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