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The Easter Stor

Easter celebrates new life. It is a happy time and churches hold special celebration services.

Let’s look at ‘The Easter Story.’

Jesus and two of his friends were travellin to Jerusalem for a celebration called !assover. Jesus sent his friends to fetch a donkey. Then Jesus and his friends entered Jerusalem. Jesus rode on the donkey.

"any people were there. They took palm branches and waved them at Jesus. Some took off their coats and laid them on the road. They were pleased to see Jesus.

The followin day Jesus went to the temple. #hen $e ot there% he ot very upset because some people were usin the temple as a market place. Jesus told them that the temple was a place of prayer and he threw them out of the temple.

The ne&t few days Jesus continued to teach both his friends and the crowds who came to listen. $e continued to speak aainst the wron people did. "any of the reliious leaders didn’t like what Jesus said since they thouht he was talkin about them. They decided to find a way to kill Jesus.

#hile Jesus was talkin to the people one of his disciples told the other reliious leaders that he would help them capture Jesus. The disciple's name was Judas Iscariot. The reliious leaders ave Judas thirty pieces of silver to make sure he helped them.

The Last Supper

Jesus knew he was oin to die so on Thursday evenin he shared a special meal with his friends. Jesus took bread and blessed it. $e ave it to his disciples and said% (Take this% and eat it. This is "y body.) $e told the disciples that he knew one of them would betray him.

*fter they had eaten the bread Jesus took a cup and said a prayer. $e filled the cup with wine. $e ave it to them and said% ‘+rink from it% all of you. This is my blood% the blood of the promise. It is poured out for many people so that sins are foriven’

#hen Jesus and his disciples had finished their meal they all walked to the ,arden of ,ethsemane to pray. Jesus prayed three times. Each time when he went back to see his friends they had fallen asleep- $e came back the third time and told them to wake up.

Just then Judas% one of Jesus’ followers% came with a lare crowd. $e came and kissed Jesus on the cheek. This was a sin to tell the uards who they were to arrest. They came and arrested Jesus. *ll Jesus’ followers ran away.

The crowd took Jesus to a trial held by the Jewish reliious leaders. "any people told lies about Jesus.

The ne&t day they took Jesus to the oman overnor% !ontius !ilate. They told !ilate that Jesus should die. !ilate finally areed to allow it. *fter the soldiers made fun of Jesus% they led $im to ,olotha. That’s where they crucified $im.

They hun Jesus on the cross with nails pounded throuh his hands and feet. * criminal hun on each side of him. Jesus suffered terribly and many people made fun of him.

They took Jesus down from the cross. Two of Jesus’ friends took him to a tomb one of them had. They buried him there. $is friends were very sad.

Early on Easter Sunday mornin some of Jesus’ women friends went to the tomb. #hen they ot there the tomb was open and Jesus’ body was not there.

Then Jesus’ women friends saw an anel who told them% (+on’t be afraid- I know you’re lookin for Jesus% who was crucified. $e has been brouht back to life. ,o /uickly% and tell his disciples that he is alive)

*s they started to o and tell Jesus’ other friends they saw Jesus himself. They fell down to worship him. Jesus told the women to o tell his other friends the ood news.

$e told the disciples he would be back one day and they must tell people all over the world about him. *fter Jesus had spoken to his disciples he was taken up into heaven. This is called ‘The *scention.’

EASTER FACTS

What is Easter?  

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Easter is the  most  most important 0hristian festival. 0hristians are followers of Jesus 0hrist who lived about 1222  years ao in a country called !alestine. They believe that Jesus was the son of ,od. *t Easter time 0hristians remember the last week of Jesus' life.

Where does Easter get it’s name from?  

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3ne belief is that Easter ot its name from the ,oddess of Sprin called Eostre who some people worshipped lon before Jesus was born. *t that time it was thouht that the sun died in winter and was born aain in sprin when days would lenthen and the sun’s power would return. In Europe% Eostre was honoured as the briner of sprin.

When is Easter?  

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Easter +ay is always on a Sunday% but the date varies from year to  year 4unlike 0hristmas which is always on +ecember 156. "any years ao 0hristians decided that Easter +ay should be always  be  be on the Sunday followin the first full moon  the first day of Sprin on after  the "arch 17. This means that Easter can be as early as 11 "arch or as late as 15 *pril. 8or this reason Easter is called a movable feast.

What is Good Friday? (Apart from a holiday)  

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3n ,ood 8riday 0hristians remember the day that Jesus was killed on the cross by oman soldiers. This is the reason why the cross is an important sin for 0hristians today. There are crosses in churches and many 0hristians wear a cross on a chain.

Why is it alled

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Good  Friday  Friday?

It is known as ,ood 8riday because 0hristians believe that Jesus ave up his life for the good of everyone. *t Easter people eat hot cross buns which have a cross shape on the top. ,ood 8riday is a sad day and churches never have flowers or decorations on this day. The church is left dark and there is 9ust a simple cross on the altar.

What do Christians ele!rate on Easter Sunday?  

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Easter Sunday is a happy day for 0hristians because they believe that Jesus rose from the dead and ascended into heaven on this day

They believe that Jesus' resurrection or comin alive shows that death is not the end of everythin.

"o# Christians ele!rate on Easter Sunday?  

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"any o to church to thank ,od for Jesus' life. 0hurch bells are run and churches are decorated with flowers such as white lilies which are associated with Easter. The colours in the church chane to white or old which are thouht to be the best colours.

What ha$e eggs got to do #ith Easter?  

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The custom of ivin es at Easter is celebration of new life. Es were always thouht to be special because althouh they do not seem alive% they have life within them especially at sprintime when chicks hatch out. Lon ao people ave ifts of es carved from wood or precious stones.