This book explores the international Holy Week customs held in Christian communities during the Easter holiday season.

Table of Contents

• Acknowledgments
• Preface
• -A-
• Alas! And Did My Savior Bleed?
• All Glory, Laud, and Honor
• All Hail the Gladsome Easter Morn
• All Hail, Thou Resurrection!
• Animal Legends
• Annunciation Day
• Antigua and Barbuda
• Argentina
• Armenia
• Art
• Ascension Day
• Ascension Oratorio (BWV 11)
• Ash Wednesday
• At the Cross
• Australia
• Austria
• -B-
• Baby Looney Tunes’ Eggs-traordinary Adventure
• The Bahamas
• Barabbas
• Barbados
• Because He Lives
• Belarus
• Belgium
• Belize
• Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
• The Berenstain Bears
• Bermuda
• Biblical Accounts of Easter
• Biblical Prophecies about Easter
• Bolivia
• Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Brazil
• Bulgaria
• Burning of Judas
• -C-
• Calvary
• Canada
• Carnival
• Chile
• China
• Christ Jesus Lay in Death's Strong Bands
• Christ the Lord Is Risen Today
• A Chucklewood Easter
• Church of the Holy Sepulcher
• A Claymation Easter
• Colombia
• Coptic Calendar
• Costa Rica
• Croatia
• Crown Him with Many Crowns
• Crown of Thorns
• Crucifixion
• Cyprus
• Czech Republic
• Czechia
• -D-
• The Day of Resurrection
• Denmark
• Descent into Hell
• The Dog Who Saved Easter
• Dominican Republic
• The Dream of the Rood
• -E-
• Easter Bunny
• The Easter Bunny Is Comin’ to Town
• The Easter Bunny That Overslept
• Easter Candle
• An Easter Carol
• The Easter Chipmunk
• Easter Egg Mornin’
• Easter Eggs
• Easter Fever
• Easter Hare
• Easter in Bunnyland
• Easter Is
• Easter Lily
• Easter Oratorio (BWV 249)
• Easter Parade
• Easter Parade
• Easter Parade
• Easter Rabbit
• Easter Seals
• The Easter Song
• An Easter Story
• The Easter Story
• The Easter Storykeepers
• Easter Sunday
• Easter Triduum
• Easter Vigil
• Easter Works of Art
• Easter Yeggs
• Eastern Orthodox Church
• Easterseals
• Eastertide
• Ecuador
• Egg Cracker Suite
• The Egg Tree
• Egypt
• El Salvador
• Emmaus Walk
• Estonia
• Ethiopia
• -F-
• A Family Circus Easter
• Fasting
• The Fat Albert Easter Special
• Fiji Islands
• Finland
• The First Easter Rabbit
• France
• French Guiana
• Funny Little Bunnies
• -G-
• Garden of Gethsemane
• Garden Tomb
• Georgia
• Germany
• Ghana
• Go to Dark Gethsemane
• Golgotha
• Golgotha (location)
• Good Friday
• Gordon's Calvary
• Great Lent
• The Greatest Story Ever Told
• Greece
• Greenland
• Gregorian Calendar
• Grenada
• Guatemala
• Guyana
• -H-
• Haiti
• Happy Go Ducky
• Harrowing of Hell
• Hebrew Calendar
• Here Comes Peter Cottontail
• Here Comes Peter Cottontail
• Here Comes Peter Cottontail: The Movie
• Holiday Land
• The Holy City
• Holy Fire
• Holy Saturday
• Holy Week
• Honduras
• Hop
• Hot Cross Buns
• Hungary
• -I-
• I Come to the Garden Alone
• Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade
• Iceland
• In the Garden
• India
• Ireland
• Israel
• It Is Finished
• Italy
• It's the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown
• -J-
• Jamaica
• Jesus
• Jesus of Nazareth
• Julian Calendar
• -K-
• King Momo
• The King of Kings
• King of Kings
• -L-
• Laetare Sunday
• The Last Supper
• Latvia
• Lazarus Saturday
• Lead Me to Calvary
• Lebanon
• The Legend of the Easter Egg
• Lent
• Liechtenstein
• The Lion of Judah
• Lithuania
• Low in the Grave He Lay
• Luxembourg
• -M-
• Macedonia
• Malta
• Mardi Gras
• Maslenitsa
• Maundy Thursday
• Messiah
• Mexico
• Moldova
• Montenegro
• Moravian Church
• -N-
• The Netherlands
• New Clothing
• New Zealand
• Nicaragua
• North Macedonia
• Norway
• Nothing but the Blood
• -O-
• O Sacred Head, Now Wounded
• The Old Rugged Cross
• -P-
• Palm Sunday
• The Palms
• Panama
• Pancake Day; Pancake Races
• Paraguay
• Paschal Candle
• Paschal Cycle
• Paschal Triduum
• Paschal Vigil
• Paschaltide
• The Passion of the Christ
• Passionflower
• Passover
• Pentecost
• Pentecostarion
• Peru
• Peter and the Magic Egg
• Philippines
• Poland
• Portugal
• Puerto Rico
• -R-
• The Resurrection of Jesus Christ
• Revised Julian Calendar
• The Robe
• Rogation Days
• Roman Catholic Church
• Romania
• Russia
• -S-
• Saint John Passion (BWV 245)
• Saint Matthew Passion (BWV 244)
• Serbia
• Seven Churches Visitation
• The Seven Last Words of Christ on the Cross
• The Seven Sorrows of Mary
• Shrovetide
• Sing, My Tongue, the Glorious Battle
• Sing, My Tongue, the Saviour's Glory
• Slovakia
• Slovenia
• Son of God
• South Africa
• South Korea
• Spain
• Spy Wednesday
• Stations of the Cross
• The Story of Easter
• The Story of the Other Wise Man
• Sunrise Service
• Superstitions
• Sweden
• Switzerland
• -T-
• Tenebrae
• Three Hours’ Service
• ’Tis Midnight, and on Olive's Brow
• Trinidad and Tobago
• The True Cross
• ’Twas the Night Before Easter
• -U-
• Ukraine
• United Kingdom (UK)
• United States
• Uruguay
• -V-
• Veneration of the Cross
• Venezuela
• Via Crucis
• Via Dolorosa
• -W-
• A Walton Easter
• Way of the Cross
• Were You There?
• When I Survey the Wondrous Cross
• White House Easter Egg Roll
• Winnie the Pooh: Springtime with Roo
• Works of Art
• -Y-
• Yogi the Easter Bear
• References