Easter is a festival and holiday celebrating Jesus Christ's rising from the dead,
described in the New Testament as having occurred on the third day of his burial after his crucifixion by Romans at Calvary.
Christ's rising from death is called the Resurrection.
Easter is usually celebrated on the first Sunday after the full moon following the Vernal or Spring Equinox on March 21st.
This can be any Sunday between March 22nd and April 25th. It is the most sacred of all the Christian holidays or celebrations.
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| alive | |
| April | |
| baptism | 洗礼 a ceremonial immersion in water, or application of water, as an initiatory rite or sacrament of the Christian church |
| bible | |
| blessings | |
| blessed | |
| bunny | |
| candles | |
| candy | |
| celebration | |
| children | |
| chocolate | |
| choir | a company of singers, especially an organized group employed in church service |
| Christian | of, relating to, or derived from Jesus Christ or His teachings |
| church | |
| collection | |
| coloring | |
| cross | |
| custom | |
| death | |
| dinner | |
| delicious | |
| Easter | |
| eggs | |
| egg hunting | |
| faith | |
| festival | |
| find | |
| flowers | |
| food | |
| fun | |
| gifts | |
| glorious | |
| God | |
| Good Friday | |
| ham | |
| Happy Easter | |
| happy | |
| hidden | |
| hiding | |
| holiday | |
| holy | |
| hop | |
| hope | |
| hoppy | |
| hunt | |
| Jesus Christ | 耶稣 The Son of God, Our savior. Christians believe Jesus is the awaited Messiah of the Old Testament. |
| joy | joyful |
| lamb | |
| life | |
| lord | |
| miracle | an effect or extraordinary event in the physical world that surpasses all known human or natural powers and is ascribed to a supernatural cause; such an effect or event manifesting or considered as a work of God. |
| mission | |
| music | |
| plastic eggs | |
| prayer | |
| passion | |
| pink | |
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| re-birth | |
| renew | |
| rise | |
| risen | |
| sin | |
| song | |
| spring | |
| Sunday | |
| sweets | |
| symbol | |
| tomb | |
| vacation | |
| visit | |
| voices | |
| weekend | |
| word | |
| youth | |
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| Catholic | |
| communion | 圣餐 also called Holy Communion |
| community | |
| culture | |
| decorate | |
| demonstrate | |
| devote | |
| discovery | |
| delightful | |
| ecumenical | pertaining to the whole Christian church |
| encouragement | |
| excitement | |
| eternal | |
| everlasting | |
| friendships | |
| gathering | |
| gospels | the story of Christ's life and teachings, especially as contained in the first four books of the New Testament, namely Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John |
| guide | |
| hallowed | regarded as holy; venerated; sacred |
| heavenly | |
| heavenward | toward heaven |
| hot cross buns | a bun with a cross of frosting on it, eaten chiefly during Lent |
| immortal | not liable to perish or decay; imperishable; everlasting |
| inspiration | |
| lavish | using or giving in great amounts |
| Lent | (in the Christian religion) an annual season of fasting and penitence in preparation for Easter, beginning on Ash Wednesday and lasting 40 weekdays to Easter, observed by Roman Catholic, Anglican, and certain other churches |
| memories | |
| meditation | devout religious contemplation or spiritual introspection |
| neverending | having or likely to have no end |
| religion | |
| religious | |
| ritual | an established or prescribed procedure for a religious or other rite. a system or collection of religious or other rites |
| sacred | devoted or dedicated to a deity or to some religious purpose; consecrated |
| sacrificial | pertaining to or concerned with sacrifice. |
| salvation | the act of saving or protecting from harm, risk, loss, destruction |
| sanctity | holiness, saintliness, or godliness. sacred or hallowed character |
| services | |
| spiritual | |
| springtime | |
| sunrise service | |
| symbolic | |
| tradition | |
| traditional | |
| triumphant | having achieved victory or success; victorious; successful |
| volunteer | |
| worship | |
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| Crucifixion | the act of crucifying; the state of being crucified |
| crucified | |
| Eucharist | the sacrament of Holy Communion; the sacrifice of the Mass; the Lord's Supper; the consecrated elements of the Holy Communion, especially the bread |
| Jerusalem | a city in and the capital of Israel: an ancient holy city and a center of pilgrimage for Jews, Christians, and Muslims |
| Jubilant | showing great joy, satisfaction, or triumph; rejoicing; exultant |
| Jubilation | a feeling of or the expression of joy or exultation |
| Parishioner | one of the community or inhabitants of a parish |
| Psalm Sunday | Palm Sunday is a Christian moveable feast that falls on the Sunday before Easter. The feast commemorates Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem, an event mentioned in each of the four canonical Gospels. |