Easter Traditions
This Eastern European tradition involves intricately decorating eggs using wax-resist techniques.
What is Pysanky
This British Easter treat is traditionally flavored with spices like nutmeg and marked with a flour paste cross.
What are hot cross buns
This event, celebrated one week before Easter, commemorates Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem
What is Palm Sunday
This pagan festival celebrating fertility and spring is often linked to Easter’s origins
What is Ostara
The method used to calculate Easter’s date is known by this Latin term.
What is computus
In Greece, eggs are traditionally dyed this single color to symbolize the blood of Christ.
What is red
This symbolic Jewish food, often eaten around the same time as Easter, represents the haste of the Exodus
What is matzo
The 40-day period of fasting and reflection leading up to Easter is called this.
What is Lent
The egg’s symbolism of rebirth predates Christianity and is linked to this broader concept.
What is fertility
This council in 325 AD helped standardize the calculation of Easter.
What is the Council of Nicaea
In some European countries, children are told Easter eggs are delivered by this bird instead of a bunny.
What is a stork
In Poland, this Easter soup made with fermented rye flour is a traditional dish.
What is Żurek
This vigil held on the night before Easter Sunday is one of the oldest Christian celebrations.
What is the Easter Vigil
This flower, often called the “Easter flower,” is associated with the Virgin Mary and purity
What is the lily
The world’s largest chocolate Easter egg was made in this European country.
What is Italy
This Scandinavian Easter tradition involves children dressing as witches and going door to door.
What is Easter witch tradition (Påskkärringar)
This French Easter dish features an omelet so large it is sometimes cooked in town squares.
What is the Easter omelet
This vigil held on the night before Easter Sunday is one of the oldest Christian celebrations
Who is Pontius Pilate
n Christian symbolism, this animal represents sacrifice and is often linked to Jesus.
What is the lamb
In the U.S., this city hosts one of the oldest Easter parades, famously depicted in a 1948 film.
What is New York City
In Florence, Italy, this explosive Easter tradition features a cart filled with fireworks.
What is Scoppio del Carro
This lamb-shaped cake, popular in parts of Europe, is known by this Italian name
What is Agnello di Pasqua
This theological term refers to Christ rising from the dead in a glorified body
What is the Resurrection (or bodily resurrection)
This astronomical event helps determine the date of Easter each year
What is the vernal equinox
This luxury brand is famous for its jeweled imperial Easter eggs created for Russian tsars
What is Fabergé