Lesson 24 Mother of God

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Across
  1. 2. In the icon of the Dormition, Christ is holding ______ in his arms to suggest the Eternal
  2. 3. Christians look at ________ as, not the final end of life, but something temporary.
  3. 5. We remember Mary's coming to the temple because we remember that she was to be an ______even holier than the one in the temple.
  4. 8. This title that we give Mary means that Christ had no human father, but was conceived in Mary by the power of the Holy Spirit. (3 words)
  5. 9. Mary was buried here outside of Jerusalem when she died.
  6. 11. Icons have three _____ on Mary's shoulders and heads, meaning that she was a virgin,before, during and after Christ's birth.
  7. 13. Means falling asleep or repose
  8. 14. According to tradition, the Virgin is said to have lived the rest of her life in Jerusalem with the Apostle _________.
  9. 15. Shortly after her death, Mary's tomb was opened and found to be __________.
  10. 18. November 21, Feast of the ________ of the Theotokos
  11. 19. ____________ of the Theotokos is the first major feast of the liturgical year on Sept. 8.
  12. 20. We call Mary this because she held Jesus in her womb. (3 words)
  13. 21. We celebrate the Feast of the Dormition by blessing herbs and __________.
  14. 22. The Church sees Ezekiels vision of this in Ezekiel 44:2 as pointing to Mary.
  15. 23. Means "God-bearer" or Mother of God
Down
  1. 1. The Infancy Gospel of James
  2. 4. Mary is more spacious than the _____ because she contains the creator.
  3. 6. she now shares.
  4. 7. Two weeks before the Feast of the Dormition is a ____ period.
  5. 10. Feast of the Dormition is celebrated on ________ 15th.
  6. 12. Sign of God's Presence in the Old Testament (4 words)
  7. 16. A hymn for the feast of the Nativity of the Theotokos
  8. 17. Another word for the Feast of the Nativity of the Theotokos