easter is celebrated on the weekend after the first full moon that follows march 21. that means in some years it‘s in late march, and other years in april. the word easter comes from the old english name for the saxon1 goddess of dawn called eostre. she was worshipped(敬奉) in the spring. in canada, the easter season is also a time for celebrating the rebirth of nature. the long cold winter is beginning to melt into(融合) spring.
while all canadians celebrate the return of the warm weather, there is another meaning to easter. christians rejoice2 because they believe that jesus christ rose from the dead on easter sunday three days after he was crucified(釘十字架上處死) on good friday. to celebrate the miracle3 of his resurrection(復活), they attend churches filled with candles and white lilies (百合花) on easter sunday. the lilies symbolize (象徵) hope and rebirth. a lot of communities (社會) have easter parades (遊行), some religious, others with brightly decorated floats(彩車), costumes4 and hats.
翻譯
復活節是在3月21日的第一個滿月之後的周末慶祝的。這意味著在某些年份它是在3月下旬，和其他年四月。這個詞來自於古英語名字復活節為黎明的撒克遜女神被稱為黎明。她在春天受到崇拜。在加拿大，復活節也是慶祝大自然重生的時刻。漫長寒冷的冬天開始融化成春天。
雖然所有加拿大人慶祝溫暖的天氣返回，還有復活節的另一個意義。基督徒高興，因為他們相信耶穌基督復活後，在復活節星期日三天后，他被釘在良好的星期五。為了慶祝耶穌復活的奇蹟，他們在復活節星期日參加了充滿蠟燭和白色百合花的教堂。百合象徵著希望和重生。很多社區都有復活節遊行，有些是宗教儀式，有的則是裝飾華麗的花車、服裝和帽子。