Easter Sunday

EASTER SUNDAY Spring goddess Eostre--Astarte--Ishtar Hares, rabbits--Middle Eastern pagan Spring Festivals Eggs--Traditional Fetisvals--decorated eggs bring happiness, prosperity, etc. Older tradition in liturgical calendar Pentecost, fifty-days after Easter Seventh Sunday after Easter Sunday We get to fifty by including Easter Good Friday—Day of His death—First day Holy Saturday—Second day Easter Sunday—Jesus had risen—Third day The Roman and church in the West, celebrated Easter on the first Sunday Jesus' death and Resurrection, Fourteenth day of Nisan was after the paschal full moon At the Council of Nicaea in three hundred twenty-five, the Church adopted this formula and why Easter always falls on a Sunday, and why the date changes every year. Easter is always celebrated on a Sunday because Jesus rose from the dead on a Sunday Sunday was the first day of Creation and Christ's Resurrection was the beginning of the new Creation—the remaking of the world that had been damaged by the original sin of Adam and Eve which is why Easter always falls on a Sunday, and why the date changes every year. The Bible Daily & JW.org Happy Easter! 4/17/22