Easter Wishes 

Oh! what a beautiful morning!

I've just dropped in to say.

I hope you have a beautiful,

And wonderful Easter Day!

Flowers are blooming

everywhere,

Bird songs are in the air.

Spring is unfolding her

treasures,

And wants us all to share.

Easter gives hope for

tomorrow,

As after the winter comes

Spring.

Our hearts can be filled with

gladness

As hearts rejoice and sing.

 

 

Happy Easter

Happy Easter

!

!

What is Easter?

Easter is the time for holidays, festivals and

Easter is the time for holidays, festivals and

a time for giving chocolate Easter eggs. But

a time for giving chocolate Easter eggs. But

Easter means much more....

Easter means much more....

Easter is the oldest and the most important

Easter is the oldest and the most important

Christian Festival, the celebration of the

Christian Festival, the celebration of the

death and coming to life again of Jesus

death and coming to life again of Jesus

Christ. For Christians, the dawn of Easter

Christ. For Christians, the dawn of Easter

Sunday with its message of new life is the

Sunday with its message of new life is the

high point of the Christian year.

high point of the Christian year.

What is the Easter story ?

What is the Easter story ?

Easter is the story of Jesus' last days in
Jerusalem before his death.The Easter story
includes:

• Maundy Thursday (the Last supper leading
to the Eucharist),

•Good Friday (the day on which Jesus was
crucified) and

•Easter Day (the day on which Jesus came back
to life).

What is Good Friday?

On Good Friday, Christians remember the day when
Jesus was crucified on a cross.

When is Holy Saturday?

It is the Saturday before Easter, the last day of Lent
and is the day when Christ's body lay in His Tomb.

What happens on Easter Sunday today?

Christians gather together on Easter Sunday for a
Sunrise Service. This service takes place on a hill
side so everyone can see the sun rise.Some
Christians take part in an Easter vigil, lighting a
new fire outside the church early on Sunday
morning.

Our Faith

Our Faith

“They saw and believed” :

This is the testimony of the first
witnesses, John and Peter and others who
saw Jesus risen from the dead, and this is
our Easter faith.

Why do we give eggs at Easter?

Why do we give eggs at Easter?

Easter is a Christian festival. For Christians

the custom of giving eggs at Easter

celebrates new life. Christians remember

that Jesus, after dying on the cross, rose

from the dead. They believe that, through

his resurrection, Jesus defeated death and

sin and offers people the promise of eternal

life if they follow his teachings

.

What foods are traditionally eaten at Easter time?

Hot Cross Buns are traditionally served on GOOD
FRIDAY.
A Hot Cross Bun is rich, spiced tea cake.

EASTER

IN

ENGLAND

Easter Day

Easter Day, is associated with special

food.

Boiled eggs are traditionally served at
breakfast. Roast lamb, which is the main
dish at Jewish Passover, is the traditional
meat for the main meal on Easter Day.
Simnel cake is baked for tea. The Simnel
cake is a fruit cake with a flat layer of
marzipan (sugar almond paste) on top and
decorated with 11 marzipan balls
representing the 12 apostoles minus Judas,
who betrayed Christ.

Easter Egg Customs in

the UK

•PACE EGGING

• EGG ROLLING

•EGG JARPING

•EASTER EGG HUNTING

Pace

Egging

Pace Eggs are hard boiled eggs with patterned shells,
they are traditional in northern parts of England at
Easter, with local variants in the name, such as Paste
Eggs.

The name is derived from Pesach (Passover).

The background colour is provided by onion skins with
designs created by leaves and flowers placed next to
the shell.

All kinds of fun are had with the hard-boiled decorated
pace eggs.

Egg

rolling

Egg rolling is very popular in England and is an

Easter Monday sport. Hard-boiled eggs are rolled
down a hill.

Customs differ from place to place. The winner's
egg may be the one that rolls the farthest, survives
the most rolls, or is rolled between two pegs.

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Egg

Jarping

(Egg Tapping)

Another activity that takes place on Easter Day is
the playing of a game with the eggs known as
"jarping", It's a bit like playing conkers, with
players tapping their opponents' eggs until one
breaks. The winner goes through to the next
round, and so on until there is only one egg left
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A good hit by a jarper is called a "dunch". The
game is popular in County Durham, where it is
played on Easter Sunday.

Easter

Egg

Hunt

Small chocolate eggs are hidden for the children
to find on the traditional Easter Egg Hunt. In
recent years this game has been linked to the
Easter Bunny, which only arrived in Britain
relatively recently.

On Easter morning the children of the house join
in a search to locate the eggs that the Easter
Bunny had hidden while they where asleep. The
searching might continue though out the house
with the older children helping the youngest.
Sometimes prizes of candy are awaiting the child
finding the most eggs.

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EASTER

IN

POLAND

Easter in Poland actually begin on

Ash

Wednesday

- ŚRODA POPIELCOWA,

when pussywillows called in polish "bazie" or
"kotki"  are cut and placed in the water.

These pussywillow twigs are used later on

Palm Sunday

as "palms" to be blessed in

the church, because palms are not available
in Poland.

Holy Week

(Wielki Tydzień) begins on Palm

Sunday, which is a commemoration of
Christ's entry into Jerusalem.

During the

Great Fast

it is customary to

participate in special religious observances such as

Stations of the Cross

,- DROGA KRZYŻOWA

Bitter Lamentations

,- GORZKIE ŻALE

Lent

/ Wielki Post

For Polish Catholics, Lent is the most
reflective spiritual season. During this
time people are fasting, going to the
confession,  praying and visiting the
specially decorated churches to see
"Our Lord's Grave".

Palm Sunday

- Niedziela Palmowa

 On this day people bring the puss
willows branches or other custom
made wild flowers bouquets instead
of palms to the church for the
blessing.

Holly

Saturday 

On Saturday people take to churches
decorated baskets (Swieconka)
containing a sampling of traditional
food to be blessed. Swieconka is very
popular Polish tradition.

Food Blessing

/ Swieconka

Świeconka is one of the most beloved Polish traditions. On

Saturday people take to churches decorated baskets

containing of traditional food to be blessed:

The food have a symbolic meaning

eggs - symbolize life and Christ's resurrection,
* bread - symbolic of Jesus,
* lamb - represents Christ,
* salt - represents purification, 
* horseradish - symbolic of the bitter sacrifice of Christ, 
* ham - symbolic of great joy and abundance.

The food blessed in the church remains untouched

until Sunday morning. 

Wet Monday

/ Lany Poniedzialek

Monday (just after Easter) is a holiday in
Poland and is called in polish "Lany
Poniedzialek" or "Smigus- Dyngus". This
is a wonderful day of fun. 

On Polish Easter table

On Polish Easter table

there are:

there are:

•

sausages,- especially – white sausages

• ham,
• cold meats,
• poppy-seed cakes, Easter babka, Easter
Mazurek

• Polish Easter Soup called Zurek or White
Barscz

• Cabbage Rolls (Golabki)
• Red Beets with Horseradish
• vegetable salad
• stuffed eggs

The family breakfast on

Easter Sunday morning

It is an important part of Polish

It is an important part of Polish

Easter celebration.

Easter celebration.

On the breakfast table, each of the

On the breakfast table, each of the

participants wishes the others of the

participants wishes the others of the

family good luck and happiness

family good luck and happiness

sharing an egg or blessed food from

sharing an egg or blessed food from

the Easter basket.

the Easter basket.

The table is decorated with daffodils,

The table is decorated with daffodils,

a sugar lamb, and coloured eggs.

a sugar lamb, and coloured eggs.

EASTER EGGS

EASTER EGGS

PISANKI

PISANKI

CHOCOLATE

CHOCOLATE

BUNNY

BUNNY

CZEKOLADOWY

CZEKOLADOWY

ZAJĄCZEK

ZAJĄCZEK

SALT

SALT

SÓL

SÓL

SAUSAGE

KIEŁABAS

A

HAM

HAM

SZYNKA

SZYNKA

CAKE,

CAKE,

MUFFI

MUFFI

N

N

BABECZKA

BABECZKA

BREAD

BREAD

CHLEB

CHLEB

HORSERADIS

HORSERADIS

H

H

CHRZAN

CHRZAN

BUTTER

BUTTER

LAMB

LAMB

Baranek z

Baranek z

masła

masła

CANDY

CANDY

CHICK

CHICK

CUKROWY

CUKROWY

KURCZACZEK

KURCZACZEK

EASTER

EASTER

BASKET

BASKET

ham

Easter egg

sausage

cake

horseradish

Butter lamb

salt

bread

Chocolate bunny

Candy chick

1.

What day is Easter celebrated?

• Friday
• Saturday
• Monday

2. On Palm Sunday, Christians celebrate
the day that

....

• Jesus rode into Jerusalem on a donkey and
was greeted by cheering crowd

• Jesus sheltered under a palm tree during a
thunderstorm

• Jesus fed 5,000 people

3. How long is Lent is western churches?

21 days

30 days

40 days

4. 4. Why do we have eggs at Easter?

Jesus liked eggs

They taste nice

They are a symbol of rebirth

The are a symbole of sadness as they look

like a tear drop.

. 5. What traditionally happened on Ash Wednesday?

People put ash on their foreheads

Fireplaces were cleaned out in time for Easter

People wash themselves with ashes from a fire