Lent

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 1. Building where Christians gather to worship (6)
  2. 3. A period of 40 weekdays from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday (4)
  3. 4. Stick of wax with a wick in the middle (plural) (7)
  4. 8. A ___ color or pigment (6)
  5. 9. Abstaining from food (7)
  6. 11. The reestablishing of cordial relations (14)
  7. 13. Central figure of Christianity, born in Bethlehem (5)
  8. 14. Estrangement from god (3)
  9. 15. A sacred place of pilgrimage (4)

Down

  1. 2. The rising of Christ on the third day after the Crucifixion (12)
  2. 3. A strong feeling of care and affection (4)
  3. 5. Letting go of anger toward someone who wronged you (11)
  4. 6. Talking or listening to God (6)
  5. 7. To stay in one place and anticipate or expect something (7)
  6. 10. A strong feeling or emotion (7)
  7. 12. Symbol of Christianity made of two crossing lines (5)