These rituals would come to symbolize the sacrifice he was about to make in death, and became the basis for the Christian ritual of Holy Communion, which remains a fundamental part of Christian religious services. In western Christianity, including Roman Catholicism and Protestant denominations, the period prior to Easter holds special significance. This period of fasting and penitence is called Lent.
It begins on Ash Wednesday, and lasts for 40 days not including Sundays. Many churches begin the Easter observance in the late hours of the day before Holy Saturday in a religious service called the Easter Vigil. What Other Proof Exists? Irrespective of denomination, there are many Easter-time traditions with roots that can be traced to non-Christian and even pagan or non-religious celebrations.
Many non-Christians choose to observe these traditions while essentially ignoring the religious aspects of the celebration. Examples of non-religious Easter traditions include Easter eggs, and related games such as egg rolling and egg decorating. Egg decorating may have become part of the Easter celebration in a nod to the religious significance of Easter, i.
In some households, a character known as the Easter Bunny delivers candy and chocolate eggs to children on Easter Sunday morning. These candies often arrive in an Easter basket. The exact origins of the Easter Bunny tradition are unknown, although some historians believe it arrived in America with German immigrants in the s. Rabbits are, in many cultures, known as enthusiastic procreators, so the arrival of baby bunnies in springtime meadows became associated with birth and renewal.
Notably, several Protestant Christian denominations, including Lutherans and Quakers , have opted to formally abandon many Easter traditions, deeming them too pagan. However, many religious observers of Easter also include them in their celebrations. Easter foods are steeped in symbolism. An Easter dinner of lamb also has historical roots, since a lamb was often used as a sacrificial animal in Jewish traditions, and lamb is frequently served during Passover.
Today, Easter is a commercial event as well as a religious holiday, marked by high sales for greeting cards, candies such as Peeps, chocolate eggs and chocolate Easter bunnies and other gifts. McDougall, H. Stephen oversaw the campus wide Prayer and Life Group ministry with over 1, small group leaders, and the Residence Life program. In , God brought Stephen and his family to Brevard County with the goal of planting a church.
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Contact Us. Here's everything you need to know. The Christian celebration is named after the Germanic goddess of springtime, Ostara - commonly referred to as Eostre or Eastre.
However, the month had always been called Eosturmonath in Old English, referring to Eastre and her power to prompt the arrival of spring. And even though Christians had begun affirming the Christian meaning of the celebration, they continued to use the name of the goddess to designate the season. But Eastre's symbol was the bunny or hare, which later became the symbol of the Christian Easter.
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