The Feast of Nayrouz

“You shall love the Lord your God with all your …, with all your soul, and with all

your strength.” Deuteronomy 6:5

• Heart

• Soul

• Strength

What is the feast of Nayrouz?

• The Feast of Resurrection.

• A Feast to remember the martyrs who gave up their life because of their great love for Christ

  the King.

• A Feast to celebrate Jesus’ birth.

When do we celebrate the Feast of Nayrouz?

(You can choose more than one answer)

• The beginning of the coptic new year

• In September every year

• In January

True or false:

The word martyr means someone who has

“witnessed” to our Lord Jesus Christ by giving up his/her life, in order to keep our

Orthodox faith for us.

• False

• True

Why do we eat red dates on the feast of Nayrouz?

(You can choose more than one answer)

• The red skin represents the blood of the

  martyrs.

• the white flesh represents the purity of their heart.

• the hard pit

  represents their strong faith.

How do we celebrate the Nayrouz feast?

• By making a procession with relics and

  icons of martyrs to celebrate their lives and their sacrifice for the church.

• By just eating all sorts of yummy food.

• By having a day off of school.

True or False:

A relic is a part of the body of the martyr or saint.

• True

• False

How could we show Jesus that we love him so much?

(You can choose more than one answer)

• By giving up some of our play time to spend time with Jesus in praying and reading the Bible

• By just playing all the time

• By honouring our parents and being obedient to our parents and teachers.

• By being witnesses to Jesus when we do good things to everyone.

Who is your favourite saint? What do you know about him/her?

(You can either type your answer or just say it to your parents)