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•EasterisanimportantreligiousandsocialfestivalforChristiansaroundtheworld.Itcelebratesthere-turnofJesusfromthedeadandthecomingofspringandnewlife.EasteralwaysfallsonaSundaybetween22Marchand25Aprilinclusive,withinaboutsevendaysaftertheastronomicalfullmoon.•EasteralsocalledPaschorResurrectionSunday,isafestivalandholidaycelebratingtheresurrectionofJesusChristfromthedead,describedintheNewTestamentashavingoccurredonthethirddayofhisburialafterhiscrucifixionbyRomansatCalvaryc.30AD.ItistheculminationofthePassionofChrist,precededbyLent(orGreatLent),aforty-dayperiodoffasting,prayer,andpenance.•Theeggwasasymboloftherebirthoftheearthinpre-Christiancelebrationsofspring.However,theEastereggitselfwasdefinedbyearlyChristiansasanEastersymboloftheresurrectionofJesus:theeggsymbolwaslikenedtothetombfromwhichChristarose.