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1) This is the major Christian feast which celebrates the Resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. In New Testament times it was celebrated weekly as every Sunday was known as ‘the Lord’s day’ and honoured as a new Sabbath. Easter Sunday marks the end of the penitential period of Lent.
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