Kerygma · History & Traditions
Christian Holidays trivia, the liturgical year in view.
Advent and Christmas, Epiphany, Lent and Holy Week, Easter and Pentecost — the rhythm of feasts and fasts the church has kept for nearly two thousand years. Kerygma's Christian Holidays category tests the days, the dates, the readings, and the symbolism each carries.
What's covered
- Advent and Christmas — the four Sundays of waiting, the Nativity, the Twelve Days, Epiphany.
- Lent and Holy Week — Ash Wednesday, the forty days, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday.
- Easter and the Great Fifty Days — Resurrection Sunday through Pentecost.
- Pentecost — the Spirit poured out, the birth of the church, Acts 2.
- Trinity Sunday and Ordinary Time — the Sundays after Pentecost.
- Saints' days and feasts — All Saints, Christ the King, the major commemorations.
A round, in two minutes
Pick the difficulty, pick the question count, start. Tap your answer and a relevant verse opens with a short commentary.
Sample question
How many days does the season of Lent traditionally last?
"Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. And after fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry."Matthew 4:1-2
Lent is forty days, mirroring Jesus's wilderness fast. The forty are counted from Ash Wednesday to Easter, traditionally not including Sundays (which remain mini-celebrations of the Resurrection even within the fast). Different traditions count slightly differently, but the forty-day shape is consistent across Catholic, Orthodox, Anglican, and Reformed observance.
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