lunes, 31 de marzo de 2014

Easter Time


Easter, which celebrates Jesus Christ’s resurrection from the dead, is Christianity’s most important holiday. It has been called a moveable feast because it doesn’t fall on a set date every year, as most holidays do. Instead, Christian churches in the West celebrate Easter on the first Sunday following the full moon after the vernal equinox on March 21. Therefore, Easter is observed anywhere between March 22 and April 25 every year.
In Spanish, Easter is known as Pascua;
Lent, the 40-day period leading up to Easter Sunday, is a time of reflection and penance and represents the 40 days that Jesus spent alone in the wilderness before starting his ministry, a time in which Christians believe he survived various temptations by the devil.
The day before Lent, known as Mardi Gras or Fat Tuesday, is a last hurrah of food and fun before the fasting begins.
The week preceding Easter is called Holy Week and includes Maundy Thursday, which commemorates Jesus’ last supper with his disciples;
Good Friday, which honors the day of his crucifixion;
and Holy Saturday, which focuses on the transition between the crucifixion and resurrection. 


Easter
  • Good Friday is the Friday before Easter Sunday. This day is remembered as the day when Jesus was crucified. The origins of "Good Friday" may be from "God's Friday"' just as goodbye is derived from "God be with you" (ye in old English).
  • Easter Saturday is the Saturday before Easter, the last day of Lent and is the day when Christ's body laid in his tomb. On Easter Sunday we celebrate that Jesus rose from the dead to live forever.
  • Why do we give Easter eggs? The traditional Easter gift is a chocolate egg. They symbolise new life. Rabbits are used as a symbol of fertility.
 Over 90 million chocolate Easter bunnies are made each year.


Ash Wednesday
Miércoles de Ceniza
Easter
Pascua
Easter break
vacaciones de Semana Santa
Easter bunny
conejito de Pascua
Easter egg
huevo de Pascua
Easter egg hunt
búsqueda de huevos de Pascua
Easter holiday
vacaciones de Semana Santa
Easter mass
misa de Pascua
Easter Saturday
Sábado Santo,
Sábado de Gloria
Easter Sunday
Domingo de Pascua,
Domingo de Resurrección
basket
canasta
chocolate egg
huevo de chocolate
coloured egg
huevo de color
decorated egg
huevo decorado
Good Friday
Viernes Santo
Happy Easter
Felices Pascuas
Holy Week
Semana Santa
Lent
Cuaresma
Lenten Season
Cuaresma
Palm Sunday
Domingo de Ramos
Passion of Christ
Pasión de Cristo
Pentecost
Pentecostés
Resurrection
Resurrección
roll
rosca
Whitsun
Pentecostés




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