Easter Symbols

Lamb – Jesus and his sacrifice
Easter Bread – Jesus, the bread of life
Hot Cross Buns – cross represents Jesus; buns are eaten on Good Friday
Easter Lily – joy and peace
The Easter Bunny – fertility
Easter Basket – fertility and new life
Easter Chicks – new life
Easter Candle – marked with Greek letters alpha and omega, the beginning and the end, to share the light of Jesus
Easter Eggs- new life and rebirth
Easter Ham – prosperity
Dogwood Tree – said to be used to build Jesus’s cross
Palm Branches – represent Jesus’s entry into Jerusalem

Happy Easter to All!