Message on the topic of Easter in 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. I would like to talk in this article about this important day, while learning new words in English. The dictionary of this article will help you, if necessary, to talk about this holiday in English as your favorite. Thus, today we have to find out how the words regarding Holy Easter and its traditions sound in English.

Easter is called in English Easter — [ˈi:stə] — [ˈi: ste] or a closer version - Pasch. You can hear another name for this holiday Resurrection Sunday, which in translation means "The 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 big 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 Great 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 Friday). This is a really important day for many Christians because Jesus Christ was crucified on this day. The sacrifice of Jesus 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 traditions have changed somewhat. Today we can see eggs of various colors on the Easter table. On Saturday evening, Christians go to church. The service goes on all night. In the morning the priest blesses the food. People go home to have breakfast after the ceremony. The first food they eat is consecrated food.

This is the time when close people visit each other.

Easter bunny is 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 homes where obedient children live on the night before the Resurrection of the Resurrection of Christ. Rabbit is like Santa Claus. This is just a beautiful legend or fiction for children, but the rabbit has become an important tradition. We can see it on Easter cards..

Glossary

Word in English
faith	Vera
holy	St
sacrifice - [ˈsækrɪfaɪs]	victim
Lord's Supper	The Last Supper
religious holidays	religious holiday
crucifixion - [ˌkru:sɪˈfɪkʃən]	crucifixion
cross	cross
resurrection - [ˌrezəˈrekʃən]	resurrection
Jesus Christ	Jesus Christ
Lent	great post
Maundy Thursday	Maundy Thursday
Holy Friday/Saturday	Good Friday / Holy Saturday
to dye	color
Easter cake (or bread)	Easter cake
church	church
easter mass	Easter service
Christian	Christian
blessed food	consecrated food
prayer	prayer
solemn hymn	solemn anthem
priest	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 pysanka. Pysanka shells have been found in archaeological sites over 3,000 years ago, and many of those ancient patterns are still used on pysanky today.

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

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

The whole week is dedicated to preparing for Easter. The Thursday before Easter is called Maundy Thursday. According to tradition, you should bathe before sunrise on this day. The house must be clean too.

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

On Saturday, children paint Easter eggs and add them to the basket, which will be blessed in 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 song and food day. 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. Preparations for Easter begin seven weeks before the holiday itself. This is the time of the appearance of Great Lent. Many Christians do not eat meat and animal products during this period. The week before Easter is quite busy, because people are starting to thoroughly prepare for the holiday. Easter traditions are different in every country. For example, in our country, the Sunday before Easter is called Palm Sunday. On this day, people bring home a few willow twigs lit in the church. The Thursday before Easter is called Maundy Thursday. Traditionally, on this day, people should bathe 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, which are called Easter eggs. In the evening, people go to church for the Easter service, which lasts all night. Sunday is the day of Easter. 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 in Russia.

The project was completed by:

Zaikina Anastasia

Verdiyan Anaida

Supervisor:

Goncharenko N.A.

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 celebrate Easter in England, what is common in the celebration of Easter in England and Russia, what is the history of this holiday.

This material can be used as an 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-acquaintance with the topic.

Easter in England.

Easter in 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 large 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 wear new beautiful 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 golden paper or painted and given as gifts to the poor. Sweets were also distributed to the children. Games were a must during the 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 symbols have survived unchanged to this day.

Easter is preceded by Palm SundayPalm Sunday), the beginning of Passion Week in many churches. Good Friday morning (the last Friday before Easter), which in England is called "Good" -Good Friday, begins with breakfast, during which freshly baked cross buns are served (hot cross buns) - spicy, lush, sliced ​​on top with a cross before baking, with raisins, sometimes with candied fruit inside. There is a belief: buns protect the house from evil spirits and have healing properties. Therefore, earlier people used to hang these buns on kitchen ceilings.

How do people celebrate Easter now?

The celebration begins on Friday, when special buns are baked with a cross-shaped incision at the top and stuffed with raisins or candied fruits. They are eaten for breakfast and treated to all friends. It is believed that they give health;

On the day of Easter at dawn, religious services are held in churches. Organ music concerts are held in Catholic churches. On this day, it is customary to wear 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 be blessed in the church.

On Sunday the English set the table. Festive dishes are baked smoked pork, honey-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 the UK 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 with 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 that hides Easter eggs in secluded places so that the children will later look for them. So 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 Holy Sunday in England is accompanied by fun, games and dances, sweets and plentiful treats.

In England, the Easter period 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

Easteris the bright holiday of the resurrection of Christ. This holiday came to Russia from Byzantium along 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, all-night vigils and a procession around the church are held in all churches. By this time, traditional holiday pastries were already baked in all the houses - Easter cakes, which symbolize the body of Christ, and the eggs were dyed. And right in the morning, believers go home with refreshments, giving a friend colored eggs, while saying: “Christ is risen!” - "Truly risen!". This custom of greetings, congratulations, accompanied by hugs and kisses, was called "christening." The holiday of Christian Easter lasts seven days and is called Holy Week or Week.

Easter- This is a day of plentiful refreshments. After Lent, a variety of delicious dishes are put on the table on this day. And among them the first place is occupied by ritual dishes. And, above 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 Easter cake was always baked from yeast dough, high and round. The top of the cake is decorated with the image of a cross. It is believed that if Easter bread is a success, then everything will be fine 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 needy, relatives and completely unfamiliar people in almshouses, orphanages, hospitals and prisons. The poor wanderers were not deprived either - after all, the people said that "from Easter to the Ascension, Christ wanders the earth with the apostles, experiencing the mercy and kindness of everyone."

It is no secret that the great feast of the Resurrection of Christ, or as it is customary to call Easter, is usually celebrated in the spring. The date of Easter is always different between April 4 and May 8. 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 treats, 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 Passion Week, and Thursday of this week is Clean. So, starting this Thursday, people begin to paint and decorate eggs, as well as bake Easter cakes. But on Saturday before Easter, it is customary to light eggs and Easter cakes in the church and then treat them to each other.

It is customary to celebrate Easter with family or visit relatives. Easter in Russia is celebrated at a large and covered table with treats. It used to be customary to cook those treats that 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 at the meeting say “Christ is Risen” - “Truly 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, they take some kind of tray and roll an egg from it at an angle, for example, onto a blanket, then the next participant also rolls the egg. If his egg touches the previous egg, he wins.

Another interesting game. This game consists in taking eggs and beating each other with their spouts. They fight until one egg remains whole. He won that.

Signs and beliefs .

The first laid egg on Easter disperses all unclean forces. To do this, the egg had to be rolled around all the corners of the yard and the house.

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

It is believed that the Easter egg removes all diseases.

You can not do any cleaning around the house on Easter, as well as work.

Whoever has the Easter egg intact after being hit will have a lot of health.

This is not all that could be said. 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 unbelievers 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 feast is called the bright Easter week or the Passion Week, in which every day, starting from Monday, is Bright. The Russian people are preparing for the feast in advance, enduring the multi-day Great Lent, decorating houses and yards, bringing perfect cleanliness everywhere and in everything.

But most actively they begin to prepare for the Resurrection of Christ from Pure (Bright) Thursday. Believers were supposed to get up at dawn, so that they would certainly bathe and thus be cleansed of all kinds of sins that had accumulated over the whole year. And only after that visit the temple, where it was necessary to confess and take communion. After the service, they quickly went home to put the finishing touches in exemplary order, before painting the eggs and baking Easter cakes.

In the evening on a bright Saturday, literally all Christians, smartly dressed, with Easter cakes, Easter eggs, krashankas, went to churches for the solemn Vespers. Before midnight, bells rang out, announcing the approach of the moment of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. Under the incessant chimes, the religious procession around the cathedrals began.

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 - Easter cake and an egg. All over Russia, starting from Maundy Thursday, they bake Easter cakes, prepare cottage cheese Easter, paint eggs in various ways. According to ancient custom, they tried to prepare a plentiful garnished menu, but even in poor families, Easter dishes always included freshly baked Easter cake according to a special recipe and painted eggs.

It takes a lot of free time to prepare 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. The eggs were then decorated and painted. Artistically decorated eggs have always been the 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. They mainly preferred meat dishes and baked goods: Easter cakes, Easter, rolls, roasting of young pigs, hams, roast veal.

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

Going on a visit, they took colored eggs with them without fail. They greeted each other with the phrases “Christ is risen” - “Truly risen”, kissed three times and exchanged krashanki. The presented custom is rightfully considered a characteristic feature of only the Slavic peoples, in other countries 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 in the temple christened, congratulated each other, proclaiming: “Christ is risen! - “Truly risen! “, kissed three times and exchanged krashanki. The servants of the temples began to consecrate the eggs, Easter cakes, Easter cakes brought by the parishioners.

In addition, a generous tradition was introduced during the Easter period: to distribute money, holy eggs and small pastries to the poor, so that the beggars also had the opportunity to enjoy the radiant triumph - the Resurrection of Christ.

Fun and Games for Easter

After many days of fasting, as well as the rejection of various joys and amusements, the Easter holiday was desired and absolutely adored by everyone. In this regard, many popular 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 painted eggs: someone holds a pysanka in the palm of his hand with the nose up, on the contrary, the second beats it with the nose of the next egg. Whoever has a particular Easter egg has remained intact, he continues to compete with others.

One of the fun things to do is egg rolling. It should be played on a table or on the floor surface, the main condition is that it should be a flat plane. Additionally, a chute is required, which is placed directly under the slope, 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 broken eggs were taken away by the players. It was necessary to have the skill to direct the movement of the egg. The greater the number of people playing, the more fun and interesting the spectacle became.

And the “game of piles” was attributed to the form of entertainment only for girls. Poured out more than two piles of sand for each player. The young ladies, who did not participate at all in the competition, placed a decorated egg directly under a single pile of sand. The playing participants came up and pointed to one of the piles. The girl who found the hidden egg won.

Signs for Easter

The Christian Russian Easter, indeed, grouped around itself numerous ethnic signs, legends and rituals that are not at all recognized by the ministers of the church, but they enjoy well-deserved popularity among 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 always be blooming.

We tried to stand on the ax to be strong. It was said that this miraculously helps, 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 collected on Easter night from a well was listed as magical. If it is sprinkled with a dwelling, then it is possible to remove unkind slanders, bad thoughts and sins.

It was equally believed that if, on the very first day of the Resurrection of Christ, the first bird egg laid that day was rolled around the perimeter of the courtyard, then any evil spirit could be driven out.

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

Isolated from all these superstitions, there is a monolithic category of Easter signs, which are now called household signs. So, for example, the Russian population was unshakably convinced that Easter food, consecrated by prayer in the temple, has a 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: a proportion 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, in order to to deflect the lightning. In the same way, the head of the holy Easter cake was saved everywhere, so that the householder, leaving for arable land to sow, had the opportunity to take it with him and eat it on his own field, which, in fact, ensured the upcoming excellent harvest.

The full Paschal period of time lasts forty days, right up to the Feast of the Ascension itself. And the first week after the bright celebration of Easter is called 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 winter 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 an 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, the UK 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 way of life.

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

Easter is much more than a simple holiday. It 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 does not occur on the same day of the year. Easter is celebrated on the first Sunday after the first full moon following the spring equinox.

Like most Christian festivals, Easter has its origins in pre-Christian times. Our ancestors believed that the sun died in winter and was reborn again in spring. The arrival 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 Eostre.

Although here in England, Easter is associated with spring, in the countries of the southern hemisphere this is not the case. In these countries, Easter falls at the end of autumn. However, around the world, Easter is associated with new life and new beginnings.