Easter is the greatest feast in the Church's Liturgical year because it celebrates new life, Jesus dying on the cross and rising again.
The Easter candle is lit at every celebration of the Eucharist during the 50 days of the Easter season from Easter Sunday until Pentcost Sunday.
The five grains of incense on the Easter Candle represent the wounds that Jesus suffered.
The Alpha and Omega symbols are the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet. They remind people that the Risen Jesus is the beginning and the end of all time and that all praise belongs to him forever.
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