Holy Week What is Holy Week Learning Objective

Holy Week What is Holy Week?

Learning Objective To be able to explain what Holy Week is. Success Criteria • I can describe what Holy Week is. • I can describe some of the festivals that occur during Holy Week. • I can explain why Holy Week is important.

What is Holy Week? • • Holy Week is the most important time in the Christian calendar. It is a week of festivals which commemorate the death and resurrection of Jesus.

Which Festivals Make Up Holy Week? Holy Week consists of several festivals. These include: • Maundy Thursday • Good Friday • Easter Sunday Each of them focuses on a different part of the story of Jesus’ last few days.

Why is Holy Week so important? • To Christians, Jesus is the Son of God. • They believe he proved this when he died on the cross and was later resurrected. • This shows that he has power over death. • Christians also believe that, by being crucified, Jesus sacrificed himself for us. His death makes it possible for humanity’s sins to be forgiven and for people to enter heaven.

Holy Week Complete the word search about the key ideas of Holy Week.

Learning Objective To be able to explain what Holy Week is. Success Criteria • I can describe what Holy Week is. • I can describe some of the festivals that occur during Holy Week. • I can explain why Holy Week is important. Have you achieved today’s aims?