C3 Flashcards

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Define lent

A

Preparation for Easter

40days + Nights (Jesus in desert with temptations)
Fasting/give up something- to remember Jesus in the desert
focus on repentance

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Name and define all the days in the Holy Week (5days)

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  1. Ash Wednesday- Beginning of lent, Ash= Symbol of repentance
  2. Palm Sunday- Triumphet entry of Jesus to Jerusalem (Zechariah 9:9 about Messiah entering Jerusalem with a donkey)
  3. Maundy Thursday- Last Supper (washing feet of disciples- serventship)
  4. Good Friday- Crucifixtion, salvation from sin, Church services on 3pm, only day without mass in Catholic
  5. Saturday- Easter Vigil
  6. Easter Sunday- Resurrection
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Define Advent

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Preparation for Christmas, counting down
Parousia- second coming (Jesus coming back to Earth)

Orthodox christians will fast

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Define Chrismas

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Jesus’ birth- INCARNATION
God becomes man- 2 nature in one union (Hypostasis)

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