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  2. Easter - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. Easter controversy - Wikipedia

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    "The Origin of the Latercus Paschal Cycle of the Insular Celtic Churches". Cambrian Medieval Celtic Studies. 28: 25– 49. McCarthy, Daniel and Ó Cróinín, Dáibhí. "The 'Lost' Irish 84-year Easter Table Rediscovered", Peritia, 6–7 (1987–88): pp. 227–242. Mosshammer, Alden A. The Easter Computus and the Origins of the Christian Era ...

  4. Date of Easter - Wikipedia

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    The paschal or Easter-month is the first one in the year to have its fourteenth day (its formal full moon) on or after 21 March. Easter is the Sunday after its 14th day (or, saying the same thing, the Sunday within its third week). The paschal lunar month always begins on a date in the 29-day period from 8 March to 5 April inclusive.

  5. Explainer: Why Christians celebrate Easter with sunrise ... - AOL

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    For the majority of the world’s Christians, Easter Sunday — and in turn, the sunrise service tradition — will be […] The post Explainer: Why Christians celebrate Easter with sunrise ...

  6. Names of Easter - Wikipedia

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    In Dutch, Easter is known as Pasen and in the North Germanic languages Easter is known as påske (Danish and Norwegian), påsk , páskar and páskir . The name is derived directly from Hebrew Pesach. [21] The letter å is pronounced /oː/, derived from an older aa, and an alternate spelling is paaske or paask.

  7. What Is Easter and Why Do We Celebrate It? - AOL

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    Easter is a religious Christian holiday observed around the world to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ, the spiritual leader of Christianity—and to Christians, the Son of God.

  8. Easter traditions - Wikipedia

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    In Christianity it became associated with Jesus's crucifixion and resurrection. [18] The custom of the Easter egg originated in the early Christian community of Mesopotamia, who stained eggs red in memory of the blood of Christ, shed at his crucifixion. [19] [20] As such, for Christians, the Easter egg is a symbol of the empty tomb.

  9. Everything You Need to Know About the Symbolic Palm Cross

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    Thanks to delicious Easter brunch and fun Easter traditions like egg hunts and the Easter bunny, it's definitely a favorite. But there are so many other important days to celebrate, too.