Easter

Have you noticed beautiful flowers, chocolate eggs, pastel colors, and pictures of rabbits all of a sudden everywhere you go? It's because it is Easter time!

Easter is the celebration of Jesus Christ's rising from the dead (His Resurrection) after His crucifixion which took place on what we now term Good Friday.
Easter is usually celebrated on the first Sunday after the full moon following the Spring Equinox on March 21st. This can be any Sunday between March 22nd and April 25th. It is the most sacred of all the Christian holidays or celebrations.
Christ's return (or rising) from death is called the Resurrection. According to the scriptures, Christ's tomb was empty three days after His death, which is commemorated on Good Friday. His followers saw Him and talked to Him after this. Christians therefore believe that they have the hope of a new life (an everlasting life in Heaven) after their earthly death.

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Easter was called Pesach by early Christians. It is the Hebrew name for Passover. Today, the name for Easter in many cultures in Europe are similar to the word Pesah.

For example :
France -Paques

Spain -Pascua

Italy -Pasqua

Albania -Pashke

Greece -Pascha

Norway -Paaske

Holland -Pasen

Sweden -Pask

St. Patrick's Day Puzzle!

Across 

4. a person or corporation engaged in commerce. 

6. to design or mean for a particular purpose. 

7. a saint regarded as the special guardian 

Down 

1. act or fact of remembering. 

2. to restore or replenish. 

3. a person sent by a church to evangelize. 

5. Any of several plants having compound leaves.