Easter is celebrated with fervor in 

Catholic Croatia especially in Dalmatia.

 In some ways it is considered more

religious and more serious than

Christmas. 

- Mothering Sunday is the forth day of Lent.

- The term mothering refers to three things:

a) The Bible refers to heaven as M

other;

b) The practice in the middle ages of congregations

visiting “their Mother Church”, e.g. th

e Cathedral;

c) The tradition of visit

ing Mothers with presents o

n

this day.

- The week before Easter is called Holy Week and begins

with Palm Sunday.

- On Palm Sunday Christi

ans remember when Jesus’ rode

into Jerusalem and how people waved Palm leaves and

greeted him as the M

essiah.

- Jesus rode into Jerusalem on a Donkey in order to fulfill the prophecy about the Jewish Messiah.

- By riding on a Donkey Jesus’ was making a public

statement about his future ministry and work.

- Jesus’ rode humbly into Jerusalem as a man of peace

and not war.

- The Easter Weekend begins with Good Friday - the most

solemn day of the Christian Calendar.

- Christians remember the crucifixion of Jesus

- People often eat Hot Cross Buns and Fish on Good

Friday.

- The tomb of Jesus was left empty and Christians remember

this by sharing Easter Eggs. These are a symbol of new life

and also the shape of a tomb stone.

- People enjoy decorating eggs. In Greece people use these

eggs in order to issue a special Easter greeting. Two people

carrying an egg, knock eggs together “Christ has risen”.