Karl Gerlach (1998). The Antenicene Pascha: A Rhetorical History. Peeters Publishers. pp.32, 56. ISBN 978-9042905702. Archived from the original on 27 December 2021 . Retrieved 9 January 2020. a b Jordan, Anne (2000). Christianity. Nelson Thornes. ISBN 978-0748753208. Archived from the original on 8 February 2021 . Retrieved 7 April 2012. Easter eggs are used as a Christian symbol to represent the empty tomb. The outside of the egg looks dead but inside there is new life, which is going to break out. The Easter egg is a reminder that Jesus will rise from His tomb and bring new life. Eastern Orthodox Christians dye boiled eggs red to represent the blood of Christ shed for the sins of the world. Okogba, Emmanuel (21 April 2019). "A philosophical critique of Easter celebration (1)". Vanguard News . Retrieved 23 April 2023.

The liturgical season from Easter to the Sunday of All Saints (the Sunday after Pentecost) is known as the Pentecostarion (the "50 days"). The week which begins on Easter Sunday is called Bright Week, during which there is no fasting, even on Wednesday and Friday. The Afterfeast of Easter lasts 39 days, with its Apodosis (leave-taking) on the day before the Feast of the Ascension. Pentecost Sunday is the 50th day from Easter (counted inclusively). [116] In the Pentecostarion published by Apostoliki Diakonia of the Church of Greece, the Great Feast Pentecost is noted in the synaxarion portion of Matins to be the 8th Sunday of Pascha. However, the Paschal greeting of "Christ is risen!" is no longer exchanged among the faithful after the Apodosis of Pascha. [117] [118] Liturgical observance Christian worshippers attend an Easter Sunday church service at St James's Church in London. The cross in the chancel is draped with a white shroud, symbolizing the resurrection. [119] [120] Western Christianity Services continue on Easter Sunday and in a number of countries on Easter Monday. In parishes of the Moravian Church, as well as some other denominations such as the Methodist Churches, there is a tradition of Easter Sunrise Services [123] often starting in cemeteries [124] in remembrance of the biblical narrative in the Gospels, or other places in the open where the sunrise is visible. [125] Easter is the third Sunday in the paschal lunar month, or, in other words, the Sunday after the paschal lunar month's 14th day. The 14th of the paschal lunar month is designated by convention as the Paschal full moon, although the 14th of the lunar month may differ from the date of the astronomical full moon by up to two days. [65] Since the ecclesiastical new moon falls on a date from 8 March to 5 April inclusive, the paschal full moon (the 14th of that lunar month) must fall on a date from 22 March to 18 April inclusive. [64] Many Puritans saw traditional feasts of the established Anglican Church, such as All Saints' Day and Easter, as abominations because the Bible does not mention them. [130] [131] Conservative Reformed denominations such as the Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland and the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America likewise reject the celebration of Easter as a violation of the regulative principle of worship and what they see as its non-Scriptural origin. [132] [133]Because this Victorian cycle differed from the unmodified Alexandrian cycle in the dates of some of the Paschal full moons, and because it tried to respect the Roman custom of fixing Easter to the Sunday in the week of the 16th to the 22nd of the lunar month (rather than the 15th to the 21st as at Alexandria), by providing alternative "Latin" and "Greek" dates in some years, occasional differences in the date of Easter as fixed by Alexandrian rules continued. [88] [89] The Alexandrian rules were adopted in the West following the tables of Dionysius Exiguus in 525. [90]

Cheslyn Jones, Geoffrey Wainwright, Edward Yarnold, and Paul Bradshaw, Eds., The Study of Liturgy, Revised Edition, Oxford University Press, New York, 1992, p. 474. Caroline Wyatt (25 March 2016). "Why Can't the Date of Easter be Fixed". BBC. Archived from the original on 24 November 2021 . Retrieved 13 April 2017. Hansard Reports, April 2005, regarding the Easter Act of 1928". United Kingdom Parliament. Archived from the original on 8 June 2021 . Retrieved 14 March 2010. The hand-made element makes the product more attractive, especially at holiday seasons that are associated with your nearest and dearest and positive feelings.

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