue of which empress?

A) Theodora

B) Eudoxia

C) Helena

D) Irene

Answer · why

B) Eudoxia

Eudoxia had already helped depose him once, then had him recalled almost at once. Her statue went up beside his cathedral two months later, and the ro...

Q 04/05

Riots over John Chrysostom's exile in 404 burned down the first version of which great church in Constantinople?

A) Hagia Irene

B) Chora Church

C) Holy Apostles

D) Hagia Sophia

Answer · why

D) Hagia Sophia

Hagia Sophia was his own cathedral, and the fire broke out just after soldiers led him out of the city. The domed building that stands today is the th...

Q 05/05

A short sermon credited to John Chrysostom is read aloud in Orthodox churches at the midnight service of which feast?

A) Easter

B) Christmas

C) Pentecost

D) Epiphany

Answer · why

A) Easter

Easter matins includes the homily, and by tradition nobody sits while it is read. It welcomes latecomers and early arrivals alike to the celebration, ...