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What is the Easter Season About?
2009 Western Easter Calendar
Feb. 24 Fat Tuesday (Mardi Gras)
Feb. 25 Ash Wednesday
Feb. 25-Apr. 11 Lent
Apr. 5-11 Holy WeekApr. 5 Palm SundayApr. 8 Holy WednesdayApr. 9 Maundy ThursdayApr. 10 Good Friday
Apr. 12 Easter
Fat Tuesday (Mardi Gras)
King of the Niece Carnival in 2007.
Fat Tuesday: • French, Mardi Gras• Tuesday before lent• Festival for days before fat Tuesday, carousing, lasciviousness
Ash Wednesday
Ashes on worshiper’s forehead, shape of a
cross.
Ash Wednesday• named for practice of putting ashes on foreheads as sign of repentance
Lent
Roman Catholic Pope, Lent, 2006.
Lent• Ash Wednesday till Easter• Fasting, prayer, alms giving, penance, self- denial• representative of the days Jesus spent in the wilderness before beginning His public ministry
Palm Sunday
Oriental Orthodox congregation in India, outside its church with palm fronds on Palm
Sunday .
Palm Sunday• one week before Easter• services include processions (parades), and palm branches• commemorates Jesus’ Triumphant Entry
Holy Week
Sunday Palm Sunday
Wednesday Holy Wednesday
Thursday Maundy Thursday
Friday Good Friday
Holy Wednesday
Judas (right) dropping the 30 pieces of silver
priests gave him to betray Jesus.
Holy Wednesday• observes 1st day Judas conspired to betray Christ• church services, local traditions
Holy Thursday
Catholic priest washing feet, Holy Thursday.
Holy Thursday• commemorates the Lord’s Supper• church services, communion, washing feet
Good Friday
Good Friday procession in Bombay, Indian Roman Catholics,
depicting theWay of the Cross.
Good Friday• Friday before Easter• commemorates Jesus’ crucifixion• fasting, church services, street processions, special prayers, nailing to crosses
Easter
Russian Orthodox priest blessing Easter baskets.
Easter• commemorates resurrection of Christ• 1st century Christians did not observe• church services, baptisms, holy water, sunrise services, communion• Easter Baskets, Easter Eggs, Easter Bunny
Observance as a Church of Christ
Paul warned. . . .Gal. 4:9-11 not observe pagan religionCol. 2:16-19 not holding fast to headEph. 5:23-24 church subject to Christ
Has no value against fleshCol. 2:20-23
Churches observing man-made decrees2 Jn. 1:9 not have GodMk. 7:6-9 vain worshipRev. 22:18-19 lost in sin
Observance as a Christian
Paul kept secular customs1 Cor. 9:20-21 Jew, Gentile, Law of Christ
Rom. 14: instructions. . . .vs. 5 personal observance of daysvs. 5 fully convinced – faith (vs. 23)vs. 6-8 done for the Lordvs. 19-22 not stumbling block
What is the Easter Season About?