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Easter is a Christian holiday in celebration of the resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth. Unlike Christmas, which falls on the same date each year, the date for Easter is determined by the Paschal Full Moon.
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Fast Facts:
- Easter 2009 falls on April 12
- Orthodox Easter 2009 falls on April 19
- Easter Sunday is always the first Sunday after the Paschal Full MoonScience World: Paschal Full Moon
- Easter Sunday can fall anywhere between March 22 and April 25About.com: Why Does the Date for Easter Change?
- Eastern Orthodox Easter can fall anywhere between April 4 and May 8About.com: Easter Trivia
- Easter has not fallen on March 22 since 1818 and will not fall on that date again until 2285About.com: Easter Trivia
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Easter Trivia
While Easter is a Christian holiday today, early Pagans celebrated the vernal equinox on or around March 21 or March 22. It was the official end of the long winter months, and fertility rites and gardening took place. Modern pagans celebrate Ostara, in honor of the Anglo-Saxon Goddess, Eostre.Easter and Passover are very closely related because Christ resurrected during Passover. Early Eastern Orthodox Christians celebrated both holidays together, but today they prefer to separate them, setting Easter aside for Sunday, and celebrating Passover as it falls during the week.Fernlea Flowers: Easter Trivia
The white lily is a special flower associated with Easter because it is a symbol of resurrection.First Science: Easter and Easter Egg Trivia
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When is Easter Information
- Holidays.net: Calculator for Easter Sunday
- ChristianityToday.com: "When is Easter this Year?"
- Wikipedia: Easter
- About.com: Easter 2009
- Calendar Date: When is Easter
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"My mind is the wierdest thing. I think it's Easter when it's Thanksgiving." - Mom
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Family get together done. Sexual joke made that my cousin didn't get: Check! Happens every time. The best is when it happens on Easter.
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@yudkevich No caek. like when you found out that the easter bunny didn't exist... Emo love is intense just like most republicans.!!!
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@mdcurry Easter is another traditional pagan holiday that simply kept going when the #christian religion rolled northward. So funny lol
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@TheLotionQueen LOL - that is AWESOME!!! When we had M, I took plastic Easter eggs to our family brunch w her ultrasound pic inside!
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