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Raphael: Resurrection of Christ Giotto: Noli Me Tangere Fra Angelico: Noli Me Tangere Juan de Flandes: Christ Appearing to His Mother Painting by Titian showing Christ standing and holding a staff as Saint Mary Magdalene kneels before him, reaching out, with a landscape and buildings in the background. Pordenone: Noli me tangere Caravaggio: The Incredulity of Saint Thomas Pascal Adolphe Jean Dagnan-Bouveret: Christ and the Disciples at Emmaus
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Christ as Ruler, with the Apostles and Evangelists (represented by the beasts). The female figures are believed to be either Santa Pudenziana and Santa Praxedes or symbols of the Jewish and Gentile churches. Mosaic in the apse of Santa Pudenziana, Rome,A
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The significance of Easter in Christianity
Overview of the Christian celebration of Easter.
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz; Thumbnail © Carlos Mora/Dreamstime.com
What and when is Easter?
Celebrations of Easter have been documented as early as the 2nd century.
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What Is Palm Sunday?
Palm Sunday is celebrated by Christian communities on the Sunday before Easter.
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What Do Eggs Have To Do With Easter?
How did a Christian holiday get scrambled up with colored eggs?
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Raphael: Resurrection of Christ
Resurrection of Christ, oil on wood panel by Raphael, 1499–1502; in the...
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Giotto: Noli Me Tangere
Noli Me Tangere, fresco by Giotto, 1303–05; in the Arena Chapel, Padua,...
© Carlo Bollo/Alamy
Fra Angelico: Noli Me Tangere
Noli Me Tangere, by Fra Angelico, 1440–41; in the National Museum of San...
© Fine Art Images/Heritage Images—Hulton Archive/Getty Images
Juan de Flandes: Christ Appearing to His Mother
Christ Appearing to His Mother, oil on wood by Juan de Flandes, c. 1496;...
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, The Bequest of Michael Dreicer, (1921, 22.60.58); www.metmuseum.org
Titian: Noli me tangere
Noli me tangere, oil on canvas by Titian, c. 1514; in the National Gallery,...
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Pordenone: Noli me tangere
Noli me tangere (“Touch Me Not”), oil on canvas by Pordenone, 1534; in the...
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Caravaggio: The Incredulity of Saint Thomas
The Incredulity of Saint Thomas, oil on canvas by Caravaggio, 1601; in the...
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Pascal Adolphe Jean Dagnan-Bouveret: Christ and the Disciples at Emmaus
Christ and the Disciples at Emmaus, oil on canvas by Pascal Adolphe Jean...
Photograph by Moira Burke. Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pa., gift of Henry Clay Frick, 98.5
Easter sunrise service
Visitors weathering cold temperatures to celebrate Easter with a sunrise service...
© Jeff Toppin/Newsmakers—Hulton Archive/Getty Images
Easter egg
Eastern European Easter eggs and toy chick on a plate.
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White House
Children attending the annual White House Easter Egg Roll, Washington, D.C., 1958.
Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum
Easter celebrations circa 1920
A couple wearing hare costumes during Easter celebrations in Eisenach, Germany, circa...
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Greek Orthodox Easter service, Pátmos, Greece
Greek Orthodox priests from the monastery of St. John the Theologian celebrating...
© John Sims—CLICK/Chicago
A young girl balancing an egg on a spoon during the White House Easter Egg Roll,...
Eric Draper/The White House
Christ risen from the tomb on the third day after death, fresco by Piero Della Francesca...
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The Easter Story
Explore the Biblical figures, theology, and observances of Easter and Holy Week....
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