This easy crossword puzzle introduces kids to common Easter traditions and items they see during the holiday. Perfect for ages 8-12.
Esoteric Traditions and Symbols of Easter is a hard crossword puzzle with 18 clues covering . Play it online for free below, or create your own crossword with our free crossword maker.
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Esoteric Traditions and Symbols of Easter
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- 1. Adjective relating to the Easter feast commemorating the resurrection.
- 2. Central event of Easter symbolizing Christ’s victory over death.
- 3. Inscription acronym traditionally placed above Christ's cross in Easter imagery.
- 6. Celestial event that loosely governs the calculation of Easter’s date.
- 10. A literary device often used in Passion narratives leading up to Easter.
- 12. Set form of public worship practiced during Easter in many denominations.
- 14. Christian feast marking the revelation, often linked to post-Easter celebrations.
- 15. Technically unrelated vegetable sometimes decorated or associated with Easter feasts.
- 16. Sacred space in churches often focal during the Easter vigil.
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- 4. Large candle symbolizing Christ’s light, lit during the Easter Vigil service.
- 5. Creature symbolically linked to fertility and often mistaken for a rabbit in folklore.
- 7. Method of execution marking the pivotal event commemorated during Easter.
- 8. The theological concept central to Easter’s significance in Christian doctrine.
- 9. Act of profound respect often directed at relics or symbols during Easter rituals.
- 11. Type of cloud named for its lens shape, appearing symbolically in some Easter art.
- 13. Feast celebrated fifty days after Easter, signifying the descent of the Holy Spirit.
- 17. Event occurring forty days after Easter, denoting Christ’s rise to heaven.
- 18. Three-day period encompassing Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Holy Saturday.
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