Easter Day Story

Easter Story

 

Easter festival commemorated Jesus Christ’s resurrection. Christians believe that Jesus was resurrected from the dead three days after his crucifixion and celebrate this resurrection on Easter Day or Easter Sunday , two days after Good Friday which precedes Easter Sunday (“Pascha”) and commemorates the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ and his death at Golgotha.

Easter is a time of rebirth and resurrection. It was first celebrated by the pagans around the vernal equinox, welcoming spring. Easter is a moveable dates of the festival, in that it is not fall on a fixed date in the civil calendar. Easter falls at some point between late March to late April, following the cycle of the moon. All churches now accepted the computation of the Alexandrian Church (the Coptic Church) that Easter is the first Sunday after the Pascha Full Moon, which is the first moon whose 14th day is on or after March 21 or vernal equinox (the night and day are approximately equally long).

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Easter Symbols

Traditions associated with the festival survive in the Easter rabbit, a symbol of fertility, new life and the rebirth that occurs during the spring season. And also associated in colored easter eggs, originally painted with bright colors to represent the sunlight of spring, used in Easter-egg rolling contests or given as gifts and used eggs to symbolize the rebirth of Christ. German settlers in America are said to have brought over the tradition of a bunny named “Oschter Haws” who would visit houses on Easter eve, leaving colored eggs for children.

Another Easter tradition is the eating of Hot Cross Buns (a sweet spiced bun made with currants or raisins and leavened with yeast). These cakes were marked by the Saxons to honor Eastre, the fertility goddess. The crosses on the buns are said to represent the moon’s quarters, while Christians see the cross as a reference to the crucifixtion.
Many cultural elements, such as the Easter Bunny, have become part of the holiday’s modern celebrations, and those aspects are often celebrated by many Christians and non-Christians alike.

Easter Sunday in Gregorian Dates

Easter Sunday from 1987-2022 in Gregorian dates

Easter is a movable feast in christianity which means it is not fixed to a particular day of the calendar year. Normally, Western Easter dates occur on the first Sunday after the first full moon which is on or after March 21 ( vernal equinox). So Easter fall at some date between late March to early May each year.



Year Western Date Eastern Date
Easter Sunday in 1987 April 19
Easter Sunday in 1988 April 3 April 10
Easter Sunday in 1989 March 26 April 30
Easter Sunday in 1990 April 15
Easter Sunday in 1991 March 31 April 7
Easter Sunday in 1992 April 19 April 26
Easter Sunday in 1993 April 11 April 18
Easter Sunday in 1994 April 3 May 1
Easter Sunday in 1995 April 16 April 23
Easter Sunday in 1996 April 7 April 14
Easter Sunday in 1997 March 30 April 27
Easter Sunday in 1998 April 12 April 19
Easter Sunday in 1999 April 4 April 11
Easter Sunday in 2000 April 23 April 30
Easter Sunday in 2001 April 15
Easter Sunday in 2002 March 31 May 5
Easter Sunday in 2003 April 20 April 27
Easter Sunday in 2004 April 11
Easter Sunday in 2005 March 27 May 1
Easter Sunday in 2006 April 16 April 23
Easter Sunday in 2007 April 8
Easter Sunday in 2008 March 23 April 27
Easter Sunday in 2009 April 12 April 19
Easter Sunday in 2010 April 4
Easter Sunday in 2011 April 24
Easter Sunday in 2012 April 8 April 15
Easter Sunday in 2013 March 31 May 5
Easter Sunday in 2014 April 20
Easter Sunday in 2015 April 5 April 12
Easter Sunday in 2016 March 27 May 1
Easter Sunday in 2017 April 16
Easter Sunday in 2018 April 1 April 8
Easter Sunday in 2019 April 21 April 28
Easter Sunday in 2020 April 12 April 19
Easter Sunday in 2021 April 4 May 2
Easter Sunday in 2022 April 17 April 24