2006-06-15 00:11:44 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
When Rome, probalby under Constantine, said hey these are pagan ceremonies lets take them and make they celebrate something chrisitan so he said spring - new life - yep Easter is now the celebration of The Ressurection of Christ! And Christs birth he assigned to the winter solsitce.
2006-06-15 00:15:57 · answer #1 · answered by xx_muggles_xx 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would agree with the other posts. That Easter was celebrated the first Sunday after the cruxifiction. In regards to the ceremony being tied to a pagan holiday. It is tied directly to the Jewish celebration of passover. The one thing that many forget is that Jesus was a Jew. After the death of Jesus the disciples continued to worship at the temple and thought of themselves as Jewish.
2006-06-15 00:22:59 · answer #2 · answered by trvlpoliticsgrad 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
On the Sunday Jesus rose from the dead. He was killed on Friday and rose on Sunday..That was the first Easter, the celebration of Jesus resurrection.
2006-06-15 00:15:09 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was established by Roman Emperor Constantine in 325 CE (ad) at the Nicene Council.
"the question of the date of the Christian Passover (Easter), was brought up. (and resolved)"
Actually, the date is still under dispute to this day.
2006-06-15 00:24:11 · answer #4 · answered by Left the building 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ElMassih died when jew's easter day ( celebration jews exodus from egypt)
2006-06-15 00:21:17 · answer #5 · answered by ahmed_timothy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The day Jesus rose from the dead.
2006-06-15 00:15:38 · answer #6 · answered by marvs36 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I do not know when this decision was made. But its true meaning has long been lost, it means nothing today but commercialism.
2006-06-15 00:16:40 · answer #7 · answered by tapperlorraine 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋