sábado, 4 de abril de 2015

April 5-Sunday of Easter

                                                                                                                                                                      Easter or Resurrection Sunday is a religious festival and a holiday that celebrates the resurrection of Jesus occurred three days after his crucifixion on Calvary, as reported in the New Testament. It is the main conclusion of the Christian liturgical year and also the oldest and most important Christian festival. The date of Easter determines all other dates of Christian movable feasts, except those related to Advent. The Easter Sunday marks the climax of the Passion of Christ and is preceded by Lent, a period of forty days of fasting, prayer and penance.                                                                                                                                     The term "Easter" is derived through the Latin Pascha and Biblical Greek Πάσχα Paskha, Hebrew פֶּסַח (Pesaḥ or Pesach), Passover

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