Good Friday commemorates the crucifixion of Jesus Christ and his death at Calvary. It is observed during Holy Week and may coincide with the Jewish observance of Passover.

A pysanka is a Ukrainian Easter egg, decorated with traditional folk designs using a wax-resist method. The word pysanka comes from the verb pysaty, "to write", as the designs are not painted on, but written with beeswax.

There was a prevailing Passover custom in Jerusalem that allowed Pilate, the praefectus or governor of Judea, to commute one prisoner's death sentence by popular acclaim. According to accounts in all four gospels, the crowd chose Barabbas to be released and Jesus of Nazareth to be crucified.

Bread and wine were present at the Last Supper. Jesus is said to have passed both around the table, telling his Apostles that the bread was his body and the wine was his blood. This is the scriptural origin of communion.

The purpose of the Act was to set a fixed date for Easter, but it has never been enforced.

Only Sally believes him, though she still has some doubts after their Halloween failure to find The Great Pumpkin.

Traditionally after the Easter service, the kulich, which has been put into a basket and decorated with colorful flowers, is blessed by the priest. Blessed kulich is eaten before breakfast each day.

Robert Lowry (1826-1899) was an American professor of literature, a Baptist minister and composer of gospel hymns.

According to three of the synoptic Gospels, a crown of thorns was placed on Jesus' head during the events leading up to the crucifixion. It was one of the instruments of the Passion, employed by Jesus' captors both to cause him pain and to mock his claim of authority.

It was measured at Le Acciaierie Shopping Centre, in Cortenuova, Italy on April 16, 2011. The chocolate Easter egg weighed 15,873 lbs and had a circumference of 64 ft, 3.65 in.