Easter in Great Britain and
Russia
Easter in Great Britain
and Russia
• Easter is a very important festival i
n Great Britain and Russia.
• Easter day is always on Sunday an
d it is in spring. The wish for this d
ay : “Happy Easter!”
• There are many funny symbols and
interesting traditions on this day.
• Easter comes in spring.
• It is a religious celebration and last
s for a week.
ABOUT EASTER
• In Russia and in the UK Easter
is one of the major Christian fes
tivals of the year.
• This holiday is devoted to Jesus
Christ and his returning to life.
• The exact date of the holiday ch
anges from year to year. Easter
is celebrated on any Sunday in
March or April in Great Britain
and in April or May in Russia.
Preparation for Easter
• Easter starts with Lent which lasts for
40 days.
• Believers don't eat meat and animal p
roducts 7 weeks.
• The four most important days are:
Palm Sunday (Вербное воскресенье)
Clean Thursday (Чистый четверг)
Good Friday (Страстная пятница)
Easter Sunday (Пасхально воскресень
е)
Palm Sunday in Russ
ia
• The week before
Easter, people in
Russia bring ho
me willow branc
hes which have
been blessed in
church.
Palm Sunday in Great Br
itain
• People in Great Britain carry p
alm branches in parades, and
make them into crosses to dec
orate the Church.
• In Roman times it was custom
ary to welcome royalty by wav
ing palm branches. So, when J
esus arrived in Jerusalem on
Palm Sunday, people welcome
d him with palm branches.
Clean Thursday
• In Russia people should b • On Clean Thursday, a king
athe before sunrise on thi or a queen of England give
s day. Houses and flats sh s money to poor people. It’
ould be cleaned too. s an old tradition.
Good Friday
• English people eat Hot cross
buns on this day, singing a so
ng "Hot Cross Buns”.
They are called cross buns be
• In Russia people coo
cause before baking they cut
ks kulich and make t
hem consecrated on out a cross and pour icing sug
Saturday. ar into the made recess. This
tradition exists not by chance
: according to an ancient beli
ef, cross buns protect the hou
se from evil spirits, and in ad
dition, they help to preserve
health.
Easter greeting
• In Russia on Easter morni
ng people congratulate eac • In Great Britain peop
h other by saying “Christ is le congratulate each
risen”, and the reply is “He other by saying “Hap
is risen indeed”. py Easter”.
Symbols of Easter
There are many Easter
symbols in Great Britai
n:
• Easter Eggs
• Easter Bunnies
• Hot cross buns
• Easter Lamb
Easter Eggs
• The most important sy
mbol in England, as w
ell as in Russia, is eggs.
• They are a symbol of s
pring and new life.
• All families colour eggs
and put them into bask
ets.
The Easter Bunny or Easter
Rabbit
• Easter Rabbit is a
kind symbol of Easter
in England. It is a
very innocent animal.
The English Easter
Rabbit symbolizes
abundance.
Easter table in Russ
ia
• Of course, the main Eas
ter table decorations are
kulichi , paskha and col
oured eggs. As a rule, a l
ot of relatives and frien
ds are gathered around
the Easter table. Everyo
ne is given a beautiful e
gg and a small kulich.
Easter table in Great Britain
• On Easter Sunday people eat a traditional roast din
ner with lamb, potatoes and vegetables. The table is
usually decorated by chocolate nests for eggs, choco
late eggs and hares. Sunday morning hot cross buns
are given for tea. Friends and relatives give each oth
er chocolate eggs in which sweets are hidden.
Easter games
• Children in England believe the Eas
ter Bunny brings the Easter eggs.
• In the morning of Easter children w
ake up and find that the Easter Bun
ny has left baskets of candies and hi
dden coloured eggs for them.
• The children hunt for the eggs, whic
h have usually been hidden outside
near their home.
Easter games
• Egg rolling is a traditional
game played with eggs at
Easter in Britain.
• In Russia it is a tradition t
o "fight" with eggs at East
er. The person whose egg
cracks first loses.
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