Origin of Easter

Easter (Lord's Resurrection Day) is an important Western holiday that falls on the first Sunday after the full moon on the spring equinox. Christians believe that Easter symbolizes rebirth and hope, commemorating the resurrection of Jesus Christ on the third day after his crucifixion between 30 and 33 AD.

Easter (Latin: Pascha), also known as the Day of the Resurrection of the Lord, is one of the major feasts of the Christian religion. It was originally celebrated on the Sunday after the Jewish Passover, but the Church decided not to use the Jewish calendar at the First Council of Nicaea in the 4th century, so it was celebrated on the first Sunday after the fullness of the equinox.

The festival commemorates the resurrection of Jesus Christ on the third day after his crucifixion in 30/33 A.D. It is the pinnacle of the Christian faith and is therefore considered by Christians to symbolize rebirth and hope.

According to the Bible, on the third day, there were no bones or remains in the tomb, only the cloths that were wrapped around Jesus' body at that time.

It was the Lord's Day (Sunday - the second day of the Sabbath) when Mary Magdalene went before dawn to the tomb where Jesus was buried, when suddenly she heard a voice saying that Jesus whom you seek is no longer here, he has risen, and he saw that there was no body of Jesus in the tomb.

After that, the resurrected Jesus appeared to the women and the disciples for forty days, not only explaining the Scriptures to them, but also letting the disciples touch the nail marks on his hands and the wounds around his ribs, and eating and drinking in front of the disciples, proving that Jesus was resurrected in the flesh. According to the Bible, more than 500 people witnessed the resurrected Jesus Christ at the same time.

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The name Easter comes from the conversion of the Ecclesiastical Latin word "Pascha" (due to the influence of the word pascua (nourriture, food) from the Latin verb pascere (pa?tre, to feed, to herd)). Latin verb).

Originally borrowed from the Greek word π?σχα (páskha). The Greek word itself is borrowed from the Hebrew word (Pessa'h, beyond), from passage, the Jewish Passover, which is also a word that commemorates the Exodus of the Israelites from Egypt.

According to the biblical gospel account, during this Jewish festival, Jesus Christ was resurrected; this is why the name is used for the Christian holiday.

According to the Oxford Dictionary and some other articles, the English word Easter is related to the Jewish word Passover, not only because Jesus was the Passover Lamb, but also because the resurrection of Jesus Christ coincided with the Passover in time.

In many European languages, not only was the Passover feast once called Easter, but early English translations of the Bible used Easter to translate Passover.

Nowadays, the accepted theory is that the word Easter

is cognate with the German word Oster, the Dutch word ooster, and so on, and comes from the ancient English goddess

ostre, after whom the month of April was named, and during which feasts and celebrations were held. Later, when Christianity became prevalent in Europe, traditional holidays were given Christian allusions, similar to Christmas.

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