ESOL Magazine June 2014 | Page 26

People use the day to decorate Easter eggs and participate in Easter egg competitions. The egg is an Easter symbol and it looks like a rain drop and seeds, two elements which give life. In my country, Romania, one of the most important colors used to T paint his year all Christians both orthodox and catholic will celebrate Easter on the Easter is the greatest feast in the calendar. On Easter Sunday Christians celebrate the Resurrection of Jesus Christ who came back to life three days after his death on the cross. 40-day period of prayer, fasting spiritual is red. It symbolizes Jesus` blood when he was crucified. On Easter night Christians go to discipline candle. It is lit at midnight while the priest sings ”Christ is risen”. Thereafter, people bring the lighted candle home and knock eggs. Knocking eggs is a divine sacrifice for forgiveness. The man or the older person says “Christ is Easter marks the end of Lent, a and eggs the church and bring with them a same day, 20 April 2014. Christian Easter in risen” and knocks his partner`s egg responds with the phrase “It is true He rose” preparation for Easter. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pasxalina_abga.jpg?uselang=en-gb By Daniela Orvas