Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday
Across
- 3. the activity that Christians are expected to perform on Shrove Tuesday.
- 4. the type of calendar used to calculate when Easter is - and therefore when Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday are.
- 7. the number of days and nights that Jesus fasted.
- 11. a vice that a Christian might give up for Lent these days.
- 12. the people who were thought to have first eaten pancakes.
- 13. (2w)the French word for Shrove Tuesday.
- 14. the name of the Christian season that starts with Ash Wednesday.
Down
- 1. (2w) the name of the sound that was heard at noon on the Tuesday.
- 2. the season that has just started when Easter is celebrated.
- 3. the shape of the ashes that are put on people's foreheads.
- 5. a word that means people are sorry.
- 6. a type of food that Christians were expected to give up during Lent in the past.
- 7. what Christians are expected to do during lent.
- 8. the plat leaves that are burned to make the ashes.
- 9. the present tense name for the forgiveness of sins that happens on that Tuesday.
- 10. what people do to their pancakes while they are cooking.