Name: _____________________ Date:_____________________

Easter/Holy Week Vocabulary Match

Match the words in the word bank to their descriptions below. Each word will be used only once.

A. Ash Wednesday B. eggs C. Holy Thursday D. jelly beans

E. Easter Bunny F. Lent G. lily H. Good Friday

K. Mardi Gras/ L. Palm

I. Holy Saturday J. Holy Week
Shrove Tuesday Sunday

1. ______ The period of 40 days before Easter is celebrated.

2. ______ The Tuesday before Lent begins. Often sweets and meat are eaten on this day to
prepare for the period of fasting.

3. ______ This person leaves Easter baskets full of sweets and small gifts for good children on
Easter Sunday.

4. ______ This day marks the beginning of Lent. Christians put ashes on their heads as a sign
of repentance.

5. ______ The Sunday before Easter. Catholic Christians attend services where palm branches
are blessed.

6. ______ The week of religious feast days leading up to Easter Sunday.

7. ______ One of the days of the Easter Triduum. It is historically celebrated as the day Jesus
ate his Last Supper and washed the feet of his disciples.

8. ______ One of the days of the Easter Triduum. It is historically celebrated as the day Jesus
died.

9. ______ This flower is one of the traditional flowers of Easter. It symbolizes resurrection and
new life.

10. ______ These are decorated in many homes during Easter time. The Easter Bunny may
also hide them for children to find.

11. ______ Don't be fooled! These may sound like a strange vegetable, but they are actually a
common type of candy left by the Easter Bunny.

12. ______ One of the days of the Easter Triduum. The day before Easter.