Holy Week

High school (ages 12+)
Holidays & Celebrations

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/holy-week

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the liturgical designation?Hagía kaì Megálē Hebdomás (Holy and Great Week)
2. What is the theological core?Commemoration of Jesus Christ's Passion, death, and resurrection
3. Why do people celebrate Palm Sunday?On Palm Sunday, people cheer for Jesus as he rides into Jerusalem on a donkey. It shows how people welcomed him as the Messiah.
4. What happens on Good Friday?Good Friday is the day Jesus was crucified on the cross. Christians remember his sacrifice to help everyone be forgiven.

Soteriology: The theological doctrine concerning salvation, particularly through Jesus Christ's sacrifice.
Eucharist: A Christian sacrament commemorating the Last Supper, involving consecrated bread and wine.
Atonement: The reconciliation of God and humankind through the sacrificial death of Jesus Christ.