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Raphael: Resurrection of Christ
What do eggs have to do with Easter?
The Easter Story
What is Palm Sunday?
The significance of Easter in Christianity
Easter sunrise service
What and when is Easter?
Easter egg
How chocolate Easter bunnies are made
White House
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Christ as Ruler, with the Apostles and Evangelists (represented by the beasts). The female figures are believed to be either Santa Pudenziana and Santa Praxedes or symbols of the Jewish and Gentile churches. Mosaic in the apse of Santa Pudenziana, Rome,A
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What do eggs have to do with Easter?
How did a Christian holiday get scrambled up with colored eggs?
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
What is Palm Sunday?
Palm Sunday is celebrated by Christian communities on the Sunday before Easter.
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
The significance of Easter in Christianity
Overview of the Christian celebration of Easter.
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz; Thumbnail © Carlos Mora/Dreamstime.com
What and when is Easter?
Celebrations of Easter have been documented as early as the 2nd century.
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
How chocolate Easter bunnies are made
Learn how chocolate Easter bunnies are made.
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz

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Raphael: Resurrection of Christ
Resurrection of Christ, oil on wood panel by Raphael, 1499–1502; in the...
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Easter sunrise service
Visitors weathering cold temperatures to celebrate Easter with a sunrise service...
© Jeff Toppin/Newsmakers—Hulton Archive/Getty Images
Easter egg
Eastern European Easter eggs and toy chick on a plate.
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White House
Children attending the annual White House Easter Egg Roll, Washington, D.C., 1958.
Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum
Easter celebrations circa 1920
A couple wearing hare costumes during Easter celebrations in Eisenach, Germany, circa...
© FPG—Archive Photos/Getty Images
Greek Orthodox Easter service, Pátmos, Greece
Greek Orthodox priests from the monastery of St. John the Theologian celebrating...
© John Sims—CLICK/Chicago
A young girl balancing an egg on a spoon during the White House Easter Egg Roll,...
Eric Draper/The White House
Christ risen from the tomb on the third day after death, fresco by Piero Della Francesca...
Anderson—Alinari/Art Resource, New York

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The Easter Story
Explore the Biblical figures, theology, and observances of Easter and Holy Week....
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