The Festival of Easter

This is the time of year for pancake races, Mothering Sunday and Easter.

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Shrove Tuesday	History of Easter	Holy Saturday
Ash Wednesday	Palm Sunday	Easter Day
Lent	Maundy Thursday	Easter Quiz
Mothering Sunday	Good Friday	Easter Customs
Read about what one English kid does on Easter Day

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Festivals and Holidays

Calendar of Special Days and Weeks

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Curious Customs

	Index of Site Topics
Why does the date of Easter change from year to year?

Lent	Ash Wednesday
When is Lent?	When is Ash Wednesday?
What is Lent?	What happens on Ash Wednesday?
When does Lent begin?	Why is it called Ash Wednesday?
When does Lend end?

Mothering Sunday	Palm Sunday
When is Mother's Day in Engalnd?	What is Palm Sunday?
What traditions and customs occur on Mothering Sunday?	What happened on Palm Sunday?

Maundy Thursday	Good Friday
What is Maundy Thursday?	What is Good Friday?
What happened on Maundy Thursday?	When is Good Friday?
What is the Maundy Day Ceremony?	Why is it called Good Friday?
What traditions and customs occur on Maundy Thursday?	What happend on Good Friday in the bible?
	Is fish traditional food to eat on Good Friday?

Holy Saturday	Easter Day
What happened on the day before Easter?	When is Easter? What is the history of Easter?
When is Easter Saturday?	What are the origins of Easter?
What traditions and customs occur on Holy Saturday ?	What traditions and customs occur on Easter Sunday?
What is the Easter Vigil?	What happened on Easter day in the Bible?
	Why do we give eggs at Easter?
	When do we give Eggs?
	What does the word Easter mean?
	What special foods are eaten?

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