Do you ever wonder why we celebrate Easter or why we have to hide eggs during Easter? Easter is a religious holiday that resurrection of Jesus Christ three days after his death by some 2,000 years ago. During the holiday, for Christians has the day of religious service and the gathering of the family. In many churches Easter is preceded by a season of prayer, abstinence, and fasting called Lent. On ash Wednesday, its the first day of lent and putting ashes on the foreheads of the faithful to remind them that "man is but dust." On palm Sunday before one week of Easter,celebrates the entry of Jesus into Jerusalem.Holy Week begins on this day. Holy Thursday, or Maundy Thursday, is in memory of the Last Supper of Christ with his disciple sand Good Friday commemorates the crucifixion. In many languages, the words for "Easter" and "Passover" are etymologically related or homonymous. When the early English Christians wanted others to accept Christianity, they decided to use the name Easter for this holiday so that it would match the name of the old spring celebration.But it is pointed out by some that the Easter festival, as celebrated today, is related with the Hebrew tradition, the Jewish Passover.This is being celebrated during Nisan, the first month of the Hebrew lunar year. The Jewish Passover under Moses commemorates Israel's deliverance from about 300 years of bondage in Egypt.It was in during this Passover in 30 AD Christ was crucified under the order of the Roman governor Pontius Pilate as the then Jewish high priests accused Jesus of "blasphemy". Blasphemy is the act of insulting for a religius deity of the irrevence towards religious or holy persons or things. Christians originally celebrated every sunday with observances such as scripture reading, pslams, the Eucharist and a phohibitian against kneeling in prayer. Common elements found in most Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, and Protestant religious Easter celebrations include baptisms, the Eucharist, feasting, and greetings.
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