Game program for the Easter holiday. Contests and games for Easter. A breath of solar life

On the eve of the most ancient Christian holiday of Easter, which will take place this year on April 16, we offer you an interesting one called "The Way to Easter". It is a production with poems and songs, as well as important information about the Orthodox holidays preceding the Resurrection of Christ.

School Easter script- will help to acquaint schoolchildren with the traditions of celebrating Easter in a fun way, and the form of theatrical performance arouses a very keen interest in Orthodox holidays and will give a charge of a positive and benevolent attitude, both to the "artists" and to the audience.

Easter script for schoolchildren.

Characters

1st and 2nd leading
Nanny
Princess
Tsarevich
3 hawthorn girls
3 boyar boys
Archer boys
Children-readers

1st presenter Do you know which Orthodox holiday is the most important? Of course it's Easter!

2nd presenter On this day, the Lord Jesus Christ was resurrected! He conquered death and commanded us a new, joyful, holy life that will never end.

1st presenter In Russia, for a long time, Easter was not only the most important, but also the most beloved holiday. They began to prepare for it in advance, from the very beginning of Great Lent.

Let's take a look at the royal chambers of Moscow Russia at the end of the 16th-beginning of the 17th centuries and learn about how in the old days they prepared for Easter and celebrated Easter in Russia.

The princess's chambers. The nanny appears.

Nanny

Princess Mother! It's time to get up. The last day of Shrovetide today is Forgiveness Sunday.

The princess comes out to the nurse's call.

Princess

In the evening today we will ask each other for forgiveness, so that we can join Lent with joy, without resentment in our hearts.

Nanny

Forty days of fasting will pass, and there - and Easter.

Forgive me, nanny, for being lazy and disobeying sometimes.

God will forgive you, and I forgive. You, too, mother princess, forgive me.

Princess

God will forgive, nanny, and I forgive you. (Hugs the nanny.)

The prince enters.

Nanny

And here our Tsarevich-father came.

Tsarevich

Good morning nanny! Good morning sister!

How can you ask forgiveness so easily? Even if I'm guilty, I just can't ask for forgiveness. I can correct my guilt ... But he asks for forgiveness, oh, how difficult it is for me ...

The replicas of the next dialogue between the Princess, the Nanny and the Tsarevich are based on the poem by V. Afanasyev "It's hard to say:" I'm sorry! "

Princess

It's hard to say "I'm sorry" -

What kind of torment is this -

How to row in a flood

Against the current.

Nanny

And you pray then

The water of shame will come

The water of pride will come

And you say, blaming yourself:

"I'm wrong, forgive me,

Let's be friends from now on. "

Princess

If he lied, then lie no more ...

Tsarevich

God help me!

Princess

If you get lazy before dawn ...

Tsarevich

Lord, give me encouragement!

Princess

If you are looking for clues to a task ...

Tsarevich

Lord, teach!

Princess

If the sun flashed in your destiny ...

Tsarevich

Lord, glory to Thee!

Nanny

God bless you, kids, for Great Lent.

The choir sings the song "Forgiven Sunday"

(lyrics and music by L. Ershova)

Forgiveness Sunday

The sky is light from the stars

The heart is light from tears.

Farewell ringing in the air -

Tomorrow is Great Lent.

Everything covered the paths

It will be difficult to walk.

Before a long journey

Let's say to each other: "I'm sorry!"

Chorus:

Let's embrace tightly

And we will forgive each other.

And tomorrow, sisters and brothers.

It's not easy for us to go,

We go to the Great post.

Quietly I will light the lamp,

I will fall to the Lord:

Bless me god

I'm on a difficult journey.

Give me the strength to endure

Give me the strength to go.

Teach me God

Quietly say "I'm sorry!"

Chorus.

Tsarevich

So the long-awaited pre-Easter time has come - Great Lent.

Nanny

Fasting for the rational is not a burden, but a joy!

1st Sagittarius Boy

And in the spring, fasting comes to us,

In life, a new rank starts.

In the temple - candles, dew incense

And the words of the Lenten Triodion.

2nd Sagittarius Boy

March gives way to April

Morning is drowning in bird trills

A miracle of miracles is with us -

Annunciation from heaven. (Vysotskaya)

Three boyar boys appear on the stage.

Children read the poem "Annunciation" by Hieromonk Dimitri (Zakharov)

1st boyar boy

Drops ... Sunny, at ease ...

Will not count the signs of spring,

And in the chime of the bell -

Good news, good news!

2nd boyar boy

... The world was languishing with the passion of death

But then one day at dawn

A ray of mysterious immortality

Nazareth suddenly lit up.

1st hawthorn girl

Here is the angel of God about salvation

He announced to the Blessed Virgin,

Hence the spring gospel -

The beginning of every path.

2nd hawthorn

And hearing in the ringing of the bell

Good joyful news,

I breathe free air in the spring ...

There is life, spring, there is hope!

Princess

Nanny, tell us about the feast of the Annunciation.

Nanny

On the day of the Annunciation, we remember how the messenger of God's secrets - the Archangel Gabriel - came down to earth and brought the Virgin Mary the good news that She was destined to become the Mother of the Son of God - the Savior of the world.

The Virgin humbly accepted the message, answering the Archangel: "Let it be done to me according to your word."

Tsarevich

And what, nanny, did they bring the birds of the Annunciation to the palace this year so that we could release them?

Nanny

It is a good tradition to release a bird on the day of the Annunciation. Here are the boyar youths walking, they have birds in their cages.

Several more boyar youths and young women enter the stage in their hands, holding wooden and clay bird toys imitating real birds (maybe someone has a cage with birds in their hands).

The phonogram "bird chirping" sounds.

Princess

Oh, my little siskin will be here!

And I will release this bullfinch!

The Tsarevich and Tsarevna are reading a poem by V. Afanasyev "Annunciation custom".

What a good custom! ..

Here is a cage: there is a bird in it, and I ...

Who am I? Isn't it a bird's jailer -

Let it be for three days? ..

Princess

Here is an important bullfinch and a tit,

Goldfinch and brooding siskin, -

They will not languish in a cage for long,

Until the day of the Annunciation only!

Tsarevich

And now the Liturgy departed.

How joyous is the festive ringing!

Forgive me dear

For this three-day full:

Princess

Fly into the radiant azure,

Where there is so much space for the wing,

And there to the Most Pure Virgin

Sing the praises together!

Boyar boys recite poetry.

1st boyar boy

I observe sacredly in a foreign land

Native custom of antiquity:

I release the bird into the wild

With a bright holiday of spring.

I became available with consolation:

Why should I murmur against God,

When at least one creation

I could bestow freedom! (A.S. Pushkin 0

2nd boyar boy

Yesterday I dissolved the dungeon

My captive in the air:

I returned the singer to the groves,

I returned freedom to her.

She disappeared drowning

In the glow of a blue day

And so she sang, flying away,

As if praying for me. (F. Tumansky)

The youths and young women leave the stage.

The choir sings the song "Sun of the Annunciation"

(lyrics and music by A. Kryachko).

After the song is performed, a nanny comes out with a large bouquet of willow branches.

Nanny

Oh, and the post is coming to an end. We celebrate Palm Sunday.

The boys-archers take to the stage sledges upholstered in red cloth with gold braid, on which a willow tree is fixed, beautifully decorated with carved leaves, paper and cloth flowers, nuts, wax or plastic fruits.

Nanny

Look at the Mother Princess, what a pussy willow! Here is a beauty! All in gold leaves, flowers - as if they were alive!

The Princess runs out, examines the willow.

Princess

Oh, how beautiful! What is not hung on silk cords: bulk apples, raisins, and walnuts are the largest! ..

The Tsarevich runs in.

Tsarevich

And on the square, on the cathedral: what a willow there is! The palace guards followed her far.

The phonogram of the bell ringing sounds.

Tsarevich

The Verb is being taken! Verba!

Look, clerks and boyars are walking in rows with palm branches in their hands.

Nanny

What a willow on a sleigh! Royal willow! Decorated wonderfully!

Princess

Here are the masters and artists! For a whole week they fussed over the willow: they put gold and colored paints on the railings and posts around the willow. All day and all night, apples, raisins, grapes and nuts were hung on silk cords. A whole pood of raisins went to the willow, and a thousand walnuts.

Tsarevich

And what copper stars were cut for the willow!

Boyar youths and young women enter.

1st hawthorn girl

There is a willow tree in the sleigh, it is green!

There are flowers on it, as if they had just grown out of the earth. Apples and pears have ruddy cheeks and all kinds of sweet food from behind green leaves, orange oranges and golden lemons flaunt!

2nd girl-hawthorn

And the most beautiful on a willow is an elegant flower that is placed on a high iron rod between other flowers in the middle of a sled. The leaves on it are not simple, but gold and silver. Such flowers, probably, are apparently invisible in the heavenly gardens, but on earth only to the willow once a year, and then one such blooms.

Princess

And the boys sing like singers!

The choir sings the song "Palm Sunday"

(lyrics and music by L. Ershova).

Palm Sunday

The willows are in our hands again,

Children praise the Lord

He rides on a colt Himself,

We will meet Him too.

Chorus:

Palm Sunday,

Awakening of the whole earth,

God's blessing

All fields of forests.

Palm Sunday,

Singing in Jerusalem

Hands with palm branches

Reaching for the heavens.

The king, the Savior of the world is coming,

We praise Him: "Hosanna!"

He will come to us today

At the doors of God's temple.

Chorus.

A band of archer boys run out to take out decorations from the willow.

Sagittarius boy

Willow, willow - our palm -

You look very simple!

But with you we meet

To us is the coming Christ!

That's why we give

Every year in the spring again

White willow our tenderness

Our affection and love.

Nanny (addressing children on stage)

So we went up to the very top along the Ladder of Great Lent. The last step is about to be left behind - the last week before Easter. This week is called Passionate, because it is on these days that the passions are remembered - the suffering of the Savior: how He was betrayed and executed by a cruel execution - crucified on the Cross.

Mournful music sounds.

1st lad storyteller

After the Lord gave up His spirit to God the Father - he died on the Cross, the body of the Savior was removed from the Cross, mourned, wrapped in white shroud and laid in a stone cave. The entrance to the cave was laid with a heavy stone. It was all on Friday.

2nd lad storyteller

On Sunday, early in the morning, the women - disciples of the Savior, who wept for Him these days, went to the burial place of Christ, preparing myrrh - a special fragrant oil to anoint the body of the Teacher with it.

The Church calls these women the Myrrh-Bearing Wives.

3rd youth storyteller

But they saw the myrrh-bearers that the cave was empty. Two angels in shining robes appeared before them and told the myrrh-bearers that the Lord had risen!

1st lad storyteller

Hearing from the angels the news of the resurrection of Christ and seeing the empty tomb, the myrrh-bearing wives hurried to Jerusalem to tell the other disciples of the Savior about what had happened.

2nd lad storyteller

In the evening of the same day, Christ appeared to the disciples through the locked doors. And they saw with their own eyes: He is risen!

3rd youth storyteller

Joyful Easter songs are replacing these days with solemnly sad tunes of Holy Week.

1st lad storyteller

Christ is Risen!

Together

Truly Risen!

The choir sings the song "Christ is Risen!"

1st child-reader

Sunday day

The world rejoices all around

Joy shines everywhere

And knocks on every house.

His heart to Christ

You rather open it up

To know the beauty

Holy Easter joy! ( Nun Xenia)

The phonogram of joyful Easter bell ringing sounds.

2nd child-reader

Good in the bell tower

Ring the bells

To make the holiday more spacious

So that the soul can sing.

Like angelic singing

This wondrous chime

The bright hymn of Sunday

It sounded from all sides. ( priest Vladimir Shamonin)

At the end of the Easter matinee all together, according to tradition, sing the song "Easter. Christ is risen!"

(lyrics by E. Kotlyar, music by L. Ershova).

The children went in, stood in a semicircle.

Educator: On Christ's Sunday, the whole people are having fun. Let the bright holiday today In every house sooner enter. Everyone will say “Christ is Risen! »It will be better at heart. Everyone will be cheerful on the holiday! Make way for the sun and spring!

The great Easter holiday is celebrated every year by millions of people around the world.

In the old days, on Easter, people organized festivities, games, danced round dances, made rounds of courtyards, which resembled Christmas carols. On the day of Holy Easter it was supposed to treat everyone with eggs and greet them with the words “Christ is Risen! "In response, it is customary to give a treat and say" Truly Risen! ".

The people believed that during 40 days from Easter to Ascension, Christ himself descends to earth and walks through the cities. People were giving food to the poor because one of them could be Jesus himself.

For the Easter holiday, the guys prepared poems:

1. Spring has come, spring is red And it is a testament of all to walk! The clear sun rises, All the covenant on the street, Easter at the gate!

2. To the melody of Easter songs And to the ringing of bells Spring flies to us from distant, From distant lands.

3. Let's meet Easter well, Cheerfully and light: Cheese, butter and an egg, Yes, a ruddy cake, A good treat, Songs, dance and fun!

4. The earth is waking up, the fields are being dressed. Spring is coming, full of miracles, Christ is Risen!

All: Christ is Risen!

Song "Bright holiday".

(Children sit down)

Presenter: On Maundy Thursday, people paint eggs, on Good Friday, houses are filled with the smell of baking cakes, cottage cheese pies, buns, bird-like gingerbread cookies, popularly called "Larks", because on this day the larks really flew in from the south.

There was also the rite of "Letting the Birds Free". Parents and children bought birds from catchers and immediately released them.

A.S. Pushkin wrote about this custom:

In a foreign land, I sacredly observe the Native custom of antiquity: I release a bird into the wild When the holidays of spring are bright.

Let us read the cries about spring, and imagine that we have birds in our hands, and we release them.

Nicknames:

1. Come spring! We are all waiting for you! Sunshine, holy! Let the streams run! Let the birds fly, They cry about spring!

2. Titmouses, little sisters, Starlings, great fellows, Fly to us from across the sea, Bring the red spring! With silk grass, With warm sun!

3. Burn, the sun, brighter, Summer will be hotter, And winter - warmer, And spring - sweeter!

(Children raise their hands, release the birds).

Presenter: Let's play the game "Birds and Cage".

Presenter: Guys, let's remember the Easter signs: "If it rains on Easter, the spring will be rainy." "On Easter, the sky is clear and the sun is bright - for a good harvest and a warm summer." "People say: on Easter, you can't throw and pour out the window - ... Christ walks under the windows."

Presenter: Also on Easter it is customary to "beat with eggs", to hit the opponent's egg with a blunt or sharp end of a boiled painted egg. The winner is the one whose egg is not cracked. Let's play?

Game "Whose egg will spin longer".

"Children spin an egg, whose egg will spin longer - that is the winner."

Game "Decorate an Easter Egg".

“There are two people involved, each of whom is given one balloon and sets of Easter stickers. In a minute, they have to decorate their ball - "egg" with stickers. The one who sticks them on more than the opponent wins. "

Presenter: The egg is considered a symbol of new life, rebirth. Our children did their best, showed their creativity in painting the Easter egg. Here's what we got. (Show to parents.) How nice to see Easter crafts made with your child, which keep your hands warm and caring!

Master class with parents. "Napkin stand".

Do not forbid yourself to create, Let it sometimes come out crookedly - Your ridiculous motives Nobody can repeat.

How many different baskets and coasters for colored eggs have been invented? A bunch of! Sophisticated and lightweight, made of various materials: cardboard, paper, fabric, natural and waste materials.

If it happened that you, for some reason, did not manage to make egg coasters, do not despair. There is a very easy way to fix the situation and your child will be happy and the guests will be surprised.

I suggest you make a napkin stand.

To make this craft, you will need a paper napkin and a paper clip.

Bend a square napkin diagonally - you get a triangle. Make a rhombus from the triangle. To do this, just raise the corners of the napkin.

From the bottom of the resulting rhombus, form a roller, approximately to the middle of the figure. Turn the napkin over, fold the lower corners and connect them with a paper clip. It turns out a glass. Straighten the ends of the napkin: one - to the right, one - to the left.

The house for the Easter egg is ready!

Original, unusual and very comfortable! (Parents make a napkin stand).

Reading poetry

1. There are many rituals in Russia. And today is God's holiday: Easter - God's resurrection, His second birthday.

2. A song in my heart sounded, Easter red has come! The field, the river, the forest whispers: Rejoice, Christ is risen!

3. Christ is risen! Christ is risen! The sun is shining from heaven! The dark forest has turned green, Christ has truly risen! Spring has come - it's time for miracles, The spring is bubbling - Christ is risen! There are no brighter words in the world - “Indeed, Christ is risen! "

Presenter: I congratulate everyone on Easter. I wish you all good health, keep a bright and joyful mood for a long time, may your soul be filled with love and kindness.

MBOU "Ryl Basic School No. 2"

Game competition program

"Happy Easter"

Prepared and conducted by: educator

Dmitrieva Tatiana Viktorovna

GAME CONTEST PROGRAM "MEETING EASTER"

Target: To acquaint with the history of the origin of the traditions of celebrating the Bright holiday of Easter, the traditions of dyeing Easter eggs.

Tasks:

To acquaint children with the traditions of celebrating Easter in Russia, rituals, games that accompany this holiday.

To acquaint with the history of the emergence of the tradition of dyeing eggs for Easter.

Create conditions for children of the spiritual and cultural heritage of the Christian holiday of Easter.

Foster respect for Russian Orthodox traditions.

Improve creativity.

Event progress:

Phonogram "Ringing bells"

Children recite poetry .

1 Easter Annunciation

The blows came

To blue skies

It rings out loudly

Quiet valley

Drives away sleep

Somewhere beyond the road

The ringing stops.

2. From a distant country

Swallows are flying

Cheerfully chirp

People are told:

“People, wake up!

Spring is coming to us!

And with spring and Easter

It brings us joy! "

3.Christ is risen!

Everywhere the gospel is buzzing,

From all the churches the people are knocking down

See as in the glow of heaven

Christ is risen again in the spring!

The snow cover has already been removed from the fields,

The bear rose from winter dreams

And the nearby forest turns green ...

So Christ has already risen!

The earth is waking up again

And dress up the fields!

Spring is coming, full of miracles!

Christ is risen! Christ is risen!

4. "Bells"

Good in the bell tower

Ring the bells

To make the holiday more spacious

So that the soul can sing.

Like angelic singing

This wondrous chime

The bright hymn of Sunday

It sounded from all sides.

Easter - Bright Resurrection of Christ. This main event in the spiritual life of Christians is called the Feast of Holidays, the king of days. Preparing for it 7 weeks - 49 days. And the week before Easter was called the Great, or Passionate. Maundy Thursday is the day of spiritual cleansing, the reception of the sacrament of the sacrament. Good Friday is a reminder of the suffering of Jesus Christ, a day of sorrow. Great Saturday is a day of waiting, the Gospel of the Resurrection is already being read in the church. Easter - Sunday when we celebrate the Resurrection of the Savior

Preparing for Easter, people are filled with joy and faith. On Maundy Thursday, a favorite action begins - painting and painting eggs. Did you know that eggs painted in one color were called dyes; if spots, stripes, specks of a different color were indicated on a general colored background, these were specks. There were also Easter eggs - eggs painted by hand with plot or ornamental patterns. Simple patterns have a lot of meaning. Wavy lines are seas-oceans. The circle is a bright sun. By tradition, ready-made dyes and Easter eggs were put on fresh sprouted greens of oats, wheat, and sometimes on pale green lettuce leaves, which were specially grown for the holiday. Luscious greenery and bright colors of Easter eggs created a festive mood.

The closest relatives gather for Easter breakfast. The owner approaches the guests with wishes and the words "Christ is risen!", And then kisses everyone. The answer must be: "Truly has risen!" The sacred egg is cut into as many parts as there are persons present. A candle burns on the table as a reminder of the lightness of this day. It is imperative to start your Easter breakfast with Easter cake. Even the crumbs of this bread that have fallen on the floor should never be thrown away. The holiday lasts the whole Bright week

Easter Food Contest

From the given set of products, children prepare decorations for the Easter table (boiled eggs; fresh apples, cucumbers, tomatoes, carrots; parsley, dill; canned green peas, corn).

Easter Scene "Golden Egg"

Leading:

Once upon a time there was a grandfather and a woman,

They had a poached chicken.

The chicken laid the testicle,

Not simple ─ golden.

Baba: Hey old man, wake up soon!

Grandfather: Are there wolves at the door?

Why are you making a noise, old woman?

Baba: Look what I found:

Our pestle hen

She laid an egg under a bush.

Grandfather: What's the trouble for you?

After all, the egg is somewhere!

Baba: Yes, the egg is not easy,

Oh, look, golden.

Grandfather: Golden! Indeed?

You and I got rich.

Baba: Oh, it burns, blinds the eyes!

Grandfather: Miracles!

Baba: Miracles!

Grandfather: You lock it in the chest (you can hear a knock on the door)!

Baba: There is no one at home!

Grandfather: You, go, lock the bolt,

Yes, it would be necessary to lower the dogs.

Baba (returning):

I'll go to town on Wednesday

The market is there on Wednesday.

There are many rich people there!

I'll sell them an egg.

I'll buy new things,

Forty pieces of different skirts,

Blue shawl with flowers

I'll fill the chest to the brim.

Grandfather: What are you talking about fables!

Look, a young woman was found

Dress up in different trash.

Not if we're rich

I will build instead of a hut

Three-storey chambers

And gazebos in the corners.

Baba: Punishment with a stupid husband!

What are you, old, do not blame!

We live no worse than others

We don't need floors!

Grandfather: Am I the owner or not ?! (The egg falls and breaks).

Baba (crying): Oh, the testicle rolled,

Rolled and crashed.

Grandfather: Calm down, that's enough, woman!

Ryaba will lay eggs for us.

We will paint these eggs

And we will hand it over to the children for Easter.

The grandfather and the woman take out a basket of sweets and present the children.

Questions about the tale.

Easter games (for participation in the games, children receive sweet prizes)

During Easter week, it is customary to visit, give gifts, send greeting cards. These days, no soul should feel lonely and forgotten (bell ringing). I invite you all to the games.

"Where is the egg being boiled?"

The game involves two people. In the old days, the egg was covered with caps, you can take plastic cups. One of the players temporarily leaves the room or simply closes his eyes. Empty inverted cups are placed on the table, an egg is hidden under them, the player is called and asked: "Where is the egg boiled?"

"Spin the egg"

Two are playing, each has his own egg. At the same time, the players unwind Easter eggs on the table, whose egg will spin longer - he won, the winner takes the losing player's egg. You can play not only two, but also three, four, then the winner takes not one egg, but all.

"Krashenka on the ground"

The egg is placed on the ground. One of the players is standing ten steps away from him. He is blindfolded with a handkerchief. Blindfolded, he measures ten steps, unties his eyes and tries to get the egg on the spot. If he gets it, he won, if he doesn't get it, he loses.

Children stand in pairs, each with an egg. It is necessary to roll the egg along the slide so that it does not fall, break and roll as far as possible the opponent's eggs.

"Color the egg"

Children are blindfolded with a napkin and they paint eggs - blanks

"Don't Drop the Egg"

Children are divided into two teams, each team has an egg and a spoon. The first participant must carry the egg on a spoon with one hand, go around the obstacle, return and give the spoon to the next player. Whose team is the first to complete the task without breaking the egg is the winner.

Easter quiz

– And now let's check your knowledge in the Easter "sweet" quiz, why sweet, guess? (for the correct answer - candy)

What was Easter called in Russia? (Bright Resurrection, Great day, Christ's day, King's day)

The name of the Savior's Mother? (Maria)

How many disciples - apostles did Christ have? (12)

One of them became a traitor. What was his name? (Judas)

On what day of the week was Christ betrayed, on what day was he crucified, on what day was he resurrected? (Wednesday, Friday, Sunday)

Mary Magdalene came to the emperor Tiberius and said: "Christ is risen!" What did she present to him at the same time? (egg)

This is how the tradition of dyeing eggs appeared. Do you know what the eggs painted in one color are called? (Krashenki) And if spots, stripes, specks of a different color were indicated on the general background? (Krapanki) And there were also eggs, hand-painted with plot or ornamental patterns, are they called? (Easter eggs)

What is the last week before Easter called? (Passionate or Great Week, dedicated to the sufferings of Jesus Christ)

Summing up the results of the competition of arts and crafts "Light Easter".

Exhibition of students' works.

Children recite poetry , the bells are ringing softly.

1 . Kulich and pussy willow - a symbol of Easter,

Spring, family warmth.

So let it be such a beautiful day

Bells are ringing.

Let the house be a complete bowl

May joy not leave us

And the way is the star of our freedom

It illuminates us in difficult times.

2. We sincerely wish you Happy Easter,

Christ is risen - these are the main words!

May the Lord protect you from troubles,

And he will reward for good deeds!

3. "Christ is risen!" - the bells are singing.

And that news is joyful and light.

A wave rushes over the world

And the world listens to that song.

"Christ is risen!" - the earth sings,

Seas and mountains and fields ...

And they answer from heaven:

"Truly resurrected!"

Closing song "Easter"

Literature:

"Bible for Kids", JSC "Molodaya Gvardiya", Moscow, 1993

Magazine "Education of a schoolboy" No. 3, 2009, article by Ageeva E.S "Holiday Easter".

Pashkina V.M. "We lived - we were, we danced in a round dance" Folklore holidays in grades 5-9. / V.М. Pashkin. Artist. A.A. Selivanov. - Yaroslavl: Academy, 2005-160s.

Magazines "Primary School" No. 4, 2000, No. 1, 2006.

for unbelieving children

Description: this holiday can be held for children who do not know about Christ, or for already believers, in order to deepen their knowledge of God. Several rooms are needed to arrange the stages and a hall for the puppet show. The holiday is calculated for 1.5 hours.

Goals: so that every child attending the holiday understands the spiritual meaning of Easter and thinks about their relationship with God.

Tasks:

Look into the distant past and look at the last days of Christ's life on earth.

Attend the Lord's Supper with the Disciples

Understand the meaning of Christ's death

Thank Jesus Together for His Resurrection

Stage design: all stages are made in the style of the times of Jesus Christ. Stage leaders dress in the clothing of those times to create a complete picture of Jesus' last days.

Hall decoration: the hall is decorated brightly and cheerfully to create a joyful mood for teenagers and their parents.

Holiday progress:

The stages of the fair are located outdoors or indoors. While the children are coming up, they can play and receive a lot of prizes and joyful mood. (20 minutes)

At the appointed time, the presenters begin to seat all the people and play with the audience. (10 minutes)

Performance (possibly puppet) (30 minutes)

The presenters are interested in what the children understood from the play and introduce the captains of the teams who will lead the children through the stages. (5 minutes)

Game in stages (30 minutes). At this moment, parents can stay in the hall. The pastor or deacon tells them about the activities of the church.

The facilitators use questions to check which team has understood the meaning of the stages. Then the director of the Sunday school is introduced, who invites all the children to the Sunday school and ends the holiday. (10 minutes)

All children receive gifts and Bibles.

Fair stages

1) Easter nest

A relay game in which two teams participate or two players compete with each other. Children of each team carry wooden eggs in a spoon, each team in its own Easter nest. The team that completes the task faster wins.

* For very young children, you can give the task to simply carry the egg to the nest in a spoon without dropping it.

Equipment:

Nest (2-3 pcs.)

A spoon

Eggs (2-3pcs)

2) Who is faster ?!

There are small cupcakes on the table. Two players compete to see who will eat the cupcake faster.

Equipment:

Cupcakes

Glasses of water

Sparkling water

3) Football Easter

Kick the ball into the goal with a club. For different ages - different distance.

Equipment:

Imitation gate

Ball

Chalk or marking tape

4) Who will win

Two players compete. Each has 1 boiled egg in his hand. On command, they try to break the opponent's egg (with their nose or butt).

Equipment:

Boiled eggs - 30 pcs.

5) unwinding eggs

On command, the children simultaneously unwind the colored eggs. Whose egg spins longer is the winner.

Equipment:

Boiled eggs - 10 pcs.

6) Ball Relays

Two teams are competing.

Clamp the ball between the legs and jump

Two players press the ball with their foreheads and run together

Run or walk, and drive the ball through the air

Go fast a distance with a ball tied with a thread to the ankle of the leg

Equipment:

Balloons

Ropes (threads) 1.5m

7) Air man

With the help of a set of stickers you need to make a funny little man out of a balloon - a girl or a boy.

Equipment:

Balloons

Stickers Sets

Trash bag

8) Overblowing the ball

You can compete with two players. It is possible with the leader of the stage.

Equipment:

Balloons

Chalk or marking tape

9) Dance of Pies

During the def. time (while the music is playing) to perform a dance with a pie dressed on a pencil.

Equipment:

Pencils

Pies

Tape recorder with fun rhythmic music

10) Balls with prizes

Balls with prizes inside are tied to the rope. You need to burst the balloon with your eyes closed.

Equipment:

Balloons

Prizes (candies, erasers, stickers, chewing gum, and other little things)

Rope

Big end bead pin

Possible performance options:

Secret disciple of Christ

Characters

Joseph of Arimathea

Pharisee 1

Pharisee 2

Pharisee 3

Roman warrior 1

Roman warrior 2

SCENE 1

On stage, Ruth is doing household chores.

Ruth. What could have happened? Where could he stay for so long? Maybe something happened in the synagogue?

Excited Joseph enters.

Ruth. Joseph, you finally came, I was so worried.

Joseph. Ruth, they want to kill Him.

Ruth. Whom to kill? Who are you speaking about?

Joseph. I'm talking about Jesus.

Ruth. I don't understand why they want to kill Him?

Joseph. I don't know, but something incomprehensible is going on. Today Jesus was arrested in the Garden of Gethsemane. They brought him to the house of Caiaphas and beat him there.

Ruth. Wait Joseph, maybe things will still change. Sit down to supper.

Joseph sits down at the table in thought.

Ruth. You're gonna eat?

Joseph. I'm sorry Ruth, but I can't eat. I remember that just a week ago Jesus was walking through the streets of Jerusalem. People shouted to Him: "Hosanna" and put clothes under His feet, and now the same people want to kill Him.

Ruth. Yes ... Terrible times have come. Today people say one thing and tomorrow another.

Joseph. So I think, why did this happen? How I wish I could help Him.

Ruth. How can you help Him? He helped many. I heard that Jesus performed great miracles.

Joseph. I myself ate the bread that Jesus fed all of us on the mountain. Only 5 loaves of bread and two fish, and there were more than 5 thousand people. And nobody left there hungry. It was then that I realized that Jesus is not just a man, He is God.

Ruth. Joseph, I also believe that Jesus is God, because an ordinary person cannot perform such miracles and speak words that penetrate into the very heart: "Forgive and be forgiven, wake up" ...

Joseph. Or as he said: "Happy are they that mourn, for they will be comforted." Ruth, my heart is crying so.

Ruth. Look, you might be in big trouble at the synagogue. If Caiaphas finds out that you and Nicodemus are secret disciples of Jesus, they will not support you!

Joseph. Do you think that this does not torment me !? How hard it is for me to hide that I am a disciple of Christ. If you could only see what happened in the high priest's house today. How they mocked Him, but I stood aside and was silent. I could not protect Him.

Ruth. I do not understand. After all, Jesus is God. Why can't He protect Himself?

Joseph. Do not know! Tomorrow is the final meeting of the high priests and elders. I wish I could change something.

Ruth. Come on Joseph, it's very late. You're going to have a tough day tomorrow.

SCENE 2

Meeting of Caiaphas, Pharisees and Elders. Joseph is also with them.

Caiaphas. Gentlemen! Come in, have a seat. We have an urgent meeting today. We are gathered to decide what to do with Jesus of Nazareth. Last night our soldiers took Him to the Garden of Gethsemane.

Pharisee 1. Finally! I have said for a long time that it is time to arrest Him. How long can this go on? He broke all our traditions. The people have ceased to respect us.

Pharisee 2. Yes! Yes! He must be done away with. The people no longer listen to us as they used to. The synagogues are empty, and crowds follow Him.

Pharisee 2. How dare He say, "He who has seen Me has seen God." Blasphemer.

Joseph. But listen, Jesus didn't just say that He is the Son of God. He proved it by deeds. Nobody can do that if God is not with Him. And what can we do for people. We're just talking.

Caiaphas. Joseph, I don’t understand you.

Pharisee 3. Remember how He said that we teach the commandments of men, and He, you see, teaches the commandments of God. This is unheard of insolence!

Pharisee 1. He also said that we are blind leaders of the blind, and if the blind leads the blind, then both will fall into the pit.

Joseph. Many of us are already in the hole!

Caiaphas. Joseph! What do you mean? Do you mean to say that we are in a hole.

Pharisee 3. And let's see how sighted He is.

Everyone laughs.

Joseph (gets up and leaves). I can’t be here any longer. I'd rather leave.

Caiaphas. Something is wrong with your nerves. Enter Jesus.

Roman soldiers turn on a man with a bag on his head.

Pharisee 2. So this is what He is, calling Himself God.

One of the soldiers pushes Jesus.

Pharisee 1. Come on, tell me who pushed those. Find out who!

Pharisee 3. Why are you silent?

Caiaphas. What to bother with Him, lead Him to Pilate. Let him give permission to die.

They take Jesus away and shout "Death to Him."

SCENE 3

Crucifixion scene. Music sounds, or you can sing a psalm about the sufferings of Christ. The facilitator reads the text of Scripture from the Gospel of Matthew 27 chapters 27 through 50 verses.

SCENE 4

Joseph and Ruth.

Joseph. Everything is over! He is no longer with us.

Ruth. Yes, I know what happened. I still cannot understand why they executed Him so cruelly.

Joseph. Ruth, it was impossible to stand. This is scary. Even the ground groaned. Suddenly there was an earthquake, and the sky darkened, and the curtain in the temple of God was torn in two!

Ruth. Joseph, what will you do next?

Joseph. After such terrible events that happened today, I am at a loss, but one thing I know for sure, I can no longer be His secret disciple.

Ruth. Then do something for Him!

Joseph. But what?

Ruth. You know that, according to our custom, those crucified on the cross are not buried in tombs. But Jesus is worthy to be buried in a tomb. Therefore, you must go to Pilate and ask for the body of Jesus. This is the least you can do for Him.

Joseph. I will give Him my tomb.

Ruth. Then hurry to Pilate to get permission from him. Today is Friday, I have to be in time.

Joseph. I'm on my way.

SCENE 5

Royal palace

The centurion. Your lordship, a visitor for you.

Pilate. At this hour? Well, okay, let him come in.

Joseph. May I come in?

Pilate. Who are you?

Joseph. I am Joseph of Arimathea.

Pilate. What do you have to do with me?

Joseph. I am asking for your permission to take the body of Jesus and bury Him.

Pilate. How, He's already dead? And you dare to come to me with this proposal? You know that the crucified are not buried in tombs, but buried like robbers.

Joseph. Your Grace, Jesus is not a robber. He is worthy to be buried in a tomb. I ask you to let me take the body today. After all, tomorrow is Saturday.

Pilate. Oh yes! I completely forgot.

Joseph. Please, Your Grace, excuse me.

Pilate. But listen, who will give you a place in the tomb for Jesus?

Joseph. I will give Him my tomb, it is in my garden.

Pilate. You are a brave person. Okay, I give you permission to take His body.

Joseph. Thank you, your lordship.

Leading.“And having received permission, they took the body of Jesus and wrapped him in swaddling clothes with incense, as the Jews usually bury. In the place where He was crucified, there was a garden, and in the garden there is a new tomb, in which no one has yet been laid. They put Jesus there and rolled the stone to the door of the tomb. "

SCENE 6

Women at the coffin.

Leading.“After the Sabbath, Mary Magdalene, Mary of Jacob and Salome bought perfumes to go to anoint Him. And very early, on the first day of the week, they come to the tomb at sunrise. "

Women come out.

Salome. Who will roll the stone from the grave? We don't have enough strength!

Maria. I don't know, but we need to anoint the body of Jesus.

Mary Magdalene. Don't worry, let's go, someone will help us.

Maria. But they put a guard there. We might not be allowed to anoint His body.

Salome. Quiet! Quiet! And here is the tomb.

Mary Magdalene. The guards are not visible. Where are they?

Salome. Look, the stone has been rolled away!

Mary Magdalene. Salome, Maria, I'm scared!

Maria. I'm afraid to go there.

Salome. Where is the body of our Lord?

Mary Magdalene. They took it away! They took it away!

Angel. That you are looking for the living among the dead. Do not seek, He is not here. He is risen!

Salome. What's this? Is this a vision after sleepless nights?

Maria. Could it be a dream?

Mary Magdalene. What dream? Jesus rose from the dead. The angel spoke to us.

Joseph(running out)... What's that noise? What happened?

Mary Magdalene. Jesus rose from the dead.

Salome. We saw an Angel who told us about it.

Joseph. Is that really true?

Maria. You must trust us, Joseph.

Mary Magdalene. Excuse us, we are in a hurry. We must share this news with all the students.

Joseph. So it’s true. After all, He said that He would rise again on the third day. All that He promised, all fulfilled. I need to tell my wife about this.

SCENE 7

Ruth walks with a jug of water. Joseph comes out.

Joseph(joyfully). Ruth, just listen, Jesus rose from the dead.

Ruth. How can it be? He was dead. You yourself put Him in the coffin.

Joseph. There the stone has been rolled away, and the body is not there. And the women who came early in the morning to the tomb to anoint His body saw the Angel and the empty tomb. The angel told them that Jesus was alive.

Ruth. Yes, indeed Jesus is God.

Joseph. After all, He promised that He would rise on the third day. And He was resurrected…. I believe that it is.
Ruth. Joseph, what are we going to do next?

Ruth. Christ is risen!

All the actors take the stage.

Everything. Truly resurrected!

You can all sing a solemn psalm together.

Easter scene "Lamb"

Actors: Joseph is the father, Sarah is the mother, David is the son, Ruth is the daughter, Mary is the messenger,

In the episodes: the shepherd, the people shouting "Hosanna!"

On the stage, the people stand with their backs to the audience. In their hands are palm branches. To the sound of music, they throw their clothes and branches forward and shout: "Hosanna! Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna!"

David: Look, Ruth: this is how the Messiah must come - riding a donkey. Dad said that it was written about this in the Torah.

Ruth: Perhaps this is the Messiah, and He will now drive the Romans away.

David: We ran home, I still have to go with my dad to pick a lamb for Easter.

Children run away, everyone leaves. Enter Joseph. Children, having run around the hall, meet with him.

Joseph: David, you come with me, and you, Ruth, help your mother around the house.

Everyone disperses, Joseph and David walk around the hall. A shepherd appears with a flock of toy sheep.

Joseph: Peace to you! Do you have a lamb to sacrifice?

Shepherd: Yes! I have a lot of good lambs. This lamb is one-year-old and completely blemish-free.

Joseph takes the toy, examines it, gives it to his son, weighs the silver. Then they leave. Walking around the hall, they talk to each other.

David: Dad! Why should such a sweet, innocent lamb die?

Joseph: So it is written in the law, and we must fulfill the law, God established it, you know, David. But you can still play with him.

They come home (on the stage), Ruth runs out to meet them and, with exclamations of joy, rushes to the lamb.

Ruth: Ouch! What a cute one! David, let's feed him!

The children are left alone on the stage, stroking and feeding the lamb.

Ruth: I'm so used to him, he's so cute!

David : I also. It is a pity that he cannot stay with us.

Enter Joseph.

Joseph: Give me a lamb, children, I must hurry to the temple: soon the sun will set, Saturday will come.

Ruth: Dad, we feel so sorry for him, maybe you can buy another in the temple?

Joseph: It is a sacrifice to the Lord, and sacrifice is what is dear to you.

David: But what is this lamb for God?

Joseph: It is not God who needs him, David, but we, so that our sins are forgiven. This is the law! Every person commits sins. You, too, sometimes disobey your parents - this is a sin. And if we have sinned, then God cannot talk to us.

David: Why can't God talk to us?

Joseph : God is Holy, He does not commit sins and does not hear those who commit them. In order for Him to hear us again and to forgive us, we must sacrifice this lamb to Him. The lamb will die and with its blood will cleanse our sin.

David and Ruth humbly, bowing their heads, give the lamb to their father. Joseph, patting the children on the head, leaves. Sadly children sit thoughtfully on the stage. The musical insert sounds. It gets dark in the hall. Suddenly the children jump up, look out the window and shout:

Children: (shouting) Why is it so dark? Mum! Mum! The earth ... the earth is trembling! Mum!

Sarah runs in, hugs the children

Sarah: What's happening? This has never happened before.

Suddenly, with a lamb in his hands, an excited Joseph enters.

Sarah: What happened, Joseph?

Joseph: The temple curtain was torn in two. It is said to have something to do with Jesus' death on the cross - that's what happened.

Sarah: Has He already died?

Joseph: And very quickly.

David: And we thought that He is the promised Messiah ... the One who will set people free from sins

Joseph: I saw Him being led to Calvary like a sheep to be slaughtered (pause). Sheep? To the slaughter? ..

Joseph rushes to the Bible, opens the 53rd chapter of Isaiah and reads.

Joseph: "Like a sheep, He was led to the slaughter .."(Looks at Sarah)

Sarah: Do you remember that John the Baptist pointed at Him and said: "Behold the Lamb that takes away the sin of the world"?

Joseph: So Jesus is the Messiah? So they killed the Messiah? Son of God?

Ruth: It was he who was shouted recently: "Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!"

Joseph sits down and thinks. Pause

Joseph: I think, children, that you will not have to part with your beloved lamb. Now Jesus, the Messiah, died for our sin. He is now our Easter!(Gives the lamb to his daughter, she begins to cry).

Sarah: Why are you crying?

Ruth: I'm sorry for Jesus.

Joseph: Okay, kids, go to bed ... I'm sure: now everything will change ...

Everyone disperses.

Musical insert.

Maria runs onto the stage. Joseph and Sarah are sitting at the table and having breakfast.

Maria: Joseph, Sarah!

Joseph: What's up Maria?

Maria: We were at the tomb of Jesus. He's not in it! He rose again, as it is written about the Messiah!

Children: Hooray! Jesus has resurrected!

Together: Truly resurrected!

All participants exclaim: Christ is risen!

And the audience answers: Truly resurrected!

The song about the resurrection of Christ is played

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