Flowering the cross

A flowered cross in a parish church (2006)

Flowering the cross is a Western Christian tradition practiced at the arrival of Easter, in which worshippers place flowers on the bare wooden cross that was used in the Good Friday liturgy, in order to symbolize "the new life that emerges from Jesus’s death on Good Friday".[1][2][3] The result is a flowered cross that is set near the chancel for Eastertide.[4][5]

  1. ^ Jackson, Donna Frischknecht (20 February 2021). "Easter hope is blooming". Presbyterian Mission Agency. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
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