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2. What is Easter?
Easter is a very important and also the oldest
Christian festival. Celebrated all over the
world, Easter Commemorates the resurrection of
Jesus Christ. For Christians, the dawn of Easter
Sunday with its message of new life is the high
point of the Christian year.

3. Brief Story About Easter?
Easter has been called a moveable feast because it
doesn't fall on a set date every year, as most holidays do.
Instead, Christian churches in the West celebrate Easter
on the first Sunday following the full moon after the vernal
equinox on March 21. Therefore, Easter is observed
anywhere between March 22 and April 25 every year.
Orthodox Christians use the Julian calendar to calculate
when Easter will occur and typically celebrate the holiday
a week or two after the Western churches, which follow
the Gregorian calendar.

4. Where Does the Name Easter
Come from?
Pagan traditions give us the English word "Easter"
which comes from the word "Eostre". The Anglo-
Saxon word for April was "Eostre-monath" (the
month of openings). However, it should be
remembered that Christians celebrated the
resurrection of Christ long before the word
"Easter" was used, and the word they used for
the celebration was "Pascha", which is derived
from and linked to the Jewish festival of
Passover.

5. Maundy Thursday
The feast of Maundy (or Holy) Thursday solemnly
commemorates the institution of
the Eucharist and is the oldest of the
observances peculiar to Holy Week.

6. Good Friday
On Good Friday Christians remember the day that
Jesus was killed on the cross. Good Friday is a
sad day and churches never have flowers or
decorations on this day. The church is left dark
and there is just a simple cross on the altar. It is
known as Good Friday because Christians believe
that Jesus gave up his life for the good of
everyone.

7. Easter Day?
Easter is observed on a Sunday between March
22 and April 25. The commonly stated rule, that
Easter Day is the first Sunday after the full
moon that occurs next after the vernal
equinox, is somewhat misleading because it is not
a precise statement of the actual ecclesiastical
rules.

8. How the Day is Decided?
• Easter must be on a Sunday;
• This Sunday must follow the 14th day of the
paschal moon;
• The paschal moon is that of which the 14th day
(full moon) falls on or next follows the day of the
vernal equinox;
• The equinox is fixed in the calendar as March
21.

9. Easter Bunny
The Easter Bunny or Easter Rabbit is a special
character portrayed as a rabbit that
brings Easter eggs. The Easter Bunny is
sometimes depicted with
clothes. However, There's no story in the Bible
about a long-eared, cotton-tailed creature known
as the Easter Bunny.

10. Easter Eggs
Easter eggs symbolize the empty tomb of Jesus.
Springtime or Easter is celebrated with Easter
eggs.

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