I thought easter was about the resurrection of Christ, so how can the day change every year? didn't he die the same day and resurrect the same day??? i am a lutheran so we learned about Christ dying, but i don't recall the reason for the day change?
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2007-03-26 02:38:35 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Easter
This confused me too until I did the research. Christ was resurrected after passover. The Hebrew calendar is a lunar calendar so the dates change. Thus, to celebrate the day, we celebrate three days after passover.
2007-03-26 02:42:51 · answer #1 · answered by Sharon M 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Easter is the first Sunday after the first full moon after the Spring Equinox. How many flags do you see in this formula that scream, 'pagan!!!"
Rabbits and eggs are both symbols of the fertility goddess Easter/Eostre/Ishtar/Ostara/Oestre. Her symbol is also the moon, in which some cultures see a rabbit instead of a face. Eggs also symbolize the moon and are the ultimate symbol of creation and new life. The basket is a symbol of the womb in which this new life is carried.
The feast day is pagan and was widely celebrated way before the time of Jesus. Like pretty much all holidays, it was adopted by Christians to help get more converts. However, since the point is to celebrate new life and the hope of continuance, Christian symbols of a Resurrection day and the old pagan symbols mean the same thing. Just like Christmas, we are all celebrating the same thing, just using different symbols.
2007-03-26 05:29:56 · answer #2 · answered by KC 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
does it really matter? the calendar we follow in the us is totally random and made up by government officials centuries ago. and it's different from the farmer's calendar, which in turn is different from any number of other calendars. I think the point is, someone decided easter was to fall on the second sunday of april. the day doesn't change every year, just the date. like one year the second sunday is the 8th, another year the second sunday is the 12th, etc. probably from the screwed up calendar, with leap years and 30 days in one month, 31 in another, 28 in yet another...that sort of thing keeps it uneven. probably the exact day he died and was resurrected was completely different, maybe even another season altogether, according to the calendar in use while jesus was alive.
2007-03-26 02:44:49 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think it's because they try and keep Easter on the same day of the week every year which is more important than the actual day. . . .Jesus birthday isn't Dec 25 but that's when we celebrate it. I would focus on the point of the holiday rather than when you celebrate it, doing it the other way and the joy and reverence that goes with the celebration is lost.
PEACE!!
2007-03-26 16:42:24 · answer #4 · answered by Matticus Kole 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think it has something to do with it being the Hebrew calender or something... It doesn't really matter, though. You should be celebrating the resurrection of Christ! (no matter where it is in the calendar year)
2007-03-26 02:43:06 · answer #5 · answered by go2bermuda 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Easter is tied forever now, with the feast of Passover, as it happened afterwards.
The day changes because of the Jewish Calendar, I think, though not sure.
2007-03-26 04:56:02 · answer #6 · answered by beaton_tlc 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends what calendar you are using. The jews had a different one , and using that, the day doesn't change.
It's always the Sunday after the first full moon following the vernal equinox.
2007-03-26 02:42:19 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If Jesus see's his shadow after coming out of resurrection there's 6 more weeks of snow. Seriously I don't think they know the exact day so they make it after passover or something. I must have went to church even lest than you did.
2007-03-26 02:46:27 · answer #8 · answered by neoaltro1 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
pagan holiday, the Christians here won't celebrate it, because they consider it pagan like xmas trees.
2007-03-26 02:41:09 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 4⤋