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In Hungarian, Easter is húsvét— literally, "taking the meat," a reference to traditional customs of abstaining entirely from eating meat during Lent. In Finnish language Easter is Pääsiäinen which implies 'release' or 'liberation'. The word was created by Finnish bishop and bible translator Mikael Agricola.
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.
The word “maundy” comes from the Latin phrase “mandatum,” meaning commandment, which was spoken by Jesus at the Last Supper, according to Catholic Culture. Holy Thursday, Maundy Thursday ...
The Lent season is coming to a close, which means Easter is just a skip and a hop away. Holy Week starts even sooner. Kicking off with Palm Sunday this weekend, Holy Week is a sacred time for many ...
Easter is celebrated two ways, one is with mass services and prayer; the other comes with brightly colored eggs, candy and the Easter Bunny. For many, the day is a combination of the two.
In 325 an ecumenical council, the First Council of Nicaea, established two rules: independence from the Jewish calendar, and worldwide uniformity.However, it did not provide any explicit rules to determine that date, writing only “all our brethren in the East who formerly followed the custom of the Jews are henceforth to celebrate the said most sacred feast of Easter at the same time with ...
The earliest Easter in the 21st century was March 23, 2008. Another March 23 Easter won’t come again until the year 2160. Here's a list of the earliest Easter dates:
The following is a list of common metonyms. [n 1] A metonym is a figure of speech used in rhetoric in which a thing or concept is not called by its own name, but by the name of something intimately associated with that thing or concept.