With Easter coming up soon I thought I would write a little about it. I often wonder if most people know the real reason for Easter. When we walk into the store during Easter all we see is Easter candy, Easter eggs, Easter baskets and lots of other Easter things for the children. But we don't hear enough about what the true meaning of Easter is. It seems anymore that most of our holidays are like this anymore. People mostly think about the commercial reason and not the spiritual reason.
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There are many holidays in preparation of Easter including Lent, Ash Wednesday, Palm Sunday and Good Friday. Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent, which is also the first day of fasting. Lent lasts for 46 days but the fasting process only lasts for 40 days because the 6 Sundays leading up to Easter are not included in Lent.
Holy Week is the last week of Lent and begins with Palm Sunday, which is the Sunday before Easter. Palm Sunday is the day which Jesus arrived in Jerusalem where His supporters laid Palm fronds at his feet. Holy Thursday was the Last Supper that was held the night before crucifixion. The following day, Good Friday, is the day Jesus was crucified on the cross. Instead of us mourning this day we celebrate the fact that Jesus was willing to give His life for ours in order to give us eternal life and everlasting peace.
Easter Sunday marks the day Jesus Christ was resurrected. This is a joyous day for all and reminds us of His promise for eternal life and His love for us all.
Christian churches in the West celebrate Easter on the first Sunday after the full moon while churches in the East, which were closer to Jesus' birthplace, celebrate Easter according to the date of the Passover Festival.
There are many traditions that come with Easter which include sweets and baked goods, the boiling and dying of eggs, the Easter bunny, Easter candy and baskets. Many people also have a huge dinner to celebrate Easter every year.
The hard-boiled and colored eggs are a symbol of new life and the ancient Egyptians exchanged them with friends to remind everyone of the resurrection of Christ. Today many children have an Easter egg hunt each year.
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There are many holidays in preparation of Easter including Lent, Ash Wednesday, Palm Sunday and Good Friday. Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent, which is also the first day of fasting. Lent lasts for 46 days but the fasting process only lasts for 40 days because the 6 Sundays leading up to Easter are not included in Lent.
Holy Week is the last week of Lent and begins with Palm Sunday, which is the Sunday before Easter. Palm Sunday is the day which Jesus arrived in Jerusalem where His supporters laid Palm fronds at his feet. Holy Thursday was the Last Supper that was held the night before crucifixion. The following day, Good Friday, is the day Jesus was crucified on the cross. Instead of us mourning this day we celebrate the fact that Jesus was willing to give His life for ours in order to give us eternal life and everlasting peace.
Easter Sunday marks the day Jesus Christ was resurrected. This is a joyous day for all and reminds us of His promise for eternal life and His love for us all.
Christian churches in the West celebrate Easter on the first Sunday after the full moon while churches in the East, which were closer to Jesus' birthplace, celebrate Easter according to the date of the Passover Festival.
There are many traditions that come with Easter which include sweets and baked goods, the boiling and dying of eggs, the Easter bunny, Easter candy and baskets. Many people also have a huge dinner to celebrate Easter every year.
The hard-boiled and colored eggs are a symbol of new life and the ancient Egyptians exchanged them with friends to remind everyone of the resurrection of Christ. Today many children have an Easter egg hunt each year.
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Rachael
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04/12/2009
i didnt know easter was ......well.........its just weird and not nice it is death to crist
pastorsheryl says that 'The Meaning of Easter i
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03/17/2008
pastorsheryl says that 'The Meaning of Easter is the cruel death of christ, by hanging on a cross after bering beaten and tourtured
Pastorsheryl says
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03/17/2008
says that 'The Meaning of Easter is the cruel death of Christ, by hanging on a cross after bering beaten and tourtured. Then the hanging onthe cross until death. 3 days later he arose. Others saw him alive. I believe this with all of my heart..
pastorsheryl says that 'The Meaning of Easter i
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03/16/2008
pastorsheryl says that 'The Meaning of Easter is the cruel death of christ, by hanging on a cross after bering beaten and tourtured
JW
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04/06/2007
Not everyone believes this idea of Easter. There are a few origins of Easter that have similar meanings and an all around idea.... so what IS the true meaning of Easter?
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