Lent and Holy week quiz

What is a ritual?

• A written account of the last days of Jesus.

• A religious service / ceremony involving a series of actions performed in a fixed order.

• A celebration in which worshipers eat bread and drink Prime.

• The day on which Christians remember the death of Jesus.

What is Lent?

• The ashes made from the burning of the previous year's palms used celebrating Palm Sunday.

• A period of staying awake to keep watch and pray.

• It's when you give something of value to someone else but expect to get it back.

• Lent is known as the Penitential Season - the 40 days leading up to Easter.

On which day of the week are ashes used to make the sign of the cross on penitents?

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What things might Christians do during lent?

• Fast (not eat)

• Do something charitable to help others.

• Give up something they usually eat.

• Drink as much Prime as physically possible.

Ash Wednesday marks the first day of...

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Which part of Jesus' life does Lent represent?

• His birth (The Nativity).

• The 40 days he spent being tempted in the desert.

• His ascension into Heaven.

• The performing of the first miracle.