Good Friday is 10 April
declares Jesus
Good Friday Pilate
innocent and washes his
commemorates
the
Crucifixion of Jesus
Christ at Golgotha.
Jesus was arrested in the
garden of Gethsemane
through the help of
disciple Judas Iscariot
who received money for
betraying Jesus.
Peter also denies Jesus
three times during
interrogation.
Jesus is brought before
Roman governor Pontius
Pilate.
hands to show he has no
part in his fate. However
he hands Jesus to the
crowd to be crucified
with two criminals.
After three hours Jesus
cries out and gives up
his spirit. There is an
earthquake and the
curtain in the temple is
torn from top to bottom.
The centurion on guard
cries out “Beyond all
doubt, this man was
innocent.” (Luke)
What is Easter?
Easter has its origins in pre-
Christian times. Our ancestors
believed that the sun died in
winter and was born anew in
spring. The arrival of spring
was celebrated all over the
world long before Easter
celebrated the resurrection of
Christ.
Different Gods were thanked
for bringing the Earth back
to life. The word Easter is
thought to have derived from
an Anglo-Saxon goddess
Eostre.
Traditional Food at Easter; Hot
Cross Buns are traditionally
served on Good Friday.
Easter Day, like Christmas
Day, is also associated with
special food. Boiled eggs
are traditionally served at
breakfast, then Easter cards
and gifts may be exchanged.
Roast lamb, which is the main
dish at Jewish Passover, is
the traditional meat for the
main meal on Easter Day.
Simnel cake is baked for tea.
Originally the simnel cake was
In many European languages a gift to mothers on Mothering
the name Easter comes from Sunday in Mid Lent.
the word Passover.
Easter Sunday is 12 April
and America parents hide
chocolate eggs in the garden
for children to find. In many
countries children are given
hard boiled eggs and it is
also a custom for children to
decorate these by painting or
There are many Easter dyeing them in bright colours.
Church Services, church
bells are rung and churches Eggs were always thought to
are decorated with flowers be special even before Jesus
such as white lilies which are was born. It is because they
associated with Easter.
are associated with new life
when the chick breaks from
Easter is associated with eggs the egg.
and Easter Day used to be
known as Egg Sunday. For After Jesus had risen from the
the last two hundred years in dead it was easy to think of
Britain the custom of giving eggs as a sign of new life. So
children chocolate eggs has eggs have always been part
been popular while in Europe of celebrations at Easter.
Easter Sunday is a joyous day
for Christians. They believe
that Jesus rose from the
dead and that his resurrection
shows that death is not the
end.
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Palm Sunday falls on
the Sunday before
Easter and is the first
day of Holy Week. It
commemorates Jesus’
entry into Jerusalem,
when the crowd
strewed palm leaves in
his path.
Palm Sunday is the
last day of celebration
for Christians before
recalling the sadness of
the events of the rest of
the week.
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To celebrate this
event, palm crosses are
distributed during the
Sunday services and
many churches hold
processions.
Reading of the passion
narrative, on Palm
Sunday,
reminds
Christians that Jesus
went to Jerusalem to
face suffering, a trial,
and death; the crowds
having turned against
him.
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