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The meaning of many different customs observed during Easter Sunday have been buried with time.Their origins lie in pre-Christian religions and Christianity.All in some way or another are a "salute to spring," marking re-birth.The white Easter lily has come to capture the glory of the holiday.The word "Easter" is named after Eastre,the Anglo-Saxon goddess of spring.A festival was held in her honor every year at the vernal equinox.People celebrate the holiday according to their beliefs and their religious denominations .Christians commemorate Good Friday as the day that Jesus Christ died and Easter Sunday as the day that He was resurrected .Protestant settlers brought the custom of a sunrise service,a religious gathering at dawn,to the United States.This year Easter will be celebrated on Sunday April 11,2004.On Easter Sunday children wake up to find that the Easter Bunny has left them baskets of candy.He has also hidden the eggs that they decorated earlier that week.Children hunt for the eggs all around the house.Neighborhoods and organizations hold Easter egg hunts,and the child who finds the most eggs wins a prize.The Easter Bunny is a rabbit-spirit.Long ago,he was called the" Easter Hare." Hares and rabbits have frequent multiple births so they became a symbol of fertility.The custom of an Easter egg hunt began because children believed that hares laid eggs in the grass.The Romans believed that "All life comes from an egg." Christians consider eggs to be "the seed of life" and so they are symbolic of the resurrection of Jesus Christ.Why we dye,or color,and decorate eggs is not certain.In ancient Egypt,Greece,Rome and Persia eggs were dyed for spring festivals.In medieval Europe,beautifully decorated eggs were given as gifts.
Egg Rolling.In England,Germany and some other countries,children rolled eggs down hills on Easter morning,a game which has been connected to the rolling away of the rock from Jesus Christ's tomb when he was resurrected.British settlers brought this custom to the New World.
The meaning of many different customs observed during Easter Sunday have been buried with time.Their origins lie in pre-Christian religions and Christianity.All in some way or another are a "salute to spring," marking re-birth.The white Easter lily has come to capture the glory of the holiday.The word "Easter" is named after Eastre,the Anglo-Saxon goddess of spring.A festival was held in her honor every year at the vernal equinox.People celebrate the holiday according to their beliefs and their religious denominations .Christians commemorate Good Friday as the day that Jesus Christ died and Easter Sunday as the day that He was resurrected .Protestant settlers brought the custom of a sunrise service,a religious gathering at dawn,to the United States.This year Easter will be celebrated on Sunday April 11,2004.On Easter Sunday children wake up to find that the Easter Bunny has left them baskets of candy.He has also hidden the eggs that they decorated earlier that week.Children hunt for the eggs all around the house.Neighborhoods and organizations hold Easter egg hunts,and the child who finds the most eggs wins a prize.The Easter Bunny is a rabbit-spirit.Long ago,he was called the" Easter Hare." Hares and rabbits have frequent multiple births so they became a symbol of fertility.The custom of an Easter egg hunt began because children believed that hares laid eggs in the grass.The Romans believed that "All life comes from an egg." Christians consider eggs to be "the seed of life" and so they are symbolic of the resurrection of Jesus Christ.Why we dye,or color,and decorate eggs is not certain.In ancient Egypt,Greece,Rome and Persia eggs were dyed for spring festivals.In medieval Europe,beautifully decorated eggs were given as gifts.
Egg Rolling.In England,Germany and some other countries,children rolled eggs down hills on Easter morning,a game which has been connected to the rolling away of the rock from Jesus Christ's tomb when he was resurrected.British settlers brought this custom to the New World.
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