Was Christen an Ostern feiern: Bedeutung und Bräuche

Ostern ist das zentrale Fest im Jahr, das Christen Hoffnung gibt. Was hat es damit auf sich? Welche Bräuche gehören zu Ostern?

von Alexander Pausch

Osternacht in St. Martin in Amberg am 3. April 2010

Archivbild: Petra Hartl

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