Spring Equinox

The woman who discovered the empty tomb.

This is the most important Christian holiday.

Catholic Church's celebration of resurrection, held on Holy Saturday evening.

Ancient symbol of new life used in this celebration.

A dramatic enactment of Zechariah 9:9. “Do not be afraid, Daughter Zion; see, your king is coming, seated on a donkey’s colt”. And the people laid palm branches.

In 1991, this country launched a campaign to replace the Easter bunny with the Easter bilby because rabbits are considered a pest.

Children's game played during one Schmautz Family Easter competition for adults. Steve had never heard of it because it wasn't Bible drills.

Fertile species associated with Easter.

On the day after entering Jerusalem he was angry and said, “Is it not written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations? But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.'”

As a candy-selling U.S. holiday, Easter holds this rank (1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc).

In Eastern Catholic Churches, Easter eggs are dyed red to represent this.

In medieval period eating these was forbidden during Lent.

So he sent two of his disciples, telling them, “Go into the city, and a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him. Say to the owner of the house he enters, ‘The Teacher asks: Where is my guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?’ He will show you a large room upstairs, furnished and ready. Make preparations for us there.”

Jewish holiday coinciding with Easter every 4 years.

It was torn in two right after Jesus' death.

The pre-Christian goddess in England celebrated at the beginning of Spring. Also a queen in Hebrew scriptures.

But he denied it. “I don’t know or understand what you’re talking about,” he said....Again he denied it....Immediately the rooster crowed the second time.

On Good Friday, a few people in the northern Philippines are subjected to this to honor Jesus' crucifixion.

Easter always occurs on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the Spring Equinox.