April 1, 2010
Easter Is Comming
Easter is the most sacred day of the year, to most Christians. It's the day Jesus arose from the dead. It's a festive celebration with spring colors, Easter eggs, flowers, and bunnies. How does Jesus resurrection correlate with eggs and bunnies? How did his resurrection correspond with Easter?
Easter has been celebrated, since at least, the fourth century and an annual celebration of the resurrection. Even when a number of churches didn’t recognize some of the religious holidays, Easter has at all times been a special day for Christians.
Before the fourth century, Christians celebrated "Pasha or Pesach", adapted from the Jews. Pesach was a celebration of the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus, this was celebrated during spring. Several gentile Christians didn’t want to believe Jewish traditions but gradually, following the fourth century, Easter became an established holiday. So for hollidays you can go to Semana santa Barcelona
Easter and holidays related to it (Passover) are movable feast. They do not fall on a certain time. They’re based on the lunar calendar, created by the Council of Nicaea, in A.D. 325. The calculations of their dates are complicated but Easter is celebrated on the first Sunday following the first full moon following the Spring Equinox (March 21st). Easter can be from March twenty second to April 25th. In Western Christianity, Easter symbols the ending of the forty days of Lent. During Lent, we fast and pray to prepare for Easter, beginning Ash Wednesday and ending on Easter Sunday. Easter has not fallen on March twenty second since 1818 and will not until 2285!
Easter as well has a non religious side. Through the 2nd century, Easter was originally a pagan festival. The very old Saxons celebrated this holiday for their Divinity of Offspring and springtime, Easter. When the Christians noticed many tribes were worshiping Easter, they tried to modify their faith to Christianity. The Christians slowly, but surely, spread their faith but allowed the tribes to celebrate pagan feasts, Easter occurred at the same time as Christ's Resurrection. Over time, Easter was changed to a Religious celebration and named Easter. To have great times during Easter you can spend the Ofertas semana santa Barcelona