Easter Day |
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How is Easter celebrated in the church?Easter is a happy time. It is festival of hope and light. It celebrates new life. In churches Easter will be celebrated with special services. They will be really happy occasions remembering Jesus coming to life after his cruel death on the cross. |
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There will often be lots of flowers to make the church colourful and bright. There will be joyful hymns and choruses sung. Some churches will hold a service early in the morning, just as day breaks, to remember how Mary went to the tomb at daybreak and discovered the empty tomb and Jesus alive. |
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In some churches there will be a special candle lit, called a Pascal candle. Jesus is known as the Light of the World and the Pascal candle is a sign of this. Priests in some churches will wear white or gold clothes, contrasting with the black they wore on Good Friday. Sometimes an Easter Garden is built in the church or children make small Easter Gardens to display at home or in the church. |
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Often small chocolate Easter eggs are given to the children in the congregation. |
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See a video of an Easter Sunday Service |
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