Congratulations on Catholic Easter in French. Happy Easter in French

In this article, I would like to tell you about Easter in France and traditions of its celebration.

In 2015, for all Catholics, Protestants and Orthodox believers, the wonderful holiday of the Holy Resurrection of Christ - Easter - falls on April 5th.

However, all over the world this holiday is loved not only by believers, but also by many people who are not related to faith and religion, because Easter is both a religious holiday and a holiday of spring and renewal. In addition, this is a great occasion to gather family and friends together, and for children to arrange their favorite pastime - hunting for eggs!

The French are anxious about the Easter holiday, bells ring in cathedrals, festive masses are held, and in the week before Easter there are many events: exhibitions, seminars, conversations, installations of events in the life of Christ, joint prayers, etc.

But the French also appreciate the joyful spring mood in Easter, the opportunity to gather the whole family at the festive table, to see the joyful faces of children looking for colorful eggs and sweets in the garden. In France, it is customary to congratulate each other with postcards, treats, small symbolic gifts in the form of eggs, chickens, chickens, rabbits. Why? Let's find out...

The Religious Significance of Easter

Back in 325, the church cathedral of Nice set the time for celebrating Easter - on the first Sunday after the full moon, which was on the day of the vernal equinox on March 21, or immediately after this date. Easter usually falls on March 22nd. But, if the full moon falls on March 20, the next one will be on April 18 (29 days later). If that day is Sunday, Easter will be celebrated on April 25th. Thus, the Easter holiday fluctuates between March 22 and April 25, and all subsequent church dates depend on this date. Christians always celebrate this holiday on Sunday.

Easter is a particularly joyful day for all Christians, since on this day the resurrection of Jesus Christ took place. The word Easter comes from the Hebrew. "Pessach" (lit. "passing by") is a word that describes the Jewish holiday of the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt. The bottom line is that the passion of Christ took place during the Passover holiday, which Jesus, being a Jew, celebrated with everyone. Some symbols of Easter are related to both holidays. For example, Easter lamb, yeast-free bread and an egg. Traditionally, this time is considered auspicious for baptism. The church also emphasizes that Christians should receive communion at least once a year on the celebration of Easter. Hence the French expression "faire ses pâques", which means to confess and take communion.

The last week of Great Lent, "Passion" or "Holy" week, is associated with Easter. At this time, divine services are performed in memory of the suffering and death of Christ, the theme of which is the earthly life of Jesus Christ, starting from his entry into Jerusalem. Every day of Holy Week is revered as "Great".

The first of them is the Feast of "Palm (Palm) Sunday", preceding Easter. On this day, it is customary to bless palm, olive, laurel, boxwood, willow branches in the church. Large branches are decorated with sweets, fruits, ribbons and presented to children. Consecrated branches are attached to the head of the bed, at crucifixes, hearths of fireplaces, in stalls. From Maundy Thursday until noon on Saturday, church organs and bells are silent. This is the period of the Easter Triduum (Triduum Paschalis) - Thursday, Friday and Saturday. In the evening on Great Saturday, the celebration of the great Triumph begins in all churches. After sunset, the first Easter Liturgy (Mass) of Easter is served - Easter candles are lit.

Easter traditions

Why an egg?

Even before the birth of Christ, the egg was already filled with deep meaning and there were traditions to give eggs in the spring. The fact is that in many cultures, the egg symbolizes the continuation of life and, of course, has always been considered a good omen. When the egg, as a symbol, was associated with the Easter holiday, the closeness of worldly and religious meanings became especially obvious - the promise, the continuation of life and the resurrection of Christ. In addition, the beautiful shape of the egg is a symbol of perfection.

The tradition of giving eggs is also associated with the prohibition of eating them during the entire fast, and eggs laid and collected during this period were boiled for preservation and decorated to be presented on Easter day. Before, when chocolate was still rare and expensive, getting such an egg as a gift for Easter was a real holiday for a child.

There are many legends about the origin of Easter eggs. According to one of the legends, Saint Mary Magdalene came to Rome with the good news of the resurrection of Christ. She gave the emperor an egg with the words "Christ is risen!". But the emperor replied that it was impossible, just as it was impossible for a white egg to turn red. Before he could finish, the egg turned red.

The egg is, of course, a symbol of fertility. French kings each year received the largest egg that has ever been laid in the kingdom. Since the 12th century, eggs have been consecrated in churches, and the King of France himself distributed the consecrated eggs after Easter Mass.

Bunnies and bells bring... chocolate!

Nowadays, to the great delight of children and gourmets, chocolate eggs are more often given to each other than ordinary decorated ones. Chocolate sweets can also be shaped like bells and bunnies. Legend has it that on Easter Sunday, the bells, which have been silent since Holy Thursday, seem to fly to Rome for this time and now return from their pilgrimage and scatter sweets over gardens and parks.

In many European countries, a rabbit that brings Easter eggs has become a popular Easter character. The explanation for this goes deep into paganism. According to legend, the pagan goddess of spring Estra turned the bird into a hare, but he continued to lay eggs. Another explanation for this phenomenon is more mundane - when children went to collect eggs from the chicken coop on Easter morning, they often found rabbits nearby. So it turned out that eggs were brought not only by hens, but also by rabbits.

On the eve of Easter, children make nests and baskets with soft bedding for rabbits to lay beautiful eggs and sweets there.

If there are children among your friends, prepare a fun egg hunt for them in the garden or at home! You need to hide the eggs and goodies in the house in advance, and prepare a basket for the baby by the bed to collect them. It is better to keep the treats small, but in larger quantities, so that the game stays interesting for longer. And on this day, perhaps, you can allow children to eat chocolate for breakfast - they will be so happy!

Also, a great pastime for children will be decorating Easter eggs on their own - they can be painted with anything, pasted over or sculpted, boiled in paint, hung on a thread as decoration, and you can think of a lot more - use the imagination or experience of other people.

Easter decorations

It is worth walking through the streets of any French city 2-3 weeks before Easter and it will become clear how big a holiday this is for the French. Shop windows and culinary shops abound with all sorts of sweets and decorations in the form of eggs, rabbits, bells, chickens, chickens, flowers and images of saints. Houses, windows and doors are also decorated - there are many flowers and Easter symbols everywhere.

Traditionally, the French family gathers at the table on this day and Easter dishes are also festive. Decorating the table for Easter is not so difficult, because it is easy to use spring gifts for this: willow branches, the first flowers, and the French even use moss. You can also add Easter symbols - pre-emptied and painted chicken eggs, candles in the shape of chickens and bells, small nests made of branches filled with moss and eggs.

Easter table

As for culinary customs, traditionally the main place on the festive table is given to lamb, which is often served with white beans. Leg of lamb can be cooked in different ways: with a salt crust, fried with thyme or rosemary. The lamb on the Easter table is not at all an accident, because the lamb, with its innocence and humility, symbolizes the sacrifice that Christ made for us. In addition, it is at this time that the lamb is the most accessible. Also (imagine!) the French offer to add something unusual to the holiday and cook for dessert a delicious Orthodox pie called “Easter cake”!

But in the largest quantity on this day you will see chocolate on the tables and in the bakery windows. Literally everything related to Easter is made from it.

On this day in France, congratulations “Joyeuse Pâques!” - Happy easter!

French Easter Dictionary:

la fête de Pâques- Easter

Le Dimanche des Rameau x - Palm Sunday

la Passion du Seigneur- Passion of the Lord

la Resurrection du Christ- the resurrection of Christ

la Semaine Sainte– Holy (Holy) week

le careme- post

se confesser and communier- confession and communion

la chasse aux oeufs- hunting for eggs

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Extra-curricular event in French on the topic: "Easter"

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Pâques est une fête catholique tres populaire en France. Au jour de pâques des messes et des processions religieuses se passent partout. Pâques est aussi un jour de joie qui réunit les familles et les amis. Ce jour-là on profite de ce moment de fête pour savourer des plats savoureux et bien sûr, beaucoup de chocolats. Paques

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Easter Easter is a very popular Catholic holiday in France. On Easter Day, masses and religious processions take place everywhere. Easter is also a day of joy that brings families and friends together. On this day, they take advantage of the festive moment to savor delicious dishes and, of course, eat a lot of chocolate bars.

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Pâques "Pâques" signifie "passage": c'est le passage de la mort à la Vie, par lequel l'Homme a été sauvé du péché par le Christ et a été appelé à la vie éternelle. La Resurrection du Christ est la réalisations des paroles/promesses que Dieu a faites à son peuple. Etymologically, "Easter" means "coming": by this passage from death to life, Christ saved Man from sin and called him to eternal life. The resurrection of Christ is the fulfillment of the promises made by God to his people La résurrection du Christ.

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la semaine Sainte Holy Week Avant le jour de Pâques c'est la semaine Sainte. Le dimanche des Rameaux est le début de La Semaine Sainte (on célèbre l'entrée solennelle du Christ à Jérusalem), comprend le jeudi Saint (on célèbre l'institution de l'Eucharistie et du Sacerdoce par le Christ) et le vendredi Saint ( on celebre la Passion du Christ et sa mort sur la croix). Elle finit avec la veillée pascale, lors de la nuit du samedi Saint au dimanche de Pâques (résurrection du Christ). The week before Easter is Holy Week. Holy Week begins on Palm Sunday (commemoration of Christ's solemn entry into Jerusalem), includes Maundy Thursday (commemoration of the establishment of the Eucharist and the Clergy by Christ) and Good Friday (commemoration of the Passion of Christ and his death on the cross). It ends on Easter night, the night from Holy Saturday to Easter Sunday (the resurrection of Christ).

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Le vendredi saint Quoique dans beaucoup d'autres pays, et à part dans quelques régions françaises et d'Outre-mer, le Vendredi saint soit un jour férié, en France le seul jour férié durant les fêtes de Pâques reste le Lundi de Pâques. Mais les réjouissances et les fêtes de Pâques se déroulent au temps des vacances scolaires; alors les enfants profitent de leur temps pour avaler des chocolats. Contrary to a large number of other countries, in particular in several French and overseas regions, it is not a public holiday. The only day off during the Easter holidays is the Monday after Easter. But the feast of Easter usually coincides with the school holidays; thus the children have even more time to eat chocolate bars. Good Friday

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le dimanche Pâques sont célébrés le dimanche dont la date varie dans le calendrier grégorien entre le 22 mars et le 25 avril. Du jour de Pâques dépendent les dates des telles fêtes, comme le lundi de Pâques, l'Ascension, la Pentecôte, le lundi de Pentecôte. Easter is celebrated on one of the Sundays, according to the Gregorian calendar, between March 22 and April 25, the date changes every year. Other holidays depend on Easter, such as Monday after Easter, Ascension, Pentecost, Trinity Day.

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le symbole de Pâques Les oeufs de Pâques Easter symbols Easter eggs L’oeuf de Pâques est le symbole de l’éclosion d’une vie nouvelle et de la fertilité Donner des oeufs en cadeau à Pâques est une tradition installée depuis des centaines d'années. C'est réellement à partir du XIIIe siècle que les premiers oeufs peints firent leur apparition en Europe. Aujourd'hui, les oeufs de Pâques sont en chocolat. Cette tradition est relativement recente. Les friandises en chocolat peuvent également prendre la forme de cloches et de lapins. Easter eggs The Easter egg is a symbol of new life and fertility. Giving eggs for Easter is a tradition that has been established for several hundred years. The first colored eggs appeared in Europe in the 13th century. Today, Easter eggs are made from chocolate. This is a relatively recent tradition. Chocolate sweets can also take the form of bluebells and bunnies.

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Les oeufs de Pâques Easter eggs Les œufs pondus pendant cette période étaient alors conservés après cuisson et décorés pour être offerts le jour de Pâques. Autrefois, à une époque où le chocolat était encore une denrée rare, c'était un régal d'œufs durs qui était offert aux enfants le jour de Pâques. The tradition of giving eggs at Easter also comes from the ban on eating eggs during Lent. Eggs laid during this period were boiled and preserved, decorated to be presented at Easter. Before, when chocolate was still a rare treat, hard-boiled eggs were presented to children at Easter.

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Le lapin en chocolat Chocolate Bunny Cette tradition du lapin en chocolat vient d'une vieille tradition populaire qui dit qu'à Pâques, c'est au tour des lapins de couver les oeufs ! Chocolate Bunny The tradition of chocolate bunnies comes from an ancient legend that it is the bunnies that lay eggs at Easter!

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l'agneau pascal Easter lamb France il y a aussi le fameux lièvre/lapin Pascal qui amène à tous (même aux adultes; il n'y a pas d'âge pour être gourmand!) de nombreux chocolats. Commes les français sont très gourmands, il n'y a pas seulement les œufs en chocolat que l'on demande comme une chose indispensable à Pâques, mais aussi les poissons en chocolat (en référence au poisson d'avril du 1er avril) et bien entendu les cloches en chocolat. I believe that the most significant moments of Easter, especially for children, are endless meals with numerous dishes, namely the Passover lamb. But above all, Easter wouldn't be Easter without chocolate. In France, there is also a wonderful Easter Bunny, which brings everyone (even adults; besides, the gourmet knows no age!) Numerous chocolate bars. Since the French are great gourmets, in addition to chocolate eggs, which are always present on Easter day, there are also chocolate fish (for an April Fool's joke on April 1st) and of course chocolate bells in chocolate.

Happy Easter today
Happy holiday with great goodness.
Let it be beautiful in the soul
Only spring time.

I wish you understanding
Warm happy moments
Strong faith and patience
Ahead, let the good await.

Happiness full basket
Let today bring
good easter bunny
And put on the threshold.

Happy Catholic Easter
I congratulate you
Christ is risen! Us angels
They announce from heaven.

I wish you well, happiness,
heartfelt warmth,
So that holy faith
Lived in your hearts.

Wish an angel
Saved you from troubles
Happiness to Easter
Stepped on the threshold.

Let the holiday of Catholic Easter bring you and your loved ones peace and harmony, prosperity and prosperity, sincere emotions and sympathy from those around you. May the light of your soul not fade, may faith not leave you.

Easter candle fire
Keeps us warm
Its small particle
They bring it to every home.

Happy Catholic Easter
I want to congratulate you
Christ is risen, returned
And will not leave us.

Let the prayers fly
Ours to heaven
Christ is risen! I say
Truly Risen!

Today is a spring day, sunny, beautiful,
All because this day is called Easter.
I wish you health, peace, joy from the bottom of my heart,
I congratulate you on a wonderful, good holiday.
Let the heart be bright, love lives in it,
And let the best in life be sure to come.

A wonderful, important holiday
Today comes quietly
This holiday is called Easter
He will give happiness and love.

May there always be happiness in the heart
Goodness will forever settle in the soul,
Let failures and bad weather
In a moment they will change into beauty.

Happy Easter
I congratulate Catholics
Fire brought from the temple
Let him protect you from troubles.

Let joy fill your soul
Let faith grow stronger in the hearts
Gives love and hope
May you have the Resurrection of Christ.

May the Lord be with you
May the holy angel protect
May the Holy Spirit never leave
Jesus Christ saves sinners.

Happy catholic easter
congratulations and wishes
You health to see a doctor
You didn't even think to walk!

May good reign in your hearts
And love fills everything around!
May all that is in your dreams
Almighty God does!

Happy Catholic Easter to you,
The rabbit painted testicles all night,
Let there be light in the soul
And good will come to your house.

Let love be near
Smiling kindly people
Your health does not fail
And happiness never leaves.

Congratulations to all Catholics
Today I am happy Easter
And I wish you well
Kindness in everything!

May the most holy glorious holiday
Sprinkle souls with light,
Joy will spill into the heart
And inspire with hope!

Happy Easter, dear Catholics,
Happy and happy day!
Let the rabbit bring you a gift,
You will find happiness in a holy gift!

I wish you a happy holiday
Let love bloom in the hearts.
May love and magic lyrics
Lives in your souls without end!

Let there be no sorrows and sorrows,
May the dawn smile upon you.
May your life be filled with joy
And fate will reward for wonderful deeds!

Joyeuses Paques!

In France, the first Monday after Easter (Lundi de Pâques) is a public holiday. And in some areas of France, bordering with Germany, Good Friday (Vendredi Saint), the last Friday before Lent, is also a non-working day.

This holiday brings a lot of joy to children. The Easter bunny (or hare) brings chocolate eggs to good children. And there is also a belief that chocolate eggs fall from the sky from the bell ringing that sounds on Easter.

In France, they do not pay much attention to decorating eggs, but chocolate eggs, hares, bells are sold everywhere. On the eve of Easter, parents hide them in the garden or at the threshold of the house (apartment), and the kids collect goodies in baskets in the morning.

Happy Easter greetings in French with translation into Russian

Joyeuses Paques!

In France, the first Monday after Easter (Lundi de Pâques) is a public holiday. And in some areas of France, bordering with Germany, Good Friday (Vendredi Saint), the last Friday before Lent, is also a non-working day.

This holiday brings a lot of joy to children. The Easter bunny (or hare) brings chocolate eggs to good children. And there is also a belief that chocolate eggs fall from the sky from the bell ringing that sounds on Easter.

In France, they do not pay much attention to decorating eggs, but chocolate eggs, hares, bells are sold everywhere. On the eve of Easter, parents hide them in the garden or at the threshold of the house (apartment), and the kids collect goodies in baskets in the morning.