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Easter

Objectives: to develop students’ memory, speaking and listening skills; to develop acting; to teach students to keep our traditions, cultural values; to develop outlook; to encourage students to speak English.

Music. Little angels appear. They recite.

Spring is coming! Do you hear? Birds are flying, Smiles appear. Clouds flow, Trees are budding, Tulips grow In the gardens. Clear feelings Carry spring! Happy greetings Voices ring. Souls are flowering, Being unspotted, Looking for bower Of calmness’ profit! Souls are looking For pure intentions! Souls are blooming And send invitations! Sing in the passion: “Your souls are saved! Christ’s resurrection The Heaven’s path made!” The God sent his son To teach us to live, Without a gun He made us believe. He gave us a lot Of kindness and love! The faith in the God Is like a white dove! You follow his words Sometimes as you can, Until devil’s birds Fly in the rain. Remember those times, Because Jesus Christ Destroyed devil’s crimes And won death as beast. And you celebrate This holiday glister! Spring day always wait For beautiful Easter!

1 Compere. Not so long ago we celebrated Christmas. The angel Gabriel was sent from God to announce a Jewish virgin Mary, that she was blessed and highly favoured, she would bring a son in the world and give him name Jesus.

2 Compere. Jesus Christ was born to show us the way to the God. He is called the Saver, because He had to die and arise. He had to win the death and let all people know the real God!

3 Compere. During His life Christ taught people and cured souls as well as human illnesses and diseases. A lot of people followed Him everywhere with hope to be cured.

Scene

Two sisters Mary and Martha are cooking. They are waiting for Christ. Two men and a woman are sitting and waiting for Christ too. Christ comes into the room.

Mary. Good morning, Lord! We are looking forward to Your coming!

Martha. People came to us. They have been waiting for You for a long time. They would like to listen to Your words. They are suffering. A lot of sick men! Nobody can help them!

Jesus. God can! If you ask God about help, it will be given you! Seek and you will find! Knock and it will be opened to you!

1 man. I’m blind from my birth. I cannot see.

Jesus. I’ll touch your head and you will see. (He touches the man’s head)

1 man. I’m  not blind any more! It’s a miracle! Thank God! Glory to God!

1 man leaves the room. Mary leaves Martha, sits on the chair near the ill woman.

2 man. I cannot walk. Jesus, help me! I don’t feel my legs. I couldn’t walk yesterday, I’m not walking today. Shall I be able to walk tomorrow?

Jesus. Don’t think about tomorrow! Allow tomorrow to think about itself. You cannot change even your height! Your legs will be well! God wants you to be cured! (He touches the man)

2 man. I’m able to walk! Thank you! May I be your disciple?

Jesus. Go home and tell others about the favouring, that God gave you!

Look for the Kingdom of Heaven! The Kingdom of Heaven is like pearls. One merchant was seeking these pearls of great price. He went and sold everything he had and bought it.

The woman is sitting and looking at the Christ.

Mary. My Lord, this woman is dumb. She cannot talk and hear.

Christ. I know. (to the woman) Your faith saved you! Now you can talk and hear! God loves you!

Woman. Thank you, my Lord! Glory to God!

Martha. Jesus! Mary doesn’t help me. I’m cooking and she is sitting and listening to You.

Christ. Martha, Martha! You trouble about food for a body, and Mary chose troubling about food for soul. Think. What is more important for you?  Good bye, sisters!

Martha, Marry. Good bye, Lord!

Characters leave the scene.

1 Compere.  The Son of man went from town to town and from village to village. People followed him everywhere. There was a great power in his words. He told people how to reach the Kingdom of Heaven!

2 Compere.  Jesus Christ gave people many pieces of advice. Let’s play a game! You’ll be read some advices. If you think they belong to Christ, clap your hands. If not, keep silence. 

3 Compere. 

1.     Be polite to each other. (+)

2.     Don’t say bad words. (+)

3.     Be glad and thankful for each day. (+)

4.     Hate each other (-)

5.     Obey your parents.  (+)

6.     Respect your teachers. (+)

7.     Don’t think about bad things (+)

8.     If you are angry, cry loudly. (-)

9.     Be happy and enjoy your life. (+)

Music. Little angels appear. They recite.

People celebrate The Easter day To commemorate The eternal way. He loved everyone, Forgave our sins, He had got a charm In creating great things. Disciples promised Christ To spread His words. In Europe at least They flew like birds. They told about God. They witnessed Jesus’ life. And every pagan heard. And Jesus’ words grew rife.

1 Compere.  Jesus Christ died and arose. He showed us God’s power. He made a great deal of miracles. But few people could believe in his resurrection.

2 Compere.  Women came the next day to visit Jesus’ grave.  The angel announced Christ had died but He arose! Women ran to disciples and witnessed the meeting with the angel.

3 Compere.  Not all apostles could believe that somebody saw Jesus. They remembered His death. They were in sorrow.

Scene

Disciples in the room

1 Disciple. Eleven of us left. We need the twelfth one.

2. Disciple. I cannot believe that our Lord is not here with us.

Christ comes into the room.

Disciples. Oh Dear! There is a spirit!

Christ. Don’t be afraid! Why are you terrified? If you forgot that the son of man had to be delivered into the hands of sinful men and be crucified, and the third day rise again.

Disciples. No, we didn’t forget. But it’s unbelievable! It’s incredible!

Christ. You can touch me to convince I am not a spirit. I’m alive!

Disciples touch Jesus’ hands. They are glad.

Christ. I think you believe me. Now be ready to tell my words not only in this country. Go abroad! Meet people, which had never heard about the real God. Be patient. Love each other. I’ll give you strength enough.

Christ goes away.

Peter. We must go. Let pagans know about Christ’s life and His teaching.

Disciples. Yes, we are ready to serve God!

1 Compere.  Since Volodymyr had baptized Kyiv Rus Christianity was spread all over the country.

2 Compere.  Our ancestors had been pagans before they were told about Christ’s teaching. They worshiped different gods asking them about good crop, successful hunting and fishing. When there were droughts, or floods, or hurricanes, or great fires, people thought gods were angry with them and showed their punishment.

3 Compere.  Our ancestors didn’t think about soul. They made sacrifices to their gods trying to get them pleased.

1 Compere.  Christians told about the sacrifice that Jesus made for our saving.

2 Compere.  A lot of traditions and customs from ancient times were added to celebration of Easter, which we know it for today.

3 Compere.  The holiday Easter means Christ’s resurrection. The feast is celebrated on the first Sunday after the first spring full Moon according to the Moon Calendar.

1 Compere.  We begin to celebrate Easter the week before the date. The Sunday before the feast is called the Willow Sunday. People take willow branches to the church to have them blessed.

2 Compere.  During the following week the Ukrainians prepare for Easter. On Pure Thursday people clean their houses and flats. Thus they let sunshine come into dwellings. It is also a good tradition to bathe before sunrise on this day.

3 Compere.  Good Friday starts with cooking the traditional “paska”. Women prepare dough. When it’s ready, it is baked. They decorate cooked paskas with sweet mixture.

1 Compere.  Let’s see, how our Ukrainian woman cooks paska.

There is a table on the scene. There are ten eggs, sugar, milk, yeast, oil, butter, flour, a saucepan, moulds, a spoon on the table .The woman tells and points products.

Woman. Separate the white and yolk out of eggs. Mix yolk and sugar. The white put into the fridge.

Boil one litre of milk, cool it. Add to mixed yolk with sugar.

Then we add yeast and some flour to mixture. Wait for an hour, till mixture rises.

Mix the cool white. Add it to mixture and carefully mix, adding flour how much the dough needs.

Put the dough in the warm place to let it rise.

Oil moulds, put dough to fill in half  each mould. Let dough rise in the moulds.

Bake paskas for 40 minutes.

Decorate paskas with the white and sweets. Dry decoration in the oven.

Enjoy paskas!

(making paskas can be filmed on the camera and shown each step of cooking with the help of multimedia board)

2 Compere.  All families decorate and colour Easter eggs. We can buy special colours or stickers in the department store. In ancient times people coloured eggs with the help of onion. It’s a real art to decorate Easter eggs. Some people devote their life to this business.

3 Compere.  This week there have been an exhibition  of  pysankas  and krashankas at our school. You were able to see the variety of decoration Easter eggs. You could create the real masterpieces using  colours, paints, dried grass, candles and stickers. On Easter people present each other pysankas  and krashankas wishing good mood and blessing for a year.

Quiz.

1 Compere.  We ask three persons to come here and have a competition. You will be asked some questions. The person who gives the most correct answers will be the winner and get a prize, stickers for Easter eggs. Attention! We will have three winners if you all answer correctly.

Questions to the first person.

1.     Whose resurrection do we celebrate on Easter? (Jesus Christ’s)

2.     What nationality was Jesus Christ? (Jewish)

3.     What season do we celebrate Easter in? (spring)

4.     What calendar do we celebrate Easter according to? (Moon calendar )

5.     Where do we usually put provisions when we go to the church? (baskets)

Questions to the second person.

1.     What day of week do we tidy up before Easter? (Pure Thursday)

2.     How many disciples did Jesus Christ have? (twelve)

3.     What plant do we carry to the church to bless? (willow branches)

4.     What thing is pysanka? (egg)

5.     Call three ingredients that paska contains. (flour, eggs, sugar)

Questions to the third person.

1.     What book can we read about Jesus Christ in? (Bible, New Testament)

2.     What day of  a week do we celebrate Easter? (Sunday)

3.     What is a name of the building, where we go to at Easter night and carry basket with provision  to be blessed? (church)

4.     Call three things that people carry in the baskets to the church. (paska, eggs, sausage)

5.     What is the name of Jesus Christ’s mother? (Mary)

2 Compere.  On Saturday in the evening on the eve of Easter people hurry to the church with baskets of provision. They take pysankas, krashankas, paskas with willow branches, sausage, smoked meat, poppy-seeds, horse-radish. They stand in the church and listen to the high mass. A priest walks among people and bless their provision.

3 Compere.  There are matins and high mass on this feast. People thank God for giving the testament. They sing glory to Jesus Christ.

Music. Little angels appear. They recite.

He showed us the beautiful way. We give Him thanks for night and for day. We celebrate Easter in spring. Glory to Jesus in souls we sing. His life was too hard and sorrowful short, But He showed us the way to the God And nowadays we pray and believe, We know what for and how to live. We hurry to churches on a wonderful feast And there we listen high mass from the priest. If suddenly we in the troubles dive The holiday Easter reminds Jesus’ life. We thank God  for ever, as we only can, He gave resurrection to the Son of a man.