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Easter: Christian Holiday Celebrating the Resurrection of Jesus

Easter is a Christian holiday that commemorates the resurrection of Jesus Christ. It is considered the holiest day in the Christian calendar and is celebrated on the first Sunday after the first full moon following the first day of spring. This article provides information on the origins of Easter, the different ways Christians celebrate it, and the significance of Good Friday.

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Easter: Christian Holiday Celebrating the Resurrection of Jesus

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  1. Easter Mario Moslavac

  2. Easter is a Christian holiday. According to Christian scripture (a book called the Bible), it is the day when Jesus Christ is said to have returned from the dead. Christians believe that Easter is the holiest day in the year. Easter is a Christian Holy Day celebrated on the first Sunday, following the first full moon, following the first day of spring.

  3. Western churches, like the Roman Catholic Church, use the Gregorian calendar and Eastern churches, like the Eastern Orthodox Church, use the Julian calendar. Because of this the date of Easter celebrations is different for these two types of churches even though the way they calculate the date is the same.

  4. Some people who are not Christians celebrate the beginning of Spring at Easter. • The word Easter comes from the ancient German word for April.

  5. Today, Christians celebrate Easter in a number of different ways. They go to church, they give each others colourful Easter eggs, or they give each others candy. Sometimes they even give each other baby ducks, chickens or bunnies as presents, though this is not done as much as it used to be.

  6. Christians believe that two days after Jesus was killed (on Easter Sunday), his followers searched in his tomb and found that his body was gone. Later, Jesus is said to have appeared to them and preached to them. It was because of this that his followers knew that Jesus was God, just as he said.

  7. Christians believe that Jesus was killed on the cross about 2000 years ago by the Romans in a city called Jerusalem (most of which is in the modern country of Israel). The people who killed him did so because they believed that he was causing trouble for the government and because he was claiming to be God. When they crucified him (meaning they nailed him to a cross), they even hung a sign over his head to make fun of him for this reason. The day he was crucified is known by Christians as Good Friday.

  8. The End

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