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Easter
Easter Sunday is the feast day in the Christian calendar to celebrate the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. We welcome all questions pertaining to the Easter Bunny too!
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What colour do priests wear on Easter in Church?
The priest wears white vestments on Easter Sunday, and on all Sundays and weekdays of the Easter season. The white vestments signify resurrection and are also used for masses of the dead, saints' feast days, and other feasts of Our Blessed Lord. Gold may always be substituted for white on special feasts like Easter.
My husband and I had our first date on the Friday before Easter 1961. What is that date?
What do Catholics eat on Easter Sunday?
Roast lamb. Catholics do not buy hot cross buns before Good Friday, they only eat fish Good Friday, no red meat. Easter Sunday they eat Roast lamb, at lunch time. They do not eat chocolate eggs before Easter Sunday either...
Holy Week is the last week of Lent and the week before Easter. It includes the religious holidays of Palm Sunday, Holy Thursday and Good Friday. It commemorates the last week on Earth of Jesus Christ culminating in his crucifixion on Good Friday and his resurrection on Easter Sunday.
When will Easter fall on March 13th?
For the Roman Catholic Church, never. Easter happens on the first Sunday following the first full moon after the Vernal Equinox (March 20th). Thus, it can never be the actual day of the Equinox itself. It is always between the 22nd of March and the 25th of April.
What is stuffed in an Easter basket?
use straw, paper mache', small brown paper bags (glue and paint), plastic tub or bowls like recycling butter tubs (drill holes in each side, use string for handle), thriftstore baskets, just decorate.
How long is Easter celebrated?
How many times has Easter been on April 8 since 1928?
In the last 39 years Easter Sunday has only fallen on April 8 in 2007. Previous to this Easter Sunday has fallen on April 8 in 1928, 1917, 1860, 1855, 1849, 1798, 1792, 1787, 1708 and 1703. Easter Sunday will next fall on April 8 in 2012.
How many days after ash Wednesday is Easter?
Ash Wednesday falls 46 days before Easter. It actually works out to 40 days if one does not count the Sundays. The season in between is known as the season of Lent.
Nothing particularly happens except it becomes an occasion for family and friends to celebrate Christ and also to celebrate the the day you were born as well.
There's not really a strict dress code I don't think, but I'm sure that green, red, blue, maybe gold are all good colours.
Roman Catholic AnswerIf you are a priest, or someone else is Orders, then you are going to be wearing White Vestments, although Gold is allowed. If you are not clergy, then you may wear whatever you want, although Easter is considered your best dress-up occasion.When will Easter fall again on the 5th after the year 2015?
The next ten times that Easter falls on the 5th of April are in...
- 2026
- 2037
- 2048
- 2105
- 2167
- 2178
- 2189
- 2235
- 2246
- 2257
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Easter is believed to have derived its name in English from a goddess associate with Spring - Eastre
Actually the Goddess Eastre can be traced to the goddess Ishtar whom can also be traced further to Isis (IS) and Hathor - Hathor means House(hat) of Horus(Hor). thus i conclude that "HTAR" is a semetic version of "HaThOR" and combined with IS to make Ishtar.
Hathors full name was Meri-Hathor, Meri is an Egyptian version of Mary - in Egypt hathor is the mother of horus - in bible Mary is the mother of Jesus and the word Beth-elham a place were king david was also born thus a place of royal birth is an equivilent of hathor were Egytpian pharaohs are said to of be born from.
The goddes Ishtar, gave birth to Tammuz(thomas), just like Horus and Jesus, he was born a virgin, whos father is the Sun who is associated with healing and eternity. Tammuz is the equivilent of the greek god Dionysus - the word dionysus means Son(Dion) of(y) God(sus) whom was born from the virgin goddess.
Ishtar - in caanite she is called Ashoreth, in pheonician she is called Astarte, in greek she is Aphrodite, and in Norse she is Eastre. take note that most Norse gods can be traced to eastern roots for example "Odin" a name which is similer to Adon - Adonai - Adonis - Posiedon - names of which can be traced to its Egyptian origin "Aten/Atem".
Take note that the word Posiedon roughly translated as "Lord God" whom appears in the Torah whom most attributes are nearly exact.
How long ago did Easter first happen?
Christians celebrate Easter to mark Jesus' death. The eggs represent new life and the bunnies and chicks represent babies (young animals aswell as humans) Although you would think it would be a sad day Christians believe Jesus was willing to be killed, and did it to forgive us for our sins.
What years did March 17th fall on a Sunday in the 1970s?
Halloween has fallen on a Sunday in the years 1909, 1915, 1920, 1926, 1937, 1943, 1948, 1954, 1965, 1971, 1976, 1982, 1993, 1999, 2004 and 2010. Halloween will next fall on Sunday in 2021.
How long has the Sydney royal Easter show been running?
Sydney Royal Easter Show was created in 1823.
What do they call the Saturday before Easter Sunday?
Maundy Thursday
Holy Thursday is the day that Christ celebrated the Last Supper with His disciples, four days after His triumphal entry into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday. Only hours after the Last Supper, Judas would betray Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane, setting the stage for Christ's Crucifixion on Good Friday.
What are the three major events of Easter?
Immediately leading up to Easter is Holy Week, which begins with 1) Palm Sunday celebrating Our Blessed Lord's triumphant entry into Jerusalem; followed by 2) Holy Thursday, celebrating the Last Supper and the institution of the Eucharist and the Priesthood. Then 3) Good Friday follows with Our Blessed Lord's Passion and Death on the Cross. Finally, 4) His burial and laying in the tomb on Holy Saturday. Also, including in Holy Week is the Chrism Mass which is supposed to be celebrated on Holy Thursday morning, in which the Bishop of the diocese, in union with all his priests, blesses and consecrates the Oils (Sacred Chrism, Oil of the Sick, and Oil of Catechumens) for use for the entire diocese throughout the year.
What does the Easter have to do with Easter?
The Easter Bunny actually has nothing to do with the biblical Easter. MSNBC had a good article at the related link. The Easter Bunny, as it is called now, dates back to 13th Century Germany, where in pre-christian times they worshiped several gods and goddesses, including the goddess Eostra, who was the goddess of fertility.
Since rabbits are very fertile, and eggs represent fertility, that's how the bunnies and eggs came into play.
As with the origin of the Christmas Tree at Christmas time, the Easter Bunny was a left-over from a pagan religion that was adopted into Christianity, in order for Christianity to be more palatable to the converts (so they didn't have to give up all of their rituals).
Easter or Resurrection Sunday is the day Christians celebrate the resurrection of Jesus the Christ from the dead. Even before theologians explained the death of Jesus in terms of various atonement theories, the early church saw his resurrection as the central witness to a new act of God in history and the victory of God in vindicating Jesus as the Messiah. This event marks the central faith confession of the early church and was the focal point for Christian worship, observed on the first day of each week since the first century (Acts 20:7; Sunday was officially proclaimed the day of Christian worship in AD 321). Easter as an annual celebration of the Resurrection that lies at the center of a liturgical year has been observed at least since the fourth century. Even in churches that traditionally do not observe the other historic seasons of the church year, Easter has occupied a central place as the high point of Christian worship.
Though many might not be aware, Easter is one day in a series of days that are observed in connection to the death and resurrection of Jesus, culminating with the descention of the Holy Spirit on Pentecost. The days observed are:
- Palm Sunday - The day Jesus entered Jerusalem triumphantly
- Ash Wednesday - Rooted in the ancient tradition of covering one's head with ashes, wearing sackcloth and fasting.
- Lent - The 40 days before Easter beginning on Ash Wednesday, it is a time for prayer, fasting and penitence, though not many fast the entire 40 days like Jesus did.
- Maudy Thursday - The day of the Last Supper and the night of Jesus' betrayal by Judas
- Good Friday - Jesus' death on the cross
- Easter Sunday - Jesus' resurrection from the dead
- Ascension Day - Celebrated 40 days after Easter, it marks Jesus' ascension into Heaven
- Pentecost - The seventh Sunday after Easter, it is the day the Holy Spirit descended on Jesus' followers in the Upper Room as they were celebrating the Jewish harvest festival called Shavuot
Easter is when jesus wake s up
