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Easter

Easter. Easter is celebrated with fervor in  Catholic Croatia  especially in  Dalmatia.  In some ways it is considered more religious and more serious than Christmas. . Mothering Sunday. - Mothering Sunday is the forth day of Lent. The term mothering refers to three things :

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Easter

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  1. Easter

  2. Easter is celebrated with fervor in Catholic Croatia especially in Dalmatia. In some ways it is considered more religious and more serious than Christmas. 

  3. Mothering Sunday

  4. - Mothering Sunday is the forth day of Lent. • The term mothering refers to three things: • The Bible refers to heaven as Mother; • The practice in the middle ages of congregations visiting “their Mother Church”, e.g. the Cathedral; • The tradition of visiting Mothers with presents on this day.

  5. Holy Week Palm Sunday

  6. - The week before Easter is called Holy Week and begins with Palm Sunday. - On Palm Sunday Christians remember when Jesus’ rode into Jerusalem and how people waved Palm leaves and greeted him as the Messiah.

  7. What is the meaning of Palm Sunday

  8. Jesus rode into Jerusalem on a Donkey in order to fulfill the prophecy about the Jewish Messiah. - By riding on a Donkey Jesus’ was making a public statement about his future ministry and work. - Jesus’ rode humbly into Jerusalem as a man of peace and not war.

  9. Good Friday

  10. - The Easter Weekend begins with Good Friday - the most solemn day of the Christian Calendar. - Christians remember the crucifixion of Jesus - People often eat Hot Cross Buns and Fish on Good Friday.

  11. Easter Day

  12. - The tomb of Jesus was left empty and Christians remember this by sharing Easter Eggs. These are a symbol of new life and also the shape of a tomb stone. - People enjoy decorating eggs. In Greece people use these eggs in order to issue a special Easter greeting. Two people carrying an egg, knock eggs together “Christ has risen”.

  13. THE END By:Bruno Franjić,7.c

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