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Mothering Sunday
Festivals; Easter
The 4th Sunday in Lent, on which day Christians remember Mary, the mother of Jesus, their Mother church and their own mothers. The traditional gift on this day consists of spring flowers and the ...
Palm Sunday
Festivals; Easter
The Sunday before Easter, which commemorates the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem on a donkey in the days before his Passion. Palm crosses are distributed during church services on this day.
Easter Sunday
Festivals; Easter
The festival when the resurrection of Jesus is remembered and celebrated. Christians believe that Jesus was resurrected from the dead on the third day after his crucifixion. Easter Sunday is not ...
Resurrection Day
Festivals; Easter
The festival when the resurrection of Jesus is remembered and celebrated. Christians believe that Jesus was resurrected from the dead on the third day after his crucifixion. Easter Sunday is not ...
Eastertide
Festivals; Easter
The season of 50 days from Easter Sunday to Whitsunday (Pentecost). Each Sunday of the season is treated as a Sunday of Easter, and, after the Sunday of the Resurrection, they are named 2nd Sunday of ...
Holy Saturday
Festivals; Easter
The day after Good Friday, and the last day of Holy Week, where the church commemorates the time that Jesus Christ lay in the tomb and descended into hell. In some Anglican churches, a simple ...
