Summer Feasting and Fasting
Across
- 3. The fasting period beginning a week after Pentecost is in honor of the Holy _____
- 9. On the feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos, we read from the Gospel of St. ____
- 10. This saint is considered a Confessor of the faith, and his feast is around the middle of one of the summer months
- 13. This feast is celebrated on August 6th
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- 1. Throughout the summer we mainly read from the Gospel of Saint _____
- 2. During Lent, in many churches the Canon of St. Andrew of Crete is served. His feast is held July ____.
- 4. The Church year begins on ________ 1st
- 5. This feast always comes 40 days after Pascha
- 6. The mother of the Theotokos fell asleep in the Lord in this month
- 7. A beloved modern saint is St. Kosmas of _______, whose feast is in August
- 8. This is the sister of St. Basil, and her feast is about half-way through the summer
- 11. On July 11, we celebrate St. Olga, Equal-to-the-Apostles. Later that week, we celebrate her grandson, _______, who bears the same title
- 12. The Feast of St. John the Baptist is held on _____ 24th