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Easter is a time of springtime festivals. In Christian countries Easter is celebrated as the religious holiday commemorating the resurrection of Jesus Christ, the son of God. But the celebrations of Easter have many customs and legends that are pagan in origin and have nothing to do with Christianity.
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Easter is a movable feast; that is, it is not always held on the same date. Easter is the first Sunday after the full moon after the moon's Spring Equinox.
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The English name "Easter" is rather new. When the early English Christians wanted others to accept Christianity, they decided to use the name Easter for this holiday so that it would match the name of the old spring celebration. It was derived from the name Eostre, the Anglo-Saxon goddess of spring. This made it more comfortable for other people to accept Christianity.
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Easter symbols
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Easter Eggs
Easter ChicksEaster Bunny
Easter Lilies
The CrossThe
ButterflyPalm
branches
Read new words:
Easter candles
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Easter eggs
Eggs symbolize new life. Eggs have been a symbol of spring since ancient times. The egg is also a symbol of the rock tomb of which Christ emerged when he rose again. Eggs are usually brightly painted to reflect the sunlight in spring.
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Easter Chicks
The chick, hatching out of the egg, symbolizes new life and rebirth.
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Easter Hare or Bunny
The hare or Easter Bunny as it is known in America was a symbol of abundant life in ancient times, and reminds us of spring and new life.
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Easter Lilies
The white lilies symbolize the purity of Jesus. Lilies’ emerging from the earth in spring also symbolize new life and resurrection of Christ.
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The Cross
The cross symbolizes Jesus’ victory over death.
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Candles
Easter candles symbolize Jesus, “the light of the world”.
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The Butterfly
The butterfly with its life cycle symbolizes the life of Jesus Christ. The first stage is the caterpillar, which stands for His life on Earth. The second phase begins from the cocoon stage, the crucifixion and burial of Jesus. The third and final stage is the butterfly, representing His raising from the dead.
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Baby Animals
Baby animals born in spring also represent spring and new life.
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Palm branches
Palm branches represent when Jesus arrived in Jerusalem on the first Palm Sunday and people waved palm branches, welcoming him.
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Easter customs
Easter Hats or Bonnets
Easter Sunrise
The Egg Hunt
Hot Cross Buns
Egg Rolling
Easter Parade
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Easter Sunrise
Easter Sunrise is celebrated because Mary Magdalene entered the garden and met Christ “at the rising of the sun”. People gather to pray when the sun appears and then in procession go to the church.
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Easter Hats
Easter hats (bonnets) and wearing new clothes for Easter symbolizes new life offered through the death and resurrection of Jesus.
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The Egg Hunt
According to the legend, the tradition of the egg hunt was born in Germany where a white hare spends Easter Eve hiding eggs which children can find the next day.
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Hot Cross Buns
One of the Easter traditions is eating Hot Cross Buns. These buns have a cross of icing on the top to remind people of Christ.
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Egg rolling
Egg rolling symbolizes the stone which rolled away from the tomb where Jesus was laid. Egg-rolling is a traditional Easter pastime which is still popular in Britain. It takes place on Easter Sunday or Monday, and consists of rolling coloured, hard-boiled eggs down a slope until they are cracked and broken after which they are eaten by their owners.
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One of the best known Easter customs, which has a long history, is Easter parade or Easter Bonnet parade as they called it in Great Britain. This custom is originated with the tradition of buying new clothes for Easter which people wore to church. After church services everyone went for a walk around the town. The most famous parades are along Fifth Avenue in New York and in Battersea Park in London.
Easter Parade
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Easter Legend
lawn - лужайка harvest - урожай
disappoint – разочаровывать
hide (hid-hid) - прятать
Read new words:
bush - кустик
decide - решить
believe - верить
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Easter Legend
Long, long ago there lived an old, woman who loved children very
much. Each year she gave children presents to celebrate spring.
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Easter Legend
One year she had nothing to give because the harvest was very poor.
All she had were some eggs.
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Easter Legend
She did not want to disappoint the children. So quickly before they
came for their presents she coloured the eggs and hid them in the grass.
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Easter Legend
When the children came she said to them: "Run out into the lawn and find your presents hiding there”
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Easter Legend
The children began to look for the presents. At last they found a basket of
coloured eggs under the bush. Suddenly a hare jumped out from under the bush. And
the children decided that it was he, who had brought them the presents.