C3 Flashcards
1
Q
Define lent
A
Preparation for Easter
40days + Nights (Jesus in desert with temptations)
Fasting/give up something- to remember Jesus in the desert
focus on repentance
2
Q
Name and define all the days in the Holy Week (5days)
A
- Ash Wednesday- Beginning of lent, Ash= Symbol of repentance
- Palm Sunday- Triumphet entry of Jesus to Jerusalem (Zechariah 9:9 about Messiah entering Jerusalem with a donkey)
- Maundy Thursday- Last Supper (washing feet of disciples- serventship)
- Good Friday- Crucifixtion, salvation from sin, Church services on 3pm, only day without mass in Catholic
- Saturday- Easter Vigil
- Easter Sunday- Resurrection
3
Q
Define Advent
A
Preparation for Christmas, counting down
Parousia- second coming (Jesus coming back to Earth)
Orthodox christians will fast
4
Q
Define Chrismas
A
Jesus’ birth- INCARNATION
God becomes man- 2 nature in one union (Hypostasis)
