Easter is a moveable feast because its date changes every year. The reason for this variation in the date of Easter is based on...
the lunar calendar (moon).
the solar calendar (sun).
the Gregorian calendar.
Easter day always falls on...
the first Sunday following the full Moon either on or after the Spring Equinox.
the first Sunday following the full Moon before the Spring Equinox.
the second Sunday after the first Sunday following the full Moon after the Spring Equinox.
The Lenten Season or Lent refers to...
the period from Ash Wednesday, the seventh Wednesday before Easter, to the Saturday before Easter Sunday.
the forty-day period of Easter.
the period from Ash Wednesday, the seventh Wednesday before Easter, to the Thursday before Good Friday.
Lent last for forty days because it marks...
the 40 days of Jesus fasting (without food) in the desert.
the 40 years of the Israelites going through the desert.
the 40 days Moses was on Mount Sinai.
During the early Middle Ages,
meat, eggs and dairy products were generally proscribed.
pork meat, eggs and dairy products were generally proscribed.
poultry, eggs and dairy products were generally proscribed.
shrovetide Football Game 2008
The last three days before the beginning of Lent is known as Shrovetide ("Time for Confession"). Shrovetide was celebrated with games, sports, dancing and other revelries. Since the 12th century, Football has been played in the streets.There were feasts to...
use up the food that could not be eaten during Lent.
celebrate the coming of Lent.
confess sins so that they were forgiven before the season of Lent began.
The world's biggest pancake ever made and flipped measured 15.01m wide, 2.5cm deep and weighed 3 tonnes and had an estimated two million calories. (Rochdale, Greater Manchester, August 1994). It is traditional to make pancakes on Shrove Tuesday because..
they contain fat, butter and eggs which were forbidden during Lent.
it is the last chance to indulge yourself eating what you like most.
its round shape symbolizes the never-ending cycle of life.
Ash Wednesday is a day of penitence to clean the soul before the Lent fast. Ashes were used in the past as a symbol of being sorry. These ashes are made from…
the burned palm branches that have been kept from last year's Palm Sunday mixed with holy water.
the burned olive branches that have been kept from last year's Palm Sunday.
the burned palm branches that have been kept from last year's Palm Sunday.
In the UK, Mothering Sunday has been celebrated in the UK on the fourth Sunday in Lent since at least the 16th century. It is the equivalent of Mothers' Day in other countries but the tradition began when...
people who lived in little villages went not to their local church but to the nearest big church or cathedral.
Young English girls and boys 'in service' (working as servants) were only allowed this day to visit their family.
children decided to pay respect to their Mothers.
Palm Sunday is the sixth and last Sunday of Lent and the beginning of Holy Week. It celebrates Jesus' arrival in Jerusalem for the Jewish festival of Passover and the crowds waved palm branches to welcome him. Common willow and daffodils (Lent Lilies) were other alternatives in the days before palm was...
imported from Spain.
imported from Italy.
imported from India.
Maundy Thursday —also called Holy Thursday— is the feast or holy day on the Thursday before Easter that commemorates...
the Last Supper of Jesus Christ with the Apostles.
the time when God delivered Moses and the people from slavery in Egypt.
the night on which Jesus was betrayed by Judas in the Garden of Gethsemane.
In England, the custom of washing feet by the Monarch was carried out until 1689 on Maundy Thursday in Westminster Abbey. Since the 13th Century, the English monarch has followed the traditional role of giving Maundy Money to a group of pensioners. The number of coins received and the number of recipients is determined by...
The king or queen’s age.
It is always the same number: 12 for the 12 apostles.
It is always the same number: 70 for the original 70 disciples.
Maundy coins are specially minted for the occasion and are legal tender and, as they are produced in such limited numbers, they are much sought after by collectors. A complete set of Maundy money consists of:
coins of 1, 2, 3, and 4 pence.
coins of 1, 2 pence.
coins of 1 penny.
Yeomen of the Guards will carry the Maundy Money in white and red leather purses on golden alms trays on their heads. This year, 2008, ...
82 male and 82 female pensioners will receive 82p in Maundy Money.
80 male and 80 female pensioners will receive 80p in Maundy Money.
79 male and 79 female pensioners will receive 79p in Maundy Money.
On Good Friday, Christians remember the day when Jesus was crucified on a cross. The name may be derived from 'God's Friday'. Since the early nineteenth century, before the introduction of bank holidays, Good Friday and Christmas Day were the only two days of holiday which were almost universally granted to working people. Good Friday today is still a public holiday in much of the UK. It is traditional...
to eat warm 'hot cross buns'.
to eat 'simnel cakes'.
to eat 'Easter biscuits'.
Holy Saturday is the Saturday before Easter, the last day of Lent and is the day when Christ's body lay in His Tomb. Families decorate Easter eggs on Saturday evening. For Christians, Easter eggs symbolise...
new life.
the eternal cycle of life.
the rebirth of nature.
The legend says that Eostre once saved a bird whose wings had frozen during the winter by turning it into a rabbit. Because the rabbit had once been a bird, it could still lay eggs, and that rabbit became the modern Easter Bunny. On Easter Sunday, according to tradition in the United States and now in the UK, the Easter Bunny leaves baskets of treats (including Easter eggs and assorted chocolates and candy) for good children in the morning. This tradition goes back to...
the 19th century.
the 18th century.
the Ancient times.
Rolling eggs on the Monday after Easter was a tradition observed by many Washington families, including those of the President of the US. Some historians believe Dolley Madison first suggested the idea of a public egg roll. These Public egg-rolling celebrations, were held…
on the grounds of the United States Capitol.
on the White House lawn as today.
on the grounds of the Washington Monument.
The traditional Easter gift is a chocolate egg.The first chocolate Easter egg was produced in 1873 by Fry's. In 2007...
£520 million were spent on 80 million chocolate eggs.
£920 million were spent on 180 million chocolate eggs.
£220 million were spent on 30 million chocolate eggs.
Easter cards arrived in Victorian England, when a stationer added a greeting to a drawing of a rabbit. The cards proved popular.
some 10 million Easter cards were sent at a total value of £21 million.
some 20 million Easter cards were sent at a total value of £41 million.
some 8 million Easter cards were sent at a total value of £11 million.
the Anglo-Saxon goddess Eostre.
Eostur-monath , the Anglo-Saxon word for April.
Eos, the Roman goddess of the dawn.
Jesus' last days in Jerusalem before his death.
the Trial and Death of Jesus.
the celebration of Jesus coming back to life.
the lunar calendar (moon).
the solar calendar (sun).
the Gregorian calendar.
the 40 days of Jesus fasting (without food) in the desert.
the 40 years of the Israelites going through the desert.
the 40 days Moses was on Mount Sinai.
meat, eggs and dairy products were generally proscribed.
pork meat, eggs and dairy products were generally proscribed.
poultry, eggs and dairy products were generally proscribed.
the Last Supper of Jesus Christ with the Apostles.
the time when God delivered Moses and the people from slavery in Egypt.
the night on which Jesus was betrayed by Judas in the Garden of Gethsemane.
The king or queen’s age.
It is always the same number: 12 for the 12 apostles.
It is always the same number: 70 for the original 70 disciples.
coins of 1, 2, 3, and 4 pence.
coins of 1, 2 pence.
coins of 1 penny.
to eat warm 'hot cross buns'.
to eat 'simnel cakes'.
to eat 'Easter biscuits'.
