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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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What do eggs have to do with Easter?
How did a Christian holiday get scrambled up with colored eggs?
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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

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Easter Vigil
A woman lights candles for an Orthodox Easter Vigil service in Kyiv, Ukraine.
© Aziz Karimov/SOPA Images—LightRocket/Getty Images
Filippino Lippi: Pietà
Pietà (The Dead Christ Mourned by Nicodemus and Two Angels) by...
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Samuel H. Kress Collection (accession no. 1952.5.86)
vespers
Benedictine monks singing vespers on Holy Saturday at St. Mary's Abbey in Morristown,...
John Stephen Dwyer
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