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Easter Sunday |
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On easter sunday, christians celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. Easter season is the greatest feast in christian calendar. Easter Sunday comes at the end of 40 days of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving known as Lent. |
Christians believe that through spiritual struggle and self-denial they prepare themselves to die spiritually with Christ on Good Friday which was the day of his crucifixion, so that they can rise again with him in new life on easter sunday. Easter Sunday is a day of celebration of Christian's faith. St.Paul once said that unless Christ rose from dead, our faith is in vain.
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Through his death, Christ saved mankind from bondage to sin, and he destroyed the thought that death has control on all of us; but it is his resurrection that gives us the promise of new life, both in this world and the next one.
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Easter Sunday 2011:
In the upcoming year 2011 easter sunday will fall on April 24, 2011. Easter is a moveable feast, which means that it does not occur on the same date every year. It's the first sunday, after the First full moon, after the 21st March. Easter is celebrated in both religious and secular ways by many christian families throughout the world. Traditional customs include the Easter Vigil, lighting of the Paschal candles, chanting of the Easter Proclamation, and readings from the Old Testament, singing hymns, baptisms, confirmation and Holy Communion.
Easter Sunday's celebration extends beyond the church and can be easily seen as a celebration and feasting. Eggs are the popular sign of Easter. Traditional Easter activities include decorating eggs, egg rolling races down a hill, easter egg hunts and receiving chocolate Easter eggs delivered by the Easter bunny. On easter sunday, many families celebrate with a Sunday roast which is actually a traditionally roasted lamb. Sweet foods such as Simnel cake and hot cross buns are also eaten during the Easter season.
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