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What is a festival?
a day or period of celebration for religious reasons
What is Christmas?
Commemorates the incarnation and birth of Jesus.
Celebrations begin on December 25 and lasts 12 days ending with Epiphany (recalls the visit of the wise men)
What is easter?
celebrates the resurrection of Jesus fro the dead.
Celebrations begin before easter Sunday and finish with the feast of pentecost
How does Christmas reflect the christian beliefs and teachings?
Lights: represent Jesus as the light coming into a world of darkness
Nativity series: shows abby Jesus born into poverty
Carol services: remind christians about gods promise of a saviour and the events of Jesus’s birth
Midnight mass: reflects the holiness of the night and joy christians feel at Jesus’s birth
Christmas cards and gifts: recalls the wise mens gifts to Jesus
Charity: times of peace and goodwill because god gave humanity the gift of Jesus, his son
What does the Holy Week celebrate?
week before easter Sunday
remembers the events leading up to Jesus’s crucifixion , including his arrest and trial
What does Good Friday celebrate?
the day Jesus was crucified
specials services and processions led by a person carrying a cross
How is the Saturday before easter celebrated by orthodox christians?
walk with candles in procession, then enter the dark church as if going into Jesus’s empty tomb
The priest announces chest is risen to watch people answer he is risen indeed
How is the Saturday before easter celebrated by catholics and anglican christians?
have a vigil that begins in darkness, before the paschal candle is lit to symbolise the risen christ. The service ends with holy communion
How is easter Sunday celebrated?
churches are filled with flowers and special hymns are sung to rejoice at jess’s resurrection
services are held at sunrise and shared breakfasts include eggs to symbolise a new life
Put the easter celebrations in order
Holy Week
Good Friday
Saturday night
Easter Sunday
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