23d of February – 2nd of March 2015

Week 21

Shrove (Масляна) Tuesday

and Lent

What is Lent?

The forty days (not counting Sundays) before

Easter is known as Lent. This is the time of

year in England when the days begin to get

longer with the coming of Spring.

When does Lent begin?

Lent begins the day after Pancake Day. The

last week of Lent begins with Palm Sunday,

which celebrates the day Jesus entered

Jerusalem and the people lay down palms at

his feet.

Why is Lent 40 days?

The 40 days mark the traditional 40 days of

Jesus fasting in the desert.

What happens during Lent?

During Lent Christians used to fast (give up

food) but nowadays people try to give up

something like chocolate. Lent is a time when

Christians remember the 40 days that Jesus

spent in the desert without food.

There are many special days in Lent leading

up to Easter, the most important of all

Christian festivals.

Lent is the time when Christians prepare for

Easter by thinking of things they have done

wrong.

Shrove Tuesday (Pancake Day)

Shrove Tuesday is the last day before the

period which Christians call Lent. This day

is one of the moveable feasts in the church

calendar and is related to the date on which

Easter falls.

Shrove Tuesday always falls 47 days

before Easter Sunday, so the date varies

from year to year and falls between

February 3 and March 9.

Giving up foods: but not wasting them

In the old days there were many foods that

Christians would not eat during Lent: such as

meat and fish, fats, eggs, and milky foods.

So that no food was wasted, families would

have a feast on Shrove Tuesday, and eat up

all the foods that wouldn't last the forty days of

Lent without going off.

Pancakes were made on Shrove Tuesday as

they were a dish that could use up eggs, fats

and milk in the house by just adding flour.

Lent vocabulary

• 1. penance - покаяння

• 2. abstinence - стриманість

• 3. desert - пустеля

• 4. Almsgiving - милостиня

• 5. Sacrifice - жертва

• 6. Ash Wednesday - Попільна середа

• 7. fasting - поститися

• 8. Palms - пальма

• 9. Violet - фіолетовий

• 10. Prayer – молитва

• 11. Faith – віра

• 12. Sin - Гріх

penance abstinence desert almsgiving sacrificeAsh Wednesday fasting palms violet prayer

1. The season of Lent reflects the 40 days that Jesus spent in the __________.

2. _______________ is the giving of money or goods to the poor as a form of penance.

3. _____ _____________ is the first day of Lent.

4. ______________ is the lifting of our hearts and minds to God.

Facts about Lent

• Lent lasts for 40 days.

• Lent begins on Ash

Wednesday

• At this time, our days

get longer and it is the

start of Spring Time.

Why does Lent last 40 days?

• First we look at the story ‘Jesus

goes into the Wilderness’

• Jesus went to the desert for 40

days and nights. He didn’t

have any food or water.

• The devil came and tried to

make Jesus eat and drink.

• He made Jesus lots of promises

but Jesus said NO!

What can we do during Lent?

• Lent is a time when we can

make a Sacrifice to

remember when Jesus was in

the desert with nothing to eat

or anything to drink.

• If you were to give

something up this lent what

would it be?

Try something new this Lent?

• This Lent try and go on something for Lent! Something

that will help others!

• Today each person will choose one thing that they will

do to help others over Lent and place it on our Lenten

Tree.

Week task review http://www.elcivics.com/esl/airports/lesson-1.html