EASTER SUNDAY
Easter [Greek: Paskha, Hebrew: Pesakh] is the most important annual religious feast in the Christian liturgical year. According to Christian scripture, Jesus was resurrected from the dead on the third day after his crucifixion.
Easter Sunday or Easter Day [Resurrection Sunday or Resurrection Day] two days after Good Friday and three days after Maundy Thursday.
Picture 85: Resurrection of Jesus on Easter Sunday
The New Testament teaches that the resurrection of Jesus, which Easter celebrates, is a foundation of the Christian faith. The resurrection established Jesus as the powerful Son of God and is cited as proof that God will judge the world in righteousness.
Christ is risen! Jesus
Christ died for our sins; than on the third day later, He rose from the dead. Jesus Christ is victorious over sin, and death, and hell. He took the penalty for our sins when He died on the cross, and for three days it looked like death had won. But then, on Sunday which we now celebrate as Easter Sunday, the women came to the tomb where He had been buried—and He was resurrected. An angle met them there and said, “Why do you look for the living among the dead?
Christ is risen! Jesus
Christ died for our sins; than on the third day later, He rose from the dead. Jesus Christ is victorious over sin, and death, and hell. He took the penalty for our sins when He died on the cross, and for three days it looked like death had won. But then, on Sunday which we now celebrate as Easter Sunday, the women came to the tomb where He had been buried—and He was resurrected. An angle met them there and said, “Why do you look for the living among the dead? Picture 86: The resurrection of Jesus...behold, two men stood by them in shining garments,...they said unto them, Why seek ye the living among the dead?
HE IS NOT HERE; BUT IS RISEN” [Luke 24: 4-6]
1Death cold not hold Jesus; grave no power over Him.
And even as God raised Jesus from dead, so too we can have newness of life in Jesus Christ. Now we too can rise in newness of life with Jesus Christ our victorious Lord living in our lives. Let us worship our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ; for He is truly risen from the dead
X. HOLY WEEK IN PROTESTANT CHURCHES
Anglicans/Episcopalians, along with Protestant in the Catholic tradition, such as Lutherans and Calvinists, observe Holy Week much as the Roman Catholic Church does.
And even as God raised Jesus from dead, so too we can have newness of life in Jesus Christ. Now we too can rise in newness of life with Jesus Christ our victorious Lord living in our lives. Let us worship our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ; for He is truly risen from the dead
X. HOLY WEEK IN PROTESTANT CHURCHES
Anglicans/Episcopalians, along with Protestant in the Catholic tradition, such as Lutherans and Calvinists, observe Holy Week much as the Roman Catholic Church does.
Of Protestant fellowships, perhaps the Holy Week services [Passion Week] of the Moravian Church are the most extensive, as the Congregation follows the life of Christ through His final week in daily services dedicated to readings from a harmony of the Gospel stories, responding to the actions in hymns, prayers and litanies, beginning on the eve of Palm Sunday and culminating in the “Easter Morning” or Easter Sunrise services.
Picture 87: The resurrection of Jesus Christ on Easter Morning or Easter Sunrise.
Some Protestant churches make much of the feet washing ceremony on Maundy Thursday, for others it may be the only time in the year when Holy Communion is celebrated, other churches celebrate versions of the Jewish Passover at this time. Other Protestants conduct more informal celebrations of Holy Week, usually including sermons about the last week of Christ’s life, and possibly some special services on Palm Sunday, Good Friday and or Easter Sunday.
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