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The History of Easter


this Christian holiday and festival is
known as paska in non-english speaking
countries welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’ll be learning more about
Easter I’ll show you how we color eggs
you get the eggs ready and I’ll mix up
all the colors Easter is a religious
holiday celebrated by Christians to
remember the resurrection of Jesus
Christ as written in the New Testament
of the Bible Christians believe Jesus
was betrayed by his disciple Judas
shortly after the Last Supper because of
this he was arrested by temple guards in
the Garden of Gethsemane and crucified
by Pontius Pilate over accusations that
he claimed to be the son of God the day
of his crucifixion is commemorated by
Christians as a holiday called Good
Friday after his death Jesus’s body was
wrapped and laid to rest in a tomb by
Joseph of Arimathea his subsequent
resurrection is revealed two days later
when female visitors discover his empty
tomb
it is his rising from the dead that is
celebrated as Easter since Easter falls
on the first Sunday following the first
full moon after the spring equinox it
takes place between March 22nd and April
25th in Western Christianity as Jesus’s
resurrection proved to Christians he was
truly God’s son and that with faith they
too would be given new life it is one of
the cornerstones of the religion
preceding Easter Sunday is holy Saturday
which is the last day of what is known
as Holy Week Holy Saturday marks the end
of a time of fasting self-denial and
repentance of sins called Lent it also
symbolizes the period between jesus’
death and his resurrection the first
celebration of Jesus’s resurrection by
many traditional churches is the Easter
or Paschal vigil this important service
and mass is usually held at midnight
between Holy Saturday and Easter Sunday
and includes the Blessed
the Paschal candle the celebration of
the sacrament of baptism the chanting of
Alleluia and the Eucharist for Catholics
Easter is often celebrated by believers
with a feast featuring blessed food such
as lamb eggs and hen
despite its holy significance to
Christians Easter has become quite
commercialized in the 1200s people
started painting hard-boiled eggs with
the egg representing Jesus’s empty tomb
today these decorated eggs are sometimes
used in Easter egg hunts though manmade
chocolate eggs are used as well every
year the President of the United States
invites young children to participate in
the White House Easter Egg Roll it is
believed that rabbits were first linked
to Easter by European Protestants in the
1600s this idea has evolved into the
figure of the basket carrying Easter
Bunny who distributes Easter eggs and
candies to children despite its
importance in Western and Eastern
Christianity Easter is not celebrated by
all Christian groups some believe there
is no biblical basis for the moveable
feast since Easter Sunday is not
necessarily a public holiday in all
Christian nations Easter Monday is
sometimes celebrated as one instead the
fifty days following Easter are known as
Easter tide or the Easter season which
celebrates Jesus’s new life after his
resurrection including his ascension
into heaven for some Easter cooking
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already had the Christmas decorations up
good grief
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