Across
- 2. to do something difficult or give up something so that you can help someone else.
- 3. the day you were born. “Birth” is a noun that describes when an animal starts living.
- 5. a baby chicken or any other baby bird
- 9. commemorates (celebrates and honors) the resurrection (re-birth) of Jesus Christ
- 11. A person is hung on a cross and left to die a very slow, painful death.
- 14. that meal is now called “the Last Supper,”Christians eat a piece of bread and drink a bit of wine. The bread and wine represent the body and blood of Jesus.
Down
- 1. the name for the period starting approximately 40 days before Easter. During Lent, many Christians do special activities to prepare for Easter.
- 3. a container made of straw or other materials.
- 4. “re-birth.”
- 6. In the context of Easter, it refers to the suffering and death of Jesus Christ. It comes from the old Latin word for “suffering.”
- 7. it’s a cross with Jesus on it. Many Christians wear crucifixes on necklaces or have them hanging on a wall to remind them of their faith.
- 8. one of the four seasons (the others are summer, fall/autumn, and winter). In the northern hemisphere (the northern half of the earth), spring starts in March, around the same time as Easter.
- 10. laid by a chicken, usually will hatch into a baby chick
- 12. a place where you put a dead body. Another word for that place is “grave,” but usually graves are in the ground, and tombs are above the ground.
- 13. Friday This is the name for the Friday before Easter. It commemorates the day that Jesus was killed.