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WorksheetsChristian Festivals
Total questions: 27
Worksheet time: 19mins
What does the 'Advent' mean; what is the festival celebrating?
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Apart from Christ's incarnation on earth, 'Advent' also reminds Christians of Christ's (a) coming.
Advent is celebrated how many 'sundays' before Christmas.
(a)
What are popular traditional symbols used by Christians when celebrating 'Advent'?
Advent Candles
Christingles
Easter Eggs
Advent Calendar
Name the 2 'most important' and 'most celebrated' Festivals of Christianity.
Good Friday and Easter
Christmas and Easter
Christmas and Pentecost
Christmas and Good Friday
Name the 3 Festivals where Christians prepare for and celebrate the birth of Jesus.
Lent, Christmas, Easter
Lent, Christmas, Epiphany
Advent, Christmas, Lent
Advent, Christmas, Epiphany
Why is Christmas, which marks the birth of Christ, important for Christians to celebrate?
Because Jesus was not killed by King Herod when he sent soldiers to do so in Bethlehem
Time for giving each other presents
Because Santa Claus is also 'coming to town'
It celebrates the Incarnation - Son of God coming to earth as a human being to offer Salvation to believers
Why do Christians celebrate the festival of Epiphany?
To extend the celebration of Christmas for 12 more days
Commemorates the Wise Men from the East visiting Jesus to worship him with valuable gifts
Reminds Christians to bring gifts of Gold, Myrrh and Frankincense when we worship God
Denotes the message of Jesus is not restricted to Jews but also to Gentiles
Name 4 Festivals Christians celebrate to commemorate the preparation, death, resurrection, and post-resurrection events of Jesus
(a)
The day Christians commemorate, when Jesus died on the cross
Easter
Christmas
Good Friday
Lent
The period leading up to Easter commemorating the forty days Jesus spent in the desert fasting and praying.
Lent
Holy Week
Ascension Day
Advent
The day that starts off commemorating the Lent period of 40 days.
Palm Sunday
Shrove Tuesday
Maundy Thursday
Ash Wednesday
A remembrance of the day the Last Supper was held and in preparation of Good Friday.
Lent
Easter
Maundy Thursday
Holy Trinity
What does Jesus' resurrection from the dead signify for Christians?
That Jesus is alive today
As evidence that He was able to conquer Death
That His believers can also have 'eternal life'
That He is in the same category as those He resurrected - Lazarus, son of widow of Naan and Jairus' daughter
The last week of Jesus' life, including Palm Sunday which celebrates Jesus' entry into Jerusalem the week before his crucifixion.
Holy Trinity
Holy Week
Saints' Day
Advent
Celebrates the day Jesus ascended into Heaven.
Ascension Day
Advent
Epiphany
Holy Week
What are the 3 things Christians focus on when they commemorate the Lent Festival?
Prayer, Fasting, Almsgiving
Going to Church, Feasting, Praying
Relent, repent, renounce
Fasting, Abstaining, Praying
The last day of Lent.
(a)
Which days are considered part of the 'Holy Week'?
Palm Sunday
Shrove Tuesday
Spy Wednesday
Easter Sunday
Which other days are considered part of the Holy Week?
Maundy Thursday
Good Friday
Holy Saturday
Ash Wednesday
What happens in churches during Palm Sunday?
Wave palm branches to welcome those coming to church
Small crosses are made from 'palm leaves'
Weep as Jesus wept for Jerusalem
Scripture readings on one of the 'Passion' narratives
What happens in churches on Maundy Thursday?
Holy Communion service as in the Last Supper
Catholic priests wash the feet of the congregation members
Giving of alms
Christians get themselves 'arrested'
What happens in churches on 'Good Friday'?
Statues are covered; lights are dimmed in Catholic churches
Sing hymns, say prayers, sermons given
Enactment of 'passion plays or musicals'
Christians undergo 'crucifixion' on the cross without loss of blood
Name 4 Christian worship artefacts used only at Christmas.
(a)
Why do Christians worship on Sunday as their Holy Day of the week?
Because Jews have Saturday as Holy Day, Muslims have Friday as Holy Day
Jesus Christ was resurrected on Sunday
Pentecost was on a Sunday.
Sunday was specially chosen to replace Saturday as the Sabbath Day
In Colossians 2:16-17, Paul declares, “Therefore do not let anyone _____ you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a religious festival, a New Moon celebration or a _____ day. These are a _____ of the things that were to come; the reality, however, is found in _____.”
(a)
Romans 14:5 states, “One man considers one day more _____ than another; another man considers _____ day alike. Each one should be fully _____ in his own _____.”
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