do Jehovah Witnesses celebrate Easter?

Answer 1

who cares

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Answer 2

These repeated assertions that the JWs don't celebrate anything is far from the truth. They don't celebrate man made holidays, as instructed by Paul, but they do observe wedding anniversaries, baptisms, and life. In fact, most of their get togethers resemble what often happens with teenagers when their parents are away. They invite a few friend over, who then invite a few friends each to come over , until a small get together ends up a large party. Witnesses will do the same thing, only no booze or drugs. Basically, it's a come all and bring food. They will meet at a park, the beach, someones house, etc. Since most witnesses in a region knows where each other lives, it's never a problem with finding a place.

Being a witness, you end up attending far more parties than non-witnesses.

Answer 3

As an unbaptised publisher of Jehovah's Witnesses working on baptism I can say that Jehovah's Witnesses do not celebrate Easter. The reason is that the Bible already has a time to remember called the Passover. This year the Passover over on the Jewish calander coincided on April 2nd 2007. This is the biblical Passover date that began with Jesus Christ and his disciples at sundown to the last supper they had together before Jesus was arrested and eventually that day was sacrificed (the Jewish day began at sundown to sundown). In Luke 22:19 Jesus commanded that we keep doing this in remembrance of him so Jehovah's Witnesses in trueness keep this observance to this day every Passover.

Easter is another thing altogether really it celebrates the resurrection of Jesus rather than observing his ultimate sacrifice and I need not ramble on about the original pagan connections with Easter.

To add: Jehovah's Witnesses do celebrate occasions they may celebrate anniversaries such as wedding anniversaries which they do enjoy doing or welcome home for someone who has been away or even going away. And they heavily socialize with their spiritual brothers and sisters that most religions fail to do as much. They do not wait until certain days to do things together or as a family. They often arrange get togethers and do trips or plan lunches, barbeques, dances etc. A Jehovah's Witnesses is hardly ever bored or has to wait for particular calander dates of the year to do good things.

Answer 4

I know that this is a seven year old comment above from "Alan", but for simplicity's sake why religion and politics should NEVER be discussed simply due to it's a personal belief, thus there is no definite answer. In defense of the Watchtower Society (Jehovah's Witnesses), they have their beliefs and faith as so does the Catholics, the Protestants, Mormons (which I am a Mormon) and Jews alike. Thus, as mentioned above being there is no definite answer, why then is "Alan" trying to make it her business and trying to prove something? Granted, she is right on the Pagan Roots thing since during the time of Christ, the area was under the Rule of Caesar and Rome. By using pagan beginnings by the Christians, it was a nice tradeoff to 'save' the pagan follower to come unto Christ in the waters of baptism in using and adopting their symbols and practices. Thus, who wins in this ... everybody since there really is no differences.

Answer 5

No, they do not.

Actually though, on the night of the Jewish passover (this year April 2), they celebrated the Memorial of Jesus' Death, or the Lord's Supper, worldwide. Last year, over fifteen million Witnesses and guests shared in this Bible-based, respectful observance.

It was this occasion, at Luke 22:19, that Jesus himself instructed his followers to memorialize. And, since Jesus, along with his eleven faithful apostles celebrated it on the anniversary of the Jewish passover, Jehovah's Witnesses today follow the same scriptural pattern.

Answer 6

Jehovah's Witnesses don't celebrate anything except that Lord's supper, and even then they only do it once a year, and even then, most of them only watch a few other's celebrate it.

Answer 7

No, but I believe they celebrated something like the Last Supper or the Passover from the YA chatter this past week.

Answer 8

The so-called holiday of "Easter" (or "Eostre" or "Oestre") is a pagan fertility festival which concentrates on eating, decorating, and frivolity. It has no place in true Christianity, and thus Jehovah's Witnesses reject "Easter", noting also that nowhere in the bible are Christians encouraged to memorialize the "rebirth" of Christ (or of Oestre).


The most significant "Memorial" one could observe is, of course, the Memorial of Christ's death. It is sometimes called "the Last Supper" or "the Lord's Evening Meal".

(1 Corinthians 11:23-25, NWT) The Lord Jesus in the night in which he was going to be handed over took a loaf... Keep doing this in remembrance of me.” 25 He did likewise respecting the cup.. Keep doing this... in remembrance of me.”

(1 Cor 11:24, 25, NEB) "Do this as a memorial of me.”


Christ Jesus himself personally celebrated and explained the significance of that Last Supper to his followers (see Matthew 26:26-29). Apparently Jesus Christ established the occasion to supercede the Jewish Passover, which occurs after sunset on the 14th of Nisan (a month of the Jewish calendar).

(Luke 22:14-16) At length when the hour came, he reclined at the table, and the apostles with him. 15 And [Jesus] said to them: “I have greatly desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer; 16 for I tell you, I will not eat it again until it becomes fulfilled in the kingdom of God.


Sadly, it is only a minority of professed Christians who follow the BIBLICAL pattern for the Last Supper which was established by Christ himself. Sadly, most of Christendom ignores Christ's celebration and instead follow unrelated human traditions which purport to honor Christ, but in ways unconnected with what Jesus Christ established.

Like the former Passover, those Christians who commemorate the Last Supper have also done so on the date corresponding to Nisan 14, which generally falls between late March and mid-April. Interestingly, Christians in the centuries immediately after Christ's impalement were sometimes called "Quartodecimans" which literally mean "fourteen-ers"


There are fundamental differences between the Memorial which Christ Jesus instituted and the so-called "Easter" which Christendom adopted from pagan worship of the Anglo-Saxon goddess Eostre (or Oestre). While most Easter celebrations merely repackage pagan fertility festivals and concentrate on eating, decorating, and frivolity, the Last Supper focuses on the value of Christ's sacrifice and the sober obligation of Christianity.

(Matthew 15:6-9) You have made the word of God invalid because of your tradition. 7 You hypocrites, Isaiah aptly prophesied about you when he said, 8 ‘This people honors me with their lips, yet their heart is far removed from me. 9 It is in vain that they keep worshiping me, because they teach commands of men as doctrines.’”

Learn more:
http://watchtower.org/e/lmn/index.htm?article=article_08.htm
http://watchtower.org/e/rq/index.htm?article=article_11.htm
http://watchtower.org/e/20041215/article_02.htm
http://watchtower.org/e/20011115/article_02.htm
http://watchtower.org/e/20050101a/
http://watchtower.org/e/jt/

Answer 9

As several others said, we do not worship pagan holidays, so no we do not worship Easter.

Answer 10

No they observe the only observance commanded by Jesus. The Memorial.

Answer 11

My friend is Jehovah Witness and says they don't celebrate anything.