Post on Easter English. Easter (Easter) topic in English with translation

— Christ is risen! (Christ is risen!)
— He is risen indeed! (Truly Risen!)

This is what the Easter greeting is in English translation. It is well known that Easter is a very significant holiday for Christians around the world. In this article, I would like to talk about this important day, while learning new words in English. The dictionary of this article will help you, if necessary, tell about this holiday in English as your favorite. Thus, today we have to find out how the words about Holy Easter and its tradition sound in English.

Easter in English is called Easter — [ˈI: stə] — [ˈI: sta] or a closer option to us - Pasch... You can hear another name for this holiday Resurrection Sunday, which in translation means "Resurrection of the resurrection of Christ."

Speak English about Holy Easter

Jesus Christ - Jesus Christ Easter - it's a big religious holiday, because Christians celebrate the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. The date of celebrating changes every year. It falls on one of spring Sundays. Seven weeks before Easter - it is the Lent. People must not eat the animal products and meal 7 weeks.

People prepare for the celebration during the last week, which we name Holy Week. Of course, the customs related with this day are different in every country. For example, Easter cakes and Easter eggs are the traditional food in several countries. Women bake Paskhas on Friday, this day was called Good (or Holy) Friday. It’s really an important day for many Christians, because Jesus Christ was crucified on this day. Jesus "sacrifice was made for us. It’s a day when people say the prayers of thanksgiving and sing solemn hymns.

On Saturday women dye the eggs. Red color is traditional color of eggs, but this tradition changed a little bit. Nowadays we can see on the Easter table the eggs of different colors. In the Saturday evening, Christian people go to church. The Easter mass lasts all night. The priest consecrates the food in the morning. People go home for breakfast after the ceremony. The first food that they eat is the blessed food. It is the time, when relatives visits each other.

Translation

Easter eggs Easter is a great religious holiday as Christians celebrate the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. The date of the celebration changes every year. It falls on one of the spring Sundays. The seven weeks before Easter were called Lent. People should not eat animal products and meat for 7 weeks.

During the last week, which we call Holy Week, people are getting ready. Of course, the customs associated with this day are different in each country. For example, Easter cakes and Easter eggs are traditional food in several countries. Women bake Easter cakes on Friday, a day that has been called Good Friday (or Holy). This is a truly important day for many Christians because Jesus Christ was crucified on this day. Jesus' sacrifice was made for us. This is the day when people say thanksgiving prayers and sing solemn hymns.

On Saturday, women paint eggs. Red is the traditional color of eggs, but the tradition has changed somewhat. Today we can see eggs of various colors on the Easter table. Christians go to church on Saturday night. The service lasts all night. In the morning, the priest blesses the food. People go home for breakfast after the ceremony. The first food they eat is a consecrated food.

This is the time when close people visit each other.

Easter bunny - part of the holiday

Easter Bunny The Easter Bunny is a part of the holiday in USA and some other countries.
Over the last 200, the Easter Bunny became the most recognized symbol of Easter. Rabbit brings baskets with colored eggs and sweets to the homes, where good children live on the night before Resurrection Sunday. The bunny is like Santa Claus. It's just a beautiful legend or fable for the children, but rabbit became an important tradition. We can see it on Easter postcards.

The Easter Bunny is part of this holiday in the United States and some other countries. Over the past 200 years, the Easter Bunny has become the most recognizable symbol of Easter. The rabbit brings baskets of colorful eggs and sweets to the houses where obedient children live on the night before the Resurrection of Christ. The rabbit is like Santa Claus. This is just a beautiful legend or invention for children, but the rabbit has become an important tradition. We can see him on Easter cards.

Vocabulary

Word in english
faith	faith
holy	Saint
sacrifice - [ˈsækrɪfaɪs]	victim
Lord's Supper	The last supper
religious holiday	religious holiday
crucifixion - [ˌkru: sɪˈfɪkʃən]	crucifixion
cross	cross
resurrection - [ˌrezəˈrekʃən]	resurrection
Jesus Christ - [ˈdʒi: zəs kraist]	Jesus Christ
Lent	great post
Maundy Thursday	Maundy Thursday
Holy Friday / Saturday	Good Friday / Great Saturday
to dye	paint
Easter cake (or bread)	cake
church	church
Easter mass	Easter service
Christian - [ˈkrɪstjən]	Christian
blessed food	consecrated food
prayer	prayer
solemn hymn	solemn hymn
priest	a priest

Easter is the most important holiday of the year.

Easter egg is called pysanka. Pysanka shells have been found in archaeological sites from more than 3000 years ago, and many of those designs are still being used on pysanka today.

Preparation for Easter starts seven weeks ahead of time with the advent of Lent. Believers don "t eat meat and animal products.

Palm Sunday, the week before Easter, is known as Willow Sunday. People bring home willow branches which have been blessed in church.

The week is dedicated to preparing for Easter. The Thursday before Easter is called Clean Thursday. According to the tradition one should bathe before sunrise on this day. The house must be clean too.

Good Friday is the day that the women of the family bake "paska", Easter bread.

On Saturday children dye Easter eggs to add to the Easter basket which will be blessed in church. It also includes pysanka, salt, paska, sausage and ham. In the evening people go to church for the Easter mass, which lasts all night.

Easter Sunday is a day of singing songs and eating. Young girls dance and sing about nature and spring. People exchange pysanky.

Topic translation: Easter

Translation:
Easter is the most important holiday of the year.

The Easter egg is called a pysanka. Easter eggs have been found in archaeological sites over 3,000 years ago, and many of those ancient designs are still used today on Easter eggs.

Preparations for Easter begin seven weeks through Lent. Believers do not eat meat or animal products.

Palm Sunday - a week before Easter. People bring home willow branches that have been blessed in the church.

The entire week is devoted to preparing for Easter. Thursday before Easter is called Maundy Thursday. Traditionally, you should swim before sunrise on that day. The house needs to be clean too.

Good Friday is the day when women bake Pascu, or Easter cake.

On Saturday, children paint Easter eggs and add them to a basket that will be consecrated at the church. It also includes Easter eggs, salt, Easter cake, sausage and ham. In the evening, people go to church for the Easter service, which lasts all night.

Easter Sunday is a day of songs and food. Young girls dance and sing about nature and spring. People exchange Easter eggs.

In English	Translating to Russian language
Easter	Easter
Easter is one of the most important Christian holidays. The exact date of the holiday changes from year to year but it usually falls on April. Preparation for Easter starts seven weeks before the actual holiday. It's called the advent of Lent. Many Christian people don’t eat meat and animal products during this period. The week before Easter is quite busy because people start thoroughly preparing for the holiday. The traditions of Easter celebration vary from country to country. For example, in our country the Sunday before Easter is called a Willow Sunday. On this day people bring home some willow branches which have been blessed in church. Thursday before Easter is called Clean Thursday. Traditionally people should bathe before sunrise on this day. Houses and flats should be cleaned too. There is also a Good Friday. It's the day when women bake Easter bread called “paska” or “paskha”. On Saturday children dye Easter eggs, which are called “pysankas”. In the evening people go to church for the Easter mass, which lasts all night. Sunday is the actual day of Easter. People visit each other on this day and exchange colorful “pysankas”. In English-speaking countries the official symbol of this holiday is Easter bunny. Children are especially fond of this day because they get lots of chocolate and fluffy bunnies as a present.	Easter is one of the most important Christian holidays. The exact date of the holiday varies from year to year, but it usually falls in April. Preparation for Easter begins seven weeks before the holiday itself. This is the time of the appearance of Great Lent. Many Christians do not eat meat or animal products during this period. The week before Easter is quite busy as people begin to thoroughly prepare for the holiday. Traditions for celebrating Easter are different in all countries. For example, in our country, the Sunday before Easter is called Palm Sunday. On this day, people bring home a few twigs of willow, illuminated in the church. Thursday before Easter is called Maundy Thursday. Traditionally, on this day, people have to swim before sunrise. Houses and apartments should also be cleaned. There is also Good Friday. This is the day when housewives bake an Easter cake called Paska or Easter. On Saturday, children paint Easter eggs called "pysanka". In the evening, people go to church for the Easter service, which lasts all night. Sunday is Easter day. People visit each other on this day and exchange colorful Easter eggs. In English-speaking countries, the official symbol of this holiday is the Easter Bunny. Children especially love this day because they get a lot of chocolate and fluffy bunnies as a gift.

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Easter

in England and Russia.

The project was completed by:

Zaikina Anastasia

Verdian Anaida

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Easter in England and Russia.

Justification of the project.

We chose this topic because we are interested in the customs and traditions of celebrating Easter both in our country and in England. We know very little about the traditions and customs of this holy holiday, which is completely different from all other holidays. It is very interesting how people in England celebrate Easter, what is common in celebrating Easter in England and Russia, what is the history of this holiday.

This material can be used as additional material in English lessons when we talk about holidays, and, in particular, about the celebration of Easter. Also, this material can be used for self-familiarization with the topic.

Easter in England.

Easter v England

Easter (Easter) is a Christian holiday in honor of the resurrection of Jesus Christ. At this time, tulips, crocuses and daffodils appear in the UK.

The most important Christian holiday is celebrated in England on a grand scale. At this time, schools are closed for two weeks and everyone is having fun. Easter Sunday symbolizes the end of cold weather and the arrival of spring. Therefore, it is customary to put on beautiful new clothes and cook delicious meals. Easter in England is accompanied by many symbols and, some of which are many hundreds of years old.

How did the British celebrate Easter in the past?

Eggs have always been the main symbol of the holiday in this country. They were decorated with gold paper or painted and given to the poor. Sweets were also given to children. Games were a must on Easter week. For example, an interesting custom existed in some regions of the country: on Monday, men carried women in their arms, and on Tuesday, vice versa. But not all of these customs have survived to this day. Although the rich traditions of Easter in England speak of the antiquity of this holiday. And some of the symbols have survived unchanged to this day.

Easter is preceded by Palm Sunday (Palm sunday), the beginning of Holy Week in many churches. Good Friday morning (the last Friday before Easter), which in England is called "Good" -Good Friday, begins with breakfast, which includes freshly baked cross buns (hot cross buns) - spicy, fluffy, cut with a cross before baking, with raisins, sometimes with candied fruits inside. There is a belief: buns protect the house from evil spirits and have medicinal properties. Therefore, in the past, people used to hang these buns on the kitchen ceilings.

How is Easter celebrated in England now?

The celebration starts on Friday when special buns are baked with a cross-cut at the top and filled with raisins or candied fruits. They are eaten for breakfast and treated to all acquaintances. They are believed to bestow health;

Religious services are held in the churches at dawn on Easter Day. Organ music concerts are held in Catholic churches. On this day, it is customary to put on new clothes, which symbolizes the end of the bad weather season and the onset of spring. Easter baskets (Easter baskets)filled with eggs, bread and other food, they take with them to the Easter service to consecrate in the church.

On Sunday, the British set the table. Festive dishes include baked smoked pork, honey and garlic meatballs, spring salad and sausages glazed with apples. The table is decorated with flowers and fruits;

English Easter, like ours, is not complete without eggs. Easter eggs are given to each other on Palm Sunday. However, today in Great Britain it is customary to give friends and relatives not real eggs, but chocolate ones, inside which are caramel or some other sweets, as well as various souvenirs in the form of Easter eggs.

All over the world they know how Easter is celebrated in England because of its main symbol -. It symbolizes the fertility of nature. Hare figurines are sold in all stores. Children believe that it is he who hides the painted eggs for Easter.

One of the legends about the Easter bunny is associated with the name of the Anglo-Saxon goddess Iostre, who appeared accompanied by a long-eared pet.

This song about the Easter Bunny is popular among English children.Here Comes the Easter Bunny

Easter bunny

Here comes the Easter Bunny. My friend, the Easter Bunny.
Here comes the Easter Bunny hopping along, singing a bunny song.
I love the Easter Bunny. My friend, the Easter Bunny,
Here comes the Easter Bunny, hop, hop, hoping along.

There goes the Easter Bunny. My friend, the Easter Bunny.
There goes the Easter Bunny hopping along, singing a bunny song.
I love the Easter Bunny. My friend, the Easter Bunny.
There goes the Easter Bunny, hop, hop, hoping along.

It is the rabbit who hides Easter eggs in secluded places so that the kids will then look for them. This is how one of the favorite children's Easter fun appeared. Even special competitions are held - the search for eggs ("Eggstravaganza" -Eggstravaganza), the child who collects the most wins a prize. Such holidays are held in parks and restaurants, you can arrange an egg hunt at home, to the delight of the kids. And to make it easier for them to search, they sing this song:

Easter egg hunt

It's an egg hunt,
An Easter egg hunt.
It's an egg hunt,
An Easter egg hunt.

Look in the trees.
Look in the grass.
Look in the pond.
Look in the flowers.

It's an egg hunt,
An Easter egg hunt.
It's an egg hunt,
An Easter egg hunt.

Look in the bath.
Look in the bed.
Look in the fridge.
Look in me!
Oh no!

It's an egg hunt,
An Easter egg hunt.
It's an egg hunt,
An Easter egg hunt.

The celebration of Bright Sunday in England is accompanied by fun, games and dances, sweets and plentiful treats.

In England, the period of Easter is marked by special dances - the so-calledMorris Dancing.Dancers dressed in Robin Hood costumes perform at numerous venues in parks, churches, and simply on the streets of British cities.

Morris dancing

Easter in Russia

Easter- this is a bright holiday of the resurrection of Christ. This holiday came to Russia from Byzantium together with baptism at the end of the 10th century. Since then, this Christian holiday has been widely, beautifully and solemnly celebrated throughout Russia.

On the eve of Easter in all churches there are all-night vigils and a procession of the cross around the church. By this time, traditional festive pastries were baked in all houses - cakes, which symbolize the body of Christ, and eggs were painted. And right in the morning, believers go home with refreshments, giving a friend colored eggs, while saying: "Christ is risen!" - "Truly resurrected!" This custom of greeting-congratulations, accompanied by hugs and kisses, is called "christianization". The feast of Christian Easter lasts seven days and is called Holy Week or Seventh.

Easter- this is a day of hearty refreshments. After Lent, a variety of delicious dishes are put on the table on this day. And among them, ritual foods take the first place. And, first of all, these are Easter, Easter cakes and colored eggs.

The egg, which was traditionally painted in red colors and its shades, has become an obligatory attribute and symbol of Christian Easter since the 12th century. And the cake was always baked from yeast dough, high and round. Above the cake is decorated with a cross. It is believed that if the Easter bread is successful, then everything will be safe in the family. When eating, the cake is cut not lengthwise, but across, keeping the top intact to cover the rest of the cake.

And, of course, according to the old Russian custom, on these Easter days, gifts were sent and distributed to the poor and the poor, relatives and completely unfamiliar people in almshouses, orphanages, hospitals and prisons. Poor wanderers were not deprived either - after all, the people said that "from Easter to Ascension, Christ wanders the earth with the apostles, experiencing the mercy and kindness of everyone."

It is no secret that the great holiday of the Resurrection of Christ, or as it is commonly called Easter, is usually celebrated in spring. The date for Easter is always different from April 4th to May 8th. This year, Easter in Russia is celebrated on April 15th. Today in this article I want to tell you exactly how Easter is celebrated in Russia. On Easter day, people go to church, prepare food, celebrate it with the whole family at the laid table and wish each other good health.

We all know that the main symbol of Easter in Russia is the egg. The last week before Easter is called passionate, and Thursday this week is called clean. So, starting from this Thursday, people begin to paint and decorate eggs, as well as bake cakes. But on Saturday before Easter, it is customary to light eggs and cakes in the church and then treat them to each other.

It is customary to celebrate Easter with the family or visit relatives. Easter in Russia is celebrated at a large table covered with treats. Previously, it was customary to cook those treats that then should not be repeated throughout the year: these are colored eggs, Easter cakes, baked pies, fried veal.

And if people are going to visit each other, then it is customary to take eggs with them and, when they meet, say “Christ is Risen” - “Truly is Risen”, and then kiss each other three times.

On Easter day, it is also customary to distribute money and treats to poor people.

Games.

In addition, there are also games on this holiday. Surely everyone knows the main game - it's rolling eggs. Anyone can play it. To do this, take whatever tray and roll the egg from it at an angle, for example, onto a blanket, then the next participant also rolled the egg. If his egg touches the previous egg, then he won.

Another interesting game. This game consists in taking eggs and beating their noses against each other. They beat until one egg remains intact. He won.

Signs and beliefs .

The first laid egg on Easter scatters all evil spirits. To do this, the egg had to be rolled in all corners of the yard and the house.

People born on Easter week will have excellent health and good luck.

It is believed that the Easter egg removes all diseases.

You cannot do any housework on Easter, as well as work.

Anyone who has an Easter egg left intact after being hit will have a lot of health.

This is not all that could be told. I tried to convey all the most important things about how Easter is celebrated in Russia.

Easter is a delightful holiday rich in tradition. It is celebrated solemnly and joyfully by both believers and non-believers in Russia.

Folk holiday always falls at the beginning of spring. The exact date of this celebration is set according to the lunar calendar.

The week preceding the celebration is called the Bright Easter Week or Passionate, in which every day, starting from Monday, is Bright. The Russian people are preparing in advance for the celebration, enduring many days of Great Lent, decorating houses and courtyards, bringing perfect purity everywhere and in everything.

But most actively they begin to prepare for the Resurrection of Christ from Clean (Bright) Thursday. Believers were supposed to get up at dawn in order to be sure to take a bath and thus be cleansed of all sorts of sins that had been accumulated for the whole year. And only after that visit the church, where it was necessary to confess and receive communion. After the service, they quickly walked home to put the finishing touches in an exemplary manner, before painting eggs and baking cakes.

In the evening on a bright Saturday, literally all Christians, smartly dressed, with Easter cakes, Easter cakes, and krashanka, went to the churches for the solemn Vigil. Before midnight, bells were ringing, announcing the approach of the moment of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. To the incessant chimes of the bells, a procession of the cross began around the cathedrals.

Russian traditions for Easter

Over the 11 centuries of its existence, Russian Easter has acquired its originality and flavor. After all, it is the festive Easter table that significantly distinguishes it from other Orthodox holidays. The holiday is characterized by special symbols - a cake and an egg. Throughout Russia, starting from Clean Thursday, Easter cakes are baked, cottage cheese Easter is prepared, eggs are painted in various ways. According to an ancient custom, they tried to prepare a plentiful garnished menu, but even in poor families, the number of Easter dishes was always freshly baked according to a special recipe and painted eggs.

It takes a lot of free time to cook them every time. The dough for Easter cakes or Easter was kneaded for a long time, armed with patience. We used the best of the best food. Then the eggs were decorated and painted. Artistically decorated eggs have always been an impressive pride of the family. Other dishes that were prepared for the Easter table were also unique. Most of them were mostly not prepared during the calendar year. Mainly they gave preference to meat dishes and baked products: cakes, Easter, rolls, roasting young pigs, hams, fried veal.

Easter has always been a particularly solemn and family holiday, it was celebrated mainly in the circle of relatives. It was also supposed to visit distant family members. Absolutely all lamps and light sources were lit in the dwellings, and in the temples of God, during the entire liturgy, absolutely all lamps and candles burned.

Going on a visit, they took colored eggs with them without fail. They greeted each other with the phrases “Christ is risen” - “Truly is risen”, they kissed three times and exchanged krashankas. The presented custom is rightfully considered a characteristic feature of only Slavic peoples, in the rest of the world this tradition is absent.

Another Easter, but predominantly religious custom is the blessing of artos (prosphora). Prosphora is a yeast-free bread with a cross symbolizing the Resurrection of Christ. Another Easter, but predominantly religious custom is the blessing of artos (prosphora). Prosphora is a yeast-free bread with a cross symbolizing the Resurrection of Christ. The solemn liturgy lasted all night. After its completion, all those who were in the temple consulted, congratulated each other, proclaiming: “Christ is risen! "-" Truly has risen! “, Kissed three times and exchanged krashanki. The ministers of the temples proceeded to consecrate the eggs, Easter cakes and pasta brought by the parishioners.

In addition, during the Easter period, a generous tradition was established: to distribute to the poor their money, holy eggs and small pies, so that the mendicants also had the opportunity to enjoy the radiant celebration of the Resurrection of Christ.

Fun and games for Easter

After many days of fasting, as well as refusal of various joys and amusements, the Easter holiday was desired and absolutely adored by everyone. In this regard, a lot of nationwide amusements and ways of entertainment were invented, which are now loved not only by children, but also by adults. Most of these games are still popular today. In particular, the ritual of beating boiled dyed eggs: someone is holding an Easter egg in the palm with its nose up, on the contrary, the second one is beating it with the nose of the next egg. Whoever has a pysanka that has remained intact continues to compete with others.

One of the fun things to do is rolling eggs. It should be played on a table or on the floor surface, the main condition is that there is a flat plane. Additionally, a gutter is required, which is placed directly at an angle, as well as a blanket. Anyone playing on the tray launched an egg that rolled onto the blanket. Provided that the descending egg collided with the egg resting on the blanket, then this was a victory. The players took the broken eggs for themselves. It was necessary to have the skill to direct the movement of the egg. The more people playing, the more fun and interesting the show became.

And "playing in heaps" was attributed to the type of entertainment only for girls. They poured more than two piles of sand on each player. The young ladies, completely not participating in the competition, placed a decorated egg directly under a single pile of sand. The playing participants came up and pointed at one of the piles. The girl who found the hidden egg won the victory.

Signs for Easter

Christian Russian Easter, in fact, grouped around itself numerous ethnic signs, legends and rituals that are not at all recognized by the ministers of the church, but are deservedly popular in the peasant environment.

So on Easter, girls, under no circumstances, did not take salt with their hands, so that their hands would not sweat.

It was supposed to wash only with water from a red egg, in order to be always blooming.

We tried to stand on the ax to be strong. It was rumored that this miraculously helped, and the girls were so strong that, as the proverb says, “hit her at least on the road, but she doesn’t care.”

Babies born during the Easter period will always have excellent health and will be lucky in everything.

Drinking water drawn from a well on Easter night was magical. If you sprinkle it on a living space, then it is possible to remove unkind slander, bad thoughts and sins.

It was equally believed that if, on the very first day of the Resurrection of Christ, the first bird's egg that was laid on that day was rolled around the perimeter of the courtyard, then all unclean spirits could be driven out.

And if a young lady intends to get married quickly, then during the divine service she needs to say: “The Resurrection of Christ! Send for me personally the betrothed bachelor! ”.

Isolated from all these superstitions, there is a monolithic category of Easter signs, which are now called economic. So, for example, the Russian population was unshakably convinced that the Easter food, consecrated by prayer in the temple, has supernatural value and has the power to assist them in dangerous and important moments of life. In this regard, absolutely all the remains, especially bones, from the Easter table were carefully preserved: some of them were buried in the soil on pastures, in order to protect crops from hail, and some were kept in dwellings and thrown into the flames during a summer thunderstorm. to deflect the lightning. In the same way, the head of the holy cake was kept everywhere, so that the householder, leaving to sow arable land, had the opportunity to take it with him and eat it in his own field, which, in fact, ensured the excellent size of the harvest to come.

The full Easter period of time lasts forty days, right up to the very holiday of the Ascension. And the 1st week after the bright celebration of Easter has the name Krasnaya Gorka.

Easter is one of the main and favorite holidays of Christians: the victory of life over death, light over darkness. And how wonderful that it is celebrated in the spring, when nature and people come to life after a long hibernation, striving for renewal andcontinuation!

From Scotland to the Channel, Britain is full of customs and traditions. A lot of them have very long histories. Some are funny, some are strange- But they "re all interesting and are all part of the British way of life.

Easter is the time for holidays, festivals and time for giving chocolate Easter eggs, the day of parties, and above all a celebration that Jesus raised from the dead and lives forever. Eggs play an important part in Easter celebration; they are predominantly given to children. The eggs are either hollow or have a filling, and are usually covered with brightly colored silver paper.

Easter is much more than ordinary holiday. It is the oldest and the most important Christian Festival, the celebration of the death and coming Jesus Christ to life again. For Christians, the dawn of Easter Sunday with its message of new life is the high point of the year.

Easter is a feast that is not always held on the same date each year. Easter Day is celebrated on the first Sunday following the first full moon after the spring equinox.

This means that Easter can fall as early as March 22 or as late as April 25.

Like most Christian festivals, Easter has its origins in pre-Christian times. Our ancestors believed that the sun died in winter and was born anew in spring. The arrival of spring was celebrated all over the world long before the religious meaning became associated with Easter. Today, Easter celebrates the rebirth of Christ.

The word Easter is thought to have derived from the goddess Eostre, an Anglo-Saxon Goddess.

Even though Easter is associated with spring here in England, it is not so in countries in the Southern Hemisphere. In these countries Easter falls near the end of autumn. However, through out the world Easter is felt to be a time of new life and new beginnings.

Translation:

From Scotland to the English Channel, Britain is full of customs and traditions. Many of them have a very long history. Some are funny, some are weird. But they are all interesting and part of the British lifestyle.

Easter is a time of holidays, festivals, a time when chocolate Easter eggs are given, a day of parties and most of all it is a celebration of Jesus' resurrection from the dead and his eternal life. Eggs play an important role in the celebration of Easter, and they are predominantly given to children. They are either hollow or filled, often covered with brightly colored foil.

Easter is much more than a simple holiday. This is the oldest and most important Christian festival, celebrating the death and subsequent resurrection of Jesus Christ. For Christians, the dawn of Easter Sunday with the message of new life is the most important moment of the year.

Easter is a holiday that is not held on the same day of the year. Easter is celebrated on the first Sunday after the first full moon following the vernal equinox.

Like most Christian festivals, Easter dates back to pre-Christian times. Our ancestors believed that the sun died in winter and revived again in spring. The onset of spring has been celebrated all over the world before, long before its religious significance was associated with Easter. Easter today celebrates the rebirth of Christ.

It is believed that the word Easter comes from the name of the Anglo-Saxon goddess Eostr.

While Easter is associated with spring here in England, it is not so in the southern hemisphere. In these countries, Easter falls at the end of autumn. However, all over the world, Easter is associated with new life and new beginnings.