Christians across globe celebrate Easter Day March 27 this year. It is believed to be the end of the Easter week and the Friday in these seven days is known as Good Friday, Holy Friday, Great Friday, Black Friday or Easter Friday.
Good Friday, which was celebrated March 25, is the day when Jesus Christ's crucifixion took place. Sunday is celebrated as the Easter Day as it is on this day that Christ resurrected. Christians believe that Jesus came back to life or was raised from the dead three days after his death on the cross.
Easter is a holy festival for Christians and they celebrate it with great fervour and joy. Special prayers are sung in praise of Jesus Christ in church and then an elaborate Sunday mass with happy music being played in the background is organised. People also decorate eggs as part of the celebration and they are known as Easter Eggs.
Meanwhile, several Bollywood celebrities, including Riteish Deshmukh, Preity Zinta, Madhuri Dixit Nene and Jaaved Jaaferi, wished everyone "Happy Easter" on social media.
Take a look at the tweets below:
Riteish Deshmukh
Happy Easter. Feast. Pray. Love.
Jaaved Jaaferi
HAPPY EASTER! May the teachings of Jesus have the right influence on the wrong people. Amen!
Tanishaa Mukerji
Happy Easter to all the bunnies out there! Enjoy this blessed Sunday!#HappyEaster #sunday #wishes #positivity
Divya Khosla Kumar
It's time to spread joy and happiness! #HappyEaster
Dino Morea
Happy Easter all. Lots of love. :-))
Shilpa Shetty Kundra
Happy Easter tweetos to u nd Ure families. Read this review and had to share it,couldn't contain my "eggcitement " http://www.finixpost.com/book-review-great-indian-diet/ ...
Sumona Chakravarti
Happy Easter to all
Preity Zinta
I'd like to wish everyone a Very Happy Easter Hope it's the happiest Easter 4 us cuz I'm wearing my blue shirt n waiting #IndvsAus
Madhuri Dixit Nene
Happy Easter to all those who celebrate!
Karan Kundra
Happy Easter!!
Poonam Pandey
Happy Easter guys
Esha Gupta
Happy Easter guys
Kiara Alia Advani
Happy Easter !!!
Ehsaan Noorani
Happy Easter all ... pray that humans to rise to glory in these dark times
Aarya Babbar
Happy Easter everyone
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