Candlemas

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. What lets us see; the opposite of dark (5)
  2. 6. Mother of Jesus (4)
  3. 7. Natural satellite that orbits the Earth (4)
  4. 8. Holy city in Israel (9)
  5. 10. Lighter consisting of a thin piece of wood or cardboard tipped with combustible chemical (5)
  6. 12. Central figure of Christianity, born in Bethlehem (5)
  7. 13. Twinkling lights in the night sky (5)
  8. 14. A former copper coin of Pakistan and India (4)

Down

  1. 1. Hot flames that burn (4)
  2. 3. Place of worship consisting of an edifice for the worship of a deity (6)
  3. 4. Absence of light or illumination (4)
  4. 5. Jesus' earthly father (6)
  5. 9. The 2nd son of Jacob and one of the 12 patriarchs of Israel (6)
  6. 11. A light usually carried in the hand (5)
  7. 13. The star our planet orbits (3)