Easter

Easter is a Christian holiday that marks the resurrection of Jesus, according to the Christian faith, on the third day after he was crucified and buried in Jerusalem. Easter is celebrated in all Christian churches, but on different dates. It is always celebrated Sunday of the week and always near the beginning of spring.

Holy Week, the last week of the 40 days of fasting, begins on Palm Sunday and ends on Sunday, which is Easter Day and the day Jesus is resurrected. In most European countries, unlike the United States, it is customary to extend Easter and celebrate for two days - Sunday and Monday of the week.

Easter is the holiest holiday in the Christian calendar (though a few tiny fringe streams, like the Quakers, do not indicate it). The holiday is recognized as a formal holiday in most Christian traditions, and apart from ceremonies in honor of Jesus' resurrection, ceremonies and games are celebrated in the spring.

Happy Easter greeting cards
Easter coloring pages
Easter worksheets for kids

When is Easter in the next years?

2021- April 4

2022- April 17

2023- April 9

2024- March 31

2025- April 20

2026- April 5

2027- March 28

2028- April 16

2029- April 1

2030- April 21

2031- April 13

Easter Coloring pages

Choose the coloring page of Easter day you want to paint, print and paint for your enjoyment. To print the page you would like to color, click on page and then click Ctrl+P. Have fun!

Easter bunny and eggs

Happy Easter 

Easter bunnies and basket

Easter eggs and spring flowers

Easter egg with chick

Easter bunny and eggs

Easter Basket

Happy easter 

Happy Easter

Easter bunny and eggs

Happy Easter eggs 

Happy Easter bunny

Happy easter bunny

Easter bunny 

Easter worksheets

Worksheets and coloring pages for Easter. The pages are suitable for children in pre-school kindergarten and for children in the lower grades. The theme that the worksheets focus on is Easter and they practice reading and writing, counting and coloring the most prominent symbols of Easter and spring.

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PS- To save paper and help our planet, you can print on used pages, on the blank side ♥

Easter crosword for kids
Answer key

Easter word search for kids
Answer key

Easter color and count for kids

Easter matching eggs

Easter maze

Shadow Matching - Easter symbols

Easter trace words

Easter eggs graphing

How many eggs in the basket?

How many eggs in the basket?

Count and color 

Color the shapes

Easter word scramble

Tracing ABC letters

Mardi Gras - Fat Tuesday - Pancake Day

Happy Mardi Gras! The holiday also called Shrove Tuesday and Fat Tuesday is a Carnival celebration, beginning on or after the Christian feasts of the Epiphany (Three Kings Day) and culminating on the day before Ash Wednesday (known as Shrove Tuesday). Mardi Gras is French for "Fat Tuesday", reflecting the practice of the last night of eating rich, fatty foods before the ritual fasting of the Lenten season.

In the photo: a poster inviting to the Mardi Gras celebrations from 1914

Mardi Gras is the last day before the "fast" of the Christians, a 40-day period of the Christians before Easter in which they do not consume animal products. The first day of Lent is called "Ash Wednesday" and it falls 46 days before Easter, always on Wednesday. The fasting period is 40 days, when on Sundays it does not take place.

The Tuesday before Lent is a day dedicated to celebrations in the Christian world. In many localities processions and parades are held, and in many homes large and solemn meals are held. Because on Tuesday it eats a lot of desserts and fattening things without making an account, it is called Fat Tuesday. Mardi Gras always falls between February 4th and March 10th.

One of the traditional customs at Mardi Gras is to eat pancakes so Mardi Gras is also Pancake Day.

The pancakes are made from flour, eggs, milk, sugar, baking powder, oil or butter.

Animal Pancake Pan Amazon

Pancakes are a dish that is eaten around the world, in different variations. In France the pancake is thin (what we know as crepe). In Germany it is eaten with powdered sugar, jam and lemons. In the Netherlands the rolled pancakes are eaten with savory and sweet toppings. In Russia, Belini is eaten. In Greece it is prepared with yogurt and eaten with honey. In Malaysia and Singapore it is sometimes prepared with soybeans instead of flour and stuffed with cheese, jam, nuts and peanuts. In China, the pancakes are thinly prepared with buckwheat and green onions and are part of the Peking-style duck dish. In India, pancakes are called Uttapam and are made from rice and vegetables. In Japan, they make a fluffy pancake cake called Okonomiyaki (お好み焼き o-konomi-yaki).

When will Mardi Gras be in the coming years?

2022- 1 March

2023 - 21 February

2024- 13 February

2025- March 4th

2026 - 17 February

Animated gifs of Easter

Here are some beautiful animated gifs and glitters for Easter you can save and share to your family and friends. ​Happy Easter!