The use of symbols such as eggs and rabbits can help parents explain the gospel truth behind the increasingly secularized holiday of Easter, a Christian author based in Tennessee told Fox News ...

Both springtime and bunnies are iconic symbols of birth and renewal ... that's not to say that the Easter Bunny and Easter eggs are not religious traditions," says Fruchtman.

This short film is from the BBC series, My Life, My Religion: Christianity. Pupils could watch this short film and look out for actions and objects that have a meaning, such as symbols for Easter ...

Why is the lily associated with Easter? Why not some other early blooming flower like the tulip or daffodil? Forrest Pieper, president of the Minnesota Lily Society, can trace the flower’s ...

In Europe, for example, people began decorating eggs during the Christian celebration of Lent, a period of fasting and repentance leading up to Easter. Eggs were seen as a symbol of the ...

Here’s a look at Easter and Holy Week. On Easter Sunday, Christians celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ on the third day after his crucifixion. It also marks the end of the 40-day period of ...

Ashes are a symbol of penance ... It lasts six weeks before Easter. Lent is the religious period of fasting and repentance for Christians. People who observe Lent do so to honor what is said ...