Happy Easter #happyeaster #easterholidays

Easteralso called Pascha or Resurrection Sunday is a festival and
holiday celebrating the resurrection of Jesus from the dead, described
in the New Testament as having occurred on the third day of his burial
after his crucifixion by the Romans at Calvary c. 30 AD. It is the
culmination of the Passion of Jesus, preceded by Lent (or Great Lent), a
forty-day period of fasting, prayer, and penance.

Most
Christians refer to the week before Easter as “Holy Week”—it contains
the days of the Easter Triduum, including Maundy Thursday, commemorating
the Maundy and Last Supper, as well as Good Friday, commemorating the
crucifixion and death of Jesus. In Western Christianity, Eastertide, or
the Easter Season, begins on Easter Sunday and lasts seven weeks, ending
with the coming of the fiftieth day, Pentecost Sunday. In Eastern
Christianity, the season of Pascha begins on Pascha and ends with the
coming of the fortieth day, the Feast of the Ascension.

Easter
and the holidays that are related to it are moveable feasts which do not
fall on a fixed date in the Gregorian or Julian calendars which follow
only the cycle of the sun; rather, its date is determined on a lunisolar
calendar similar to the Hebrew calendar. The First Council of Nicaea
(325) established two rules, independence of the Jewish calendar and
worldwide uniformity, which were the only rules for Easter explicitly
laid down by the council. No details for the computation were specified;
these were worked out in practice, a process that took centuries and
generated a number of controversies. It has come to be the first Sunday
after the ecclesiastical full moon that occurs on or soonest after 21
March, but calculations vary.

Easter is linked to the Jewish
Passover by much of its symbolism, as well as by its position in the
calendar. In many languages, the words for “Easter” and “Passover” are
identical or very similar. Easter customs vary across the Christian
world, and include sunrise services, exclaiming the Paschal greeting,
clipping the church, and decorating Easter eggs (symbols of the empty
tomb). The Easter lily, a symbol of the resurrection, traditionally
decorates the chancel area of churches on this day and for the rest of
Eastertide. Additional customs that have become associated with Easter
and are observed by both Christians and some non-Christians include egg
hunting, the Easter Bunny, and Easter parades.There are also various
traditional Easter foods that vary regionally