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This is a list of dates for Easter.The Easter dates also affect when Ash Wednesday, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday, the Feast of the Ascension and Pentecost occur in a given year.
Easter commemorates the resurrection of Jesus, which Christians believe to have occurred on the third day (inclusive) after the beginning of Passover.In the Hebrew lunisolar calendar, Passover begins at twilight on the 14th day of Nisan.
Easter, [nb 1] also called Pascha [nb 2] (Aramaic, Greek, Latin) or Resurrection Sunday, [nb 3] is a Christian festival and cultural holiday commemorating the resurrection of Jesus from the dead, described in the New Testament as having occurred on the third day of his burial following his crucifixion by the Romans at Calvary c. 30 AD.
A stained-glass window depicting the Passover Lamb, a concept integral to the foundation of Easter [6] [7]. The festival that early Christians celebrated was called in Greek Πάσχα (Pascha), a transliteration of the Aramaic word פסחא, cognate to Hebrew פֶּסַח (Pesach).
The January 19–20, 2025 nor'easter was a fast-moving and quickly-developing nor'easter that brought accumulating snowfall to much of the Northeastern United States.The origins of the storm were complex, with an area of low pressure developing on the backside of a cold front that had swept through the region on January 19.
Tater tots were developed in 1953 when American frozen food company Ore-Ida founders F. Nephi Grigg, Golden Grigg, and Ross Erin Butler Sr. were trying to devise a recipe to use leftover slivers of cut potatoes that would otherwise be thrown away.
There are a large number of traditional Easter games and customs in the Christian world.Many of these games incorporate Easter eggs, a symbol of the empty tomb. [5] [6] [7] Of these the most well known, widespread and popular until the modern times are the egg rolling, egg hunt, egg tapping, and egg dance.
Hot cross bun. A hot cross bun is a spiced bun usually made with fruit, marked with a cross on the top, which has been traditionally eaten on Good Friday in the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Canada, India, Pakistan, Malta, United States and the Commonwealth Caribbean.