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Brewer's: Easter Eggs

or Pasch eggs, are symbolical of creation, or the re-creation of spring. The practice of presenting eggs to our friends at Easter is Magian or Persian, and bears allusion to the mundane…

The Mysterious Easter Island

Hello and welcome to the Easter Island quiz! This small, secluded Pacific Ocean island is famous for its statues and intriguing old civilisation. Let Infoplease help you test your knowledge and…

Origins Of Easter And Passover

Easter and Passover are religiously celebrated holidays. Easter, also called "Resurrection Day" (Pesach)  is a holiday that marks the resurrection of Jesus from the dead, on the third day after his…

A Tale of Two Easters

Why two celebrations? Related Links Easter Features Quick Guide to the Dates of Passover and Easter Sweet Easter Facts Movable Feasts Kosher for Passover Eastern Orthodox…

Christina Rossetti: Easter Even

Easter Even1864There is nothing more that they can do For all their rage and boast; Caiaphas with his blaspheming crew, Herod with his host,Pontius Pilate in his Judgement-hall Judging…

Brewer's: Easter-day Sun

It was formerly a common belief that the sun danced on Easter Day. Sir Thomas Browne combats the notion in his Vulgar Errors. But oh, she dances such a way, No sun upon an Easter day Is…

Sequoia National Park

(Encyclopedia) Sequoia National Park, 402,510 acres (162,960 hectares), E central Calif.; est. 1890. In the park are 35 groves of giant sequoias, spectacular granite mountains, and deep canyons. The…

Robert Haven Schauffler: Earth's Easter

Earth's Easter(1915)Robert Haven SchaufflerEarth has gone up from its Gethsemane, And now on Golgotha is crucified; The spear is twisted in the tortured side; The thorny crown still works…

Christian Groups That Don’t Celebrate Easter

Christians against Easter Although Christmas gets top-billing in the United States and in media in a very big way, for much of the Christian world Easter is a comparatively--some say more--…