What is the church celebration of Jesus's resurrection called?

What is the church celebration of Jesus's resurrection called?

• A. Easter
• B. Christmas
• C. Pentecost
• D. Ascension

Answer: (A)

The main idea here is the church’s celebration of Jesus’s resurrection from the dead. That event is commemorated as Easter, the festival that centers on the empty tomb and Jesus rising on the first day of the week after his crucifixion. It is the centerpiece of the Christian year, embodying triumph over death and the hope of new life, and it follows Holy Week and Good Friday in the liturgical calendar. Easter specifically honors the resurrection. Christmas, by contrast, celebrates Jesus’s birth; Pentecost marks the first bringing of the Holy Spirit to the disciples; and Ascension commemorates Jesus’s return to heaven after his earthly ministry.

The main idea here is the church’s celebration of Jesus’s resurrection from the dead. That event is commemorated as Easter, the festival that centers on the empty tomb and Jesus rising on the first day of the week after his crucifixion. It is the centerpiece of the Christian year, embodying triumph over death and the hope of new life, and it follows Holy Week and Good Friday in the liturgical calendar.

Easter specifically honors the resurrection. Christmas, by contrast, celebrates Jesus’s birth; Pentecost marks the first bringing of the Holy Spirit to the disciples; and Ascension commemorates Jesus’s return to heaven after his earthly ministry.