Christian holy places and Jerusalem
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- What are special journeys called for Christians?
- pilgrimages
- The Chritian holy places can be put into 2 groups name them.
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1)those in the Holy Land of Israel
2)those associated with saints - During festival times, especially at Easter, thousands of pilgrims gather together in where and why?
- the pilgrims gather at St Peter's Square to recieve the blessings of the Pope, which he delivers in 50 languages
- The most famous healing shrine is at _______ in _______
- Lourdes in France
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There in ____ a 14-year old girl called ________ ________
had 18 visions of the Virgin Mary. - 1850, Bernadette Soubrier
- There are many pilgrimage sites in Britain including _____(which is off the Scottish coast) and _________
- Iona, Walsingham
- The head of the Roman Catholic Church
- Pope
- A person in the Christian Church who is recognised for their holiness of life
- Saint
- Mary, the mother of Jesus
- Virgin Mary
- Jerusalem is a very important holy city to ____, _______ and ________
- Jews, Christians ans Muslims
- It was here that _____ _______, the most important Jewish king, made his capital city and where his son _________ built his first great Temple in ________
- King David,Solomon,95BCE
- About what year was jesus crucified?
- 30CE
- It is here that the mosque of the _____ of the ______-one of the most sacred Muslims site-is situated
- Dome of the Rock
- Solomon's great Temple was destroyed in _______
- 586BCE
- The Romans destroyed this Temple in ______
- 70CE
- After Mecca and Madinah, ________ is the most holy city in Islam.
- Jerusalem
- The Dome of the Rock mosque commemorates what?
- the Night Journey that the Prophet Muhammad made on a winged horse through the seven heavens to meet Allah
- The day on which Christians remember the death of Jesus
- Good Friday
- All healthy adult Muslims,must make the _______,which is wat?
- Hajj,which is the annual pilgrimage to the city if Mecca atleast once in their lifetime
- The pilgrimage must take place during the which month
- The month of Ramadan
- The Hajj is one of the Five Pillars of Islam and by going on the Hajj each pilgrim is showing what?
- His or her obedience to Allah
- As they reach the outskirts of Mecca pilgrims wash and put on special clothes to symbolise ________ which is
- ihram,the state of purity entered into by those making the Hajj
- Every one is dressed in the smae way to show what?
- that all people are equal before Allah
- As they enter the city what do the pilgrims call out?
- We have come in answer to your call, O Lord
- Once in the city each pilgrim walks around the Ka'bah how many times?
- seven (7) times
- Moving in an anti-clockwise direction and always keeping the Ka'bah to his ________,each pilgrim tries to _______the Black Stone at the base of the Ka'bah
- left,kiss
- It was between the two hills of ______ and _______ that Isma'il's mother,Hajar, ran frantically to and from looking for water, only to discover that her young son had already been shown a well in desert by God
- Safa and Marwa
- This well is called ________ and pilgrims try to return from the Hajj with some water from the well.
- Zamzam
- The following day, after sunrise, pilgrims set out for __________ _________
- Mount Arafat
- After spending the night in the open, they collect ____ stones on their way to Mina
- 49
- Once there,they throw the stones at 3 stone pillars.These pillars represent the what and remind them of what
- the devil,and reminds the pilgrims that Isma'il was tempted by the devil to rebel against his father Abraham
- What festival ends the Hajj?
- the festival of Id-ul-Adha
- India is famous for what?
- Its holy places, rivers and mountains
- India has ______ holy rivers and the _______ ________ is the most sacred of them all
- seven (7), the River Ganges
- Hindus believe that bathing in any of these river removes _______which is?
- karma which is actions or deeds
- If a person's ashes are sprinkled on the waters of one of the holy river their soul is released form the cycle of ______,______,______ and ______
- birth, life, death and rebirth
- Which god is most widely worshipped in Hinduism?
- Shiva, the Hindu god of life, death and rebirth
- the holiest Hindu town is ________.Why?
- Benares.This place is special to Hindus because of its location on the banks of the River Ganges,close to the place where the rivers meet
- Benares is holy beacause?
- the Hindu belief that the great god Shiva once lived there
- Along the 3 mile strecth of the River Ganges in Benares there are steps called________?
- ghats