Lent

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 4. A Christian celebration of the Resurrection of Christ (6)
  2. 6. The act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure (9)
  3. 7. Abstaining from food (7)
  4. 9. The third person in the Trinity (10)
  5. 10. The 7th ___ before Easter (12)
  6. 12. Red liquid pumped around the body by the heart (5)
  7. 15. The ancient Canaanitic language of the ___ that has been revived as the official language (plural) (7)
  8. 16. Animal flesh eaten as food (4)

Down

  1. 1. A period of 40 weekdays from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday (4)
  2. 2. Central figure of Christianity, born in Bethlehem (5)
  3. 3. The activity of putting or setting in order in advance of some act or purpose (11)
  4. 5. Holy city in Israel (9)
  5. 8. The creator and ruler worshipped in many faiths (3)
  6. 11. The ___ before Easter (8)
  7. 13. A teacher and prophet born in Bethlehem and active in Nazareth (6)
  8. 14. A ___ color or pigment (6)