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Easter
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
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1997
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Easter. The Christian feast of the
resurrection of
Christ. According to
Bede, the name is connected with an Anglo-Saxon spring goddess ‘Eostre’. The derivation is uncertain, but some Easter customs, e.g. the giving of eggs as gifts, are certainly pre-Christian.
The primitive Christian feast known in the 2nd–3rd cents. as the Pasch (Aramaic,
pasḥa, ‘
Passover’) formed the Christian counterpart to the Jewish festival.
Since the Council of
Nicaea (325) Easter has been fixed for the Sunday following the full moon after the vernal equinox. However, there is still a divergence between E. and W. Churches, mainly because almost all Orthodox Churches, even those who otherwise use the Gregorian
calendar, use the Julian date for the equinox. Thus the date of ‘Orthodox Easter’ sometimes coincides with the W. date, but it is usually one, four, or five weeks later.
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 "The Journal (Newcastle, England)")
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Easter is here - but what's it all about?(Features)
Newspaper article from: The Journal (Newcastle, England); 4/18/2003; 700+ words
; Byline: By Joanna Peart Easter is never complete without chocolate...ending on Holy Saturday, the day before Easter Sunday. It is traditionally a time...day fast of Christ in the desert. The Easter egg means new life, because it symbolises...
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 "Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)")
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EASTER CALENDAR.(Religion)(Calendar)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 4/11/2009; 700+ words
; EASTER SERVICES Alplaus United Methodist Church, 1 Brookside Ave., Alplaus. 399-6000. Easter Sunday: 7 a.m. service followed by breakfast 10:15 a.m. service featuring Easter Cantata Followers of the Light. Assumption...
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 "Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England)")
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Poems for Easter.(Family Life)
Newspaper article from: Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England); 4/2/2007; 700+ words
; With Easter just days away we asked pupils at Linthorpe...putting pen to paper to create their very own Easter poems. Here MARIE TURBILL shares a selection...hatching, Rabbits jumping, Eggs rolling, Easter time, Easter time. Easter time, Easter...
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 "Beacon News, The (Aurora, IL)")
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Easter brings egg hunts, bunnies
Newspaper article from: Beacon News, The (Aurora, IL); 3/14/2008; 700+ words
; The Easter bunny is hoppin' along that trail and seems to be making plans to stop at many Fox Valley locations: Aurora Community Easter Egg Hunt: An indoor community Easter Egg Hunt for children up to age 12 will be held at 10 a.m...
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easter events.
Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot; 3/21/2008; 700+ words
; easter services CHESAPEAKE Alexander Baptist...United Methodist, 2004 Dock Landing Road. Easter services, SonRise celebration with breakfast...Good Friday service, 7 p.m. today; Easter service, 8:15 and 11 a.m., breakfast...
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EASTER FUN FOR KIDS LINING UP ACROSS REGION.(CAPITAL REGION)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 4/6/1995; 700+ words
; Byline: AZRA HAQQIE Staff writer Easter is a solemn occasion for Christians...when children look forward to hunting for Easter eggs and maybe even getting a real bunny for a pet. Some of the Easter-related activities aimed at children...
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EASTER/HOLY WEEK SERVICES.(RELIGION)(Correction notice)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 4/12/2003; 700+ words
; ...Dixon, Mt. Calvary Baptist Church, Albany. Easter: 6 a.m. sunrise service with fellowship breakfast...5:30 p.m. mass. Holy Saturday: 7 p.m. Easter vigil mass. Easter: 10 a.m. mass. ANGLICAN Church of St. Thomas...
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On Easter celebrations
Newspaper article from: New Straits Times; 4/21/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...Ellen Whyte New Straits Times 04-21-2003 On Easter celebrations Byline: Ellen Whyte Edition...Outlook Education Column: Smart@school EASTER celebrations ended yesterday. What is Easter? Easter, the festival celebrating the resurrection...
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Easter weekend events planned by area churches
Newspaper article from: Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME; 3/22/2008; 700+ words
; Bangor - Easter sunrise service by Columbia Street Baptist and Essex Street...Holy Saturday prayers, 9 a.m. March 22; Great Vigil of Easter, 7 p.m. March 22; Easter Sunday Eucharists, 8 and 10 a.m. March 23, St. John...
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 "Courier-News (Elgin, IL)")
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Easter around the world
Newspaper article from: Courier-News (Elgin, IL); 4/10/2001; 700+ words
; Easter is celebrated by Christians as the day Jesus...life here on earth. All over the world, Easter is celebrated. Here are some traditions...bright red-colored egg as a symbol of Easter (Pascha). Eggs are colored on Holy Thursday...
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Easter
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Food and Culture
EASTER EASTER. Easter, the Christian festival commemorating the resurrection of Christ, was the earliest feast day decided upon by the ancient Christian Church. Like its Jewish predecessor Passover, it is a movable feast, based on the lunar...
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Easter Seals, Inc.
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
Easter Seals, Inc. 230 West Monroe Street, Suite...813219 Other Grantmaking and Giving Services Easter Seals, Inc., is a network of affiliates...people with disabilities. Through 160 local Easter Seals Societies and more than 450 service...
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Easter Island
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures
Easter Island ETHNONYMS: Isla de Pascua, Pito...Rapa Nui Orientation Identification. Easter Island, the easternmost island in Polynesia...named by Jacob Roggeveen who came upon it on Easter Sunday in 1722. Easter Islanders evidently...
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Easter Sepulchre
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
Easter Sepulchre. The ritual ‘burial...was usually of high quality). Early on Easter Morning, the church was illuminated with...etc.) for the days after Holy Week. The Easter Sepulcre often found more permanent architectural...
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Easter Offensive
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Military History
Easter Offensive (1972).Knowing that the United...March 1972—three days before Easter—the North Vietnamese Army...the cities and recaptured Quang Tri. The Easter Offensive cost the NVA dearly. Americans...
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