Easter Rituals

Which of these didn't happen on Easter Sunday?

• The women went to the tomb to anoint Jesus' body.

• The women saw angels, who told them he wasn't there.

• The women went to tell the apostles, who initially didn't believe them.

• The women found the body of Jesus in the tomb

The crucifixion of Jesus Christ is remembered on

• Easter Monday

• Good Friday

• Holy Thursday

• Easter Sunday

Good Friday liturgy is 3 things....

• saturated

• simple

• solemn

• silent

The Easter season is how many days long?

• 4

• 40

• 50

• 28

In what year was it determined that the resurrection should be celebrated on a Sunday?

• 75

• 125

• 325

• 525

Towards the end of the 16th century, Queen Elizabeth I passed a law limiting the sale of sweet buns to funerals, Christmas, and the Friday before Easter.

• True

• False

The season of Easter ends ...

• the weekend after Easter Sunday

• when Lent ends

• on Easter Monday

• at Pentecost

Which Easter celebration does not happen in Fiji?

• There is only one cross which they share among themselves for the rituals

• The cross is transported from one island to another by floating it on the water.

• A festive traditional meal is served to the entire group after they reach the island with the cross.

• The cross is decorated with flowers and and worshipped.

In Germany they commonly decorate with

• lanterns

• giant bunnies

• Easter egg trees

• hanging angels

Easter the most important and oldest festival of the Christian Church, celebrating the resurrection of Christ and held (in the Western Church) on the second Sunday after the first full moon following the northern spring equinox.

• False

• True