Why the resurrection day of JESUS is known as Easter Sunday?

Question

The cause behind the naming of the day.

Answer 1

It's taken from a Pagan holiday, the Spring Equinox, that was celebrated about this time of year (actually, late last month). The old holiday was called Ostara or Eostre.

Answer 2

The answers cannot be found in one tradition, but in a combination of many.
Your question already gave me an insight. The East has always been considered where the best spiritual forces come from. The Sun rises in the East. And "East"er was originally a rite of Spring.
The Winter being over, and Earth Mother coming "back to life" so to speak. The trees again turning green, etc.(Earth Mother is always alive!)
Our Creator can reach through the forces of the Universe. But we, at our level, are subject to them.
And our Creator must work along with those forces for "our" benefit.
Has anyone ever noticed that the Morning Star,
(the spirit that lived as Christ Jesus). Ascended "back" to Heaven, exaclty the opposite time of the year as Halloween. When the spirits are drawn "to" Earth?

Answer 3

Gracy: Since Jesus had to be resurrected from the dead after 3 days, it fell on this Sunday. I think the original Greek translation says, Pasha or passover.

Answer 4

As with all the other Christian holidays that were stolen from Paganism, they gave it a different meaning, but kept the names to make it easier to convert the heathens.

Answer 5

It comes from Eostre, Google her up. The Church took many of the pagan holidays to convert more people.

Answer 6

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