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Thursday, April 2, 2009

History of Easter

by Bill Petro on April 2, 2009 · 4 comments

in Easter

HISTORY OF EASTER
The most joyous of Christian festivals, and one of the first celebrated by the Christians, commemorates the resurrection of Jesus Christ, on the first Sunday after the full moon following the vernal equinox. The English word “Easter” corresponding to the German “Oster“, reveals the association of many Easter customs with those of the [...]

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