The True Meaning of Easter

The name "easter" originated with the name of an ancient goddess called Eastre. She was the goddess of spring and was known as the Great Mother Goddess of the Anglo-Saxon people in Northern Europe.

To Christians around the world, Easter is the oldest and most important Christian holiday of the year. Easter is the day Christians use to celebrate the resurrection of Christ, or the rising of Christ, from the dead three days after his crucifixion. There is evidence that Christians originally celebrated the resurrection of Christ every Sunday. Over the first two centuries this custom changed and the rising of Christ was celebrated on only one day. After His burial, a large stone was rolled over Christ's tomb and shortly after His death, His followers went back to honor Him. They found that the stone had been moved and that only the cloth that wrapped Jesus' body was there. The story states that His body was no longer in the tomb and it was believed that he had risen from the dead. This account was communicated to His followers by an angel that sat next to His tomb. As it is described in the Bible, the resurrection means that at the very moment that Christ rose from His tomb was the very moment that we would be given everlasting life.