What is Easter and why is it celebrated? | Newsround
- Larisa Korenets
- Apr 24
- 1 min read
Easter is the most important festival for Christians. It celebrates the resurrection of Jesus — when Christians believe he came back to life three days after dying on the cross. The week before Easter is called Holy Week. It starts with Palm Sunday, when Jesus arrived in Jerusalem. Maundy Thursday remembers the Last Supper, his final meal with his friends. Good Friday marks the day he died. Then, on Easter Sunday, his followers found his tomb empty — Christians believe he had risen from the dead.
Easter eggs are used to celebrate this day because they symbolize new life, just like Jesus rising again.
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True – → "Easter is the most important festival in the Christian calendar."
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False – "Palm Sunday… celebrates Jesus’s arrival into Jerusalem riding on a donkey."
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True – "On Maundy Thursday, Christians remember Jesus’s final meal that he ate with his disciples…"
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False – "Good Friday is when Christians mark the day Jesus was crucified and died…"
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True – "On the Sunday… they found the stone had been moved and the inside was completely empty."
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True – "A woman called Mary Magdalene and some of Jesus’s disciples… visited the tomb."
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