Extreme Easter Challenge: Lent, Maundy Thursday, Triduum and Vigil
The full Easter calendar, from Shrove Tuesday to Pentecost. Lent begins after Shrove Tuesday; Holy Week brings Maundy Thursday, the chrism oil, the Triduum and the Easter Vigil; the crucifixion is remembered on Good Friday and the resurrection celebrated at the sepulchre on Easter morning with Hallelujah; then come the Ascension and Pentecost. Passover sets the timing of it all.
Fourteen words in a 15x15 grid, with the whole Holy Week calendar, make this the Easter puzzle for experts.
Extreme Easter Holiday Challenge Vocabulary: 14 Words to Find
Words run across, up and down, and diagonally; 7 of the 14 read backwards. The longest word is Resurrection, with 12 letters.
- Ascension: Jesus rising into heaven forty days after Easter.
- Celebration: A joyful event to mark a special day.
- Chrism: A blessed oil used in baptism and confirmation, consecrated during Holy Week.
- Crucifixion: The execution of Jesus on a cross, remembered on Good Friday.
- Hallelujah: A Hebrew word meaning "praise the Lord".
- Lent: The forty days of fasting and prayer before Easter.
- Maundy: Maundy Thursday, which remembers the Last Supper.
- Passover: The Jewish festival of freedom from slavery in Egypt, at the time of the first Easter.
- Pentecost: The feast fifty days after Easter, celebrating the Holy Spirit.
- Resurrection: Jesus rising from the dead, the event Easter celebrates.
- Sepulchre: A tomb; the Church of the Holy Sepulchre stands at the traditional site of Jesus's burial.
- Shrove: Shrove Tuesday, the day before Lent, also called Pancake Day.
- Triduum: The three holiest days before Easter: Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Holy Saturday.
- Vigil: The Easter Vigil, the night service of Holy Saturday.
How to Solve the Extreme Easter Holiday Challenge Word Search
"Chrism" and "Vigil", with the only G, are the only diagonals. "Resurrection", 12 letters, reads backwards, like "Ascension" and "Celebration", with the only B. "Crucifixion", with the only X, "Hallelujah", with the only J, and "Passover" read across. "Pentecost", "Sepulchre" and "Triduum" run upward. "Lent", "Maundy", with the only Y, and "Shrove" run down.
Holy Week Calendar Activities
- Place each word on a calendar from Shrove Tuesday to Pentecost.
- Find out how Shrove Tuesday became Pancake Day.
- Time yourself and try to beat ten minutes.
Extreme Easter Holiday Challenge Word Search FAQ
Who is the Extreme Easter Holiday Challenge Word Search for?
Adults and expert solvers.
Which directions do the words run in?
Words run across, up and down, and diagonally; 7 of the 14 read backwards. 2 of them are diagonal.
Is there an answer key for the Extreme Easter Holiday Challenge Word Search?
Yes. Download it from the printable section above: it is a separate PDF with all 14 words marked. Online, each word is crossed off the list the moment you find it.
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