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?

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...

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.