Раздел 3. Грамматика и лексика

Church Calendar

19.THEY

Almost everyone uses calendars. The most common use actually is to mark the passing days and seasons. Quite a few people also mark _____ as diaries or use them to remember birthdays, appointments or other important occasions.

20.BASE

The same is true of calendars ______ on religious experience and most religions have annual festivals on different dates, to remember those things that were most important to them.

21.PROMISS

Those of Jewish Faith follow events that revolve around the Exodus. This was the journey of the Israelites out of Egypt to the new land that they God _____ them.

22.HELP

Although the Christian Church has many different “branches”, most of them have calendars based on the life and ministry of Jesus. The Calendar _____ believers to remember throughout the year the most important aspects of their faith.

23.POPULAR

In the UK, the biggest festivals of the Christian Church are Christmas and Easter. The _____ by far is Christmas and huge numbers visit Church on Dec24th (Christmas Eve) each year to sing carols and remember the birth of Jesus.

24.SET

Some dates in the Church are fixed — others vary. The date for Easter, for example, typically falls between late March and late April (Western Christianity) and early April to early May (Eastern Orthodox). The date _____ by a lunisolar calendar, following the cycle of the moon.

25.PRESENT

As a congregation moves through the church calendar, events _____ in an organized way with the opportunity to talk about different faith confessions. This also helps children to visualise and learn about their religion, history and culture.