RS festivals

Question 1

Yom Kippur

Answer 1

Jewish festival: The Day of Atonement - a day of repentance and fasting on the tenth day after Rosh Hashanah. The holiest day of the Jewish year.

Question 2

Easter

Answer 2

Christian festival: Festival/ celebration of the resurrection of Jesus; the Easter season starts with Lent and ends with Pentecost (when the Holy Spirit visited earth)

Question 3

Id-ul-Adha

Answer 3

Islamic Festival: Festival; celebration of the Prophet Ibrahim’s willingness to sacrifice his son for Allah.

Question 4

atonement

Answer 4

Making amends or payment for a wrong. The belief that reconciliation between God and humanity was brought about by the death of Jesus as a sacrifice.

Question 5

resurrection

Answer 5

Being raised from the dead; the event three days after the crucifixion when it is believed that God raised Jesus from the dead.The form that many Christians believe
the afterlife will take, referring to either physical or spiritual bodies.

Question 6

crucifixion

Answer 6

The death of Jesus; a form of the death penalty used by the Romans