it's finally easter again this year. i'm feeling really lousy though cos i didn't go to church. but it was a choice i had to make cos my mom's quite sick and can't walk well so i'm waiting for her to wake up to bring her to the doctor's.
i rmb looking forward to easter all the time when i was younger cos church was always really really exciting on easter! we'd have like colouring pages, chocolate eggs, painting of egg shells,... yepp. fun sunday school times. haha.
of course, now i know the Easter bunny only has as much to do with Christianity as Santa. haha. moosey and i were actually talking about Easter and religion that day which made me really curious so i went to read up on it.
so! here are a few basic things everyone should know about Easter:
1. Origin: It used to be a pagan celebration of the Saxon Goddess Eastre but when the Saxons got converted to Christianity, it got merged with the traditional memorial of Christ's resurrection and got called Easter.
2. Ever-changing date: It's held every year on the first sunday after the Paschal Full Moon which is the first full moon of the northern spring. Oh oh! This year's Easter is actually the earliest since... 1913. cool!
3. The Easter bunny and eggs: Another pagan relation cos the Saxon Goddess Eastre's symbol was a hare and eggs were symbols of fertility and rebirth.
and of course everyone should already know that Easter Sunday is all about honoring and recognizing Jesus Christ's resurrection from the dead, and His glorious promises of eternal life for all who believe in Him. (:
checked tmc website and the bible passages for today were supposed to be John 20:1-18 which talks about Jesus' resurrection so gonna read up later. i'm off for lunch, happy easter everyone!
oh! you can check this out for a really cool video on Jesus' last week. they have a limestone replica of Jerusalem and all (:
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