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Jerusalem: a place of Christian pilgrimage

I can understand why Jerusalem is a sacred place for many Christians.

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Key learning points

  1. For Christians, Jerusalem is the site of Jesus' crucifixion.
  2. Christians have been making pilgrimages to Jerusalem for many centuries.
  3. Christians may make a pilgrimage to Jerusalem to visit places associated with his death and resurrection.
  4. Jerusalem is a holy place for all Christian denominations.
  5. Many Christians feel a spiritual connection to sites in Jerusalem.

Keywords

  • Crucifixion - a Roman method of execution

  • Resurrection - the Christian belief that Jesus came back to life after he died on the cross

  • Forgiveness - letting go of resentment and anger

  • Denomination - the term for a branch of Christianity

Common misconception

Only Anglicans or Roman Catholic Christians visit Jerusalem.

Christians from different traditions visit many places on pilgrimage. Jerusalem is the most sacred place as it is where Jesus was crucified and was raised from the dead.

You might want to show videos from the BBC or Truetube looking at aspects of Christians in Jerusalem. You may want to show pupils views of Jerusalem using Google Earth to bring it to life! Also, see if any local Christians to you may want to share their experience of visiting Jerusalem.
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6 Questions

Q1.
What do we call someone who makes a journey to a sacred place for religious reasons?
Correct answer: a pilgrim
a pilgrimage
a traveller
a believer
a priest
Q2.
What is the name of the city which Shi'a Muslims visit to see the shrine of Hussain?
Correct Answer: Karbala
Q3.
What is the name of the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Makkah?
Correct Answer: Hajj
Q4.
The believers of which religions consider Jerusalem to be a sacred place?
Just Jews and Sikhs
Just Christians and Jews
Jews, Christians and Hindus
Correct answer: Jews, Christians and Muslims
Muslims, Christians, Jews and Buddhists
Q5.
Which of these statements about a Bar Mitzvah are correct?
A Bar Mitzvah is a Jewish coming of age ceremony for girls.
A Bar Mitzvah is a Jewish festival to celebrate the Jews' escape from slavery.
Correct answer: Many Jews hold their Bar Mitzvah at the Western Wall.
Correct answer: At a Bar Mitzvah, the Torah is read.
Correct answer: A Bar Mitzvah is a Jewish coming of age ceremony for boys.
Q6.
Match each of these religious events to the correct pilgrimages.
Correct Answer:praying at the Western Wall,the Jewish pilgrimage to Jerusalem
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the Jewish pilgrimage to Jerusalem

Correct Answer:visiting a moukib,the Shi'a Muslim pilgrimage to Karbala
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the Shi'a Muslim pilgrimage to Karbala

Correct Answer:stoning the Jamarat pillars ,the Muslim pilgrimage to Makkah
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the Muslim pilgrimage to Makkah

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6 Questions

Q1.
Match each keyword to the correct definition.
Correct Answer:crucifixion,a Roman method of execution
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a Roman method of execution

Correct Answer:resurrection,the belief that Jesus came back to life after dying on the cross
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the belief that Jesus came back to life after dying on the cross

Correct Answer:forgiveness,letting go of resentment and anger
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letting go of resentment and anger

Correct Answer:denomination,the term for a branch of Christianity
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the term for a branch of Christianity

Q2.
What was the name of the Roman governor who condemned Jesus?
Correct Answer: Pilate, Pontius Pilate
Q3.
What is the name of the route, still travelled by pilgrims today, along which Jesus carried his cross?
Correct Answer: Via Dolorosa, The Via Dolorosa
Q4.
What is the name of the church which has been built on what is believed to be the site of Jesus' tomb?
The Church of the Holy Tomb
The Church of Holy Calvary
The Church of the Holy Nativity
Correct answer: The Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Q5.
Which site might pilgrims visit to remember Jesus praying and then being betrayed?
Correct Answer: Garden of Gethsemane, Golgotha, Calvary, Garden of Gethsemane
Q6.
Put these events leading up to Jesus' death in the correct order.
1 - Jesus entered Jerusalem on Palm Sunday.
2 - Jesus celebrated Passover.
3 - Jesus was arrested.
4 - Jesus carried his cross along the Via Dolorosa.
5 - Jesus was crucified.
6 - Some women found his tomb empty.

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