Easter Sunday falls on April 15, 2012. Easter is the greatest feast day in the Christian calendar as it celebrates Jesus Christ's resurrection. For Christians, Easter commemorates Jesus being crucified on Good Friday and returning to life on Easter Sunday. Common Easter traditions include painting eggs, eating lamb, and walking around town following Epitafio processions. In Greece, Easter is an important celebration called "The Big Week" where people attend church and begin preparations for the Sunday feast, such as baking tsoureki bread and dyeing eggs red.

1. EASTER
Easter Sunday
falls on April 15,
2012 this year.
Easter is the
greatest feast day
in the Christian
calendar, It
celebrates the
Resurrection of
Jesus Christ.

2. Why we celebrate EASTER?
• We celebrate Easter
because it
commemorates
the resurrection of
Jesus
Christ. Christians
believe that Jesus was
killed by crucifixion on
a Friday and then
actually came back to
life on the following
Sunday.

3. What we are doing in EASTER?
• In EASTER we
are painting
eggs, we eat
lamb and we
are walking
round the town
following
Epitafio.

4. THE BIG WEEK.
• Here in Greece it
is a very
important time
of year and has
even been
named 'The Big
Week. During
this time people
attend church
and start the
preparations for
the Easter feast
on Sunday.

5. Customs
• In Greece, the actual
Easter festival begins
several days before
Easter. Preparations
begin on Big Thursday,
when the tsoureki, or
Easter bread, is baked,
and the eggs are dyed
red, symbolizing the
blood of Christ.
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