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The Meaning of Easter
Easter, also
known as Pascha (Greek: Passover), the Feast of the Resurrection, the Sunday
of the Resurrection, or Resurrection Day, is the most important religious feast
of the Christian
liturgical year, observed between late March and late April (early April
to early May in Eastern
Christianity).
It celebrates the resurrection of Jesus, which his followers believe
occurred on the third day after his death by crucifixion some time in the period AD 27 to 33. In the Roman
Catholic Church,
Easter is actually an eight-day feast called the Octave of Easter.
Word for "Easter" in various languages
Names related to Eostremonat (Eostre Month)
English - Easter
German - Ostern
Japanese - Fukkatsu-sai, literally "resurrection festival") or Isuta, from
English
Samoan - Eseta (derived from English)
Names derived from the Hebrew Pesach (Passover)
Latin - Pascha or Festa Paschalia
Greek - Paskha)
Afrikaans - Paasfees
Albanian - Pashkët
Arabic - Aid ul-Fi
Azeri - Pasxa, Fish (pron: fis`h)
Berber tafaska (nowadays it is the name of the muslim "Festival of sacrifice")
Bulgarian - Paskha (arely used)
Catalan - Pasqua
Croatian - Uskrs
Danish - Pĺske
Dutch - Pasen or paasfeest
Esperanto - Pasko
Faroese - Páskir
Finnish - Pääsiäinen
French - Pâques
Hebrew - Pascha
Icelandic - Páskar
Indonesian - Paskah
Irish - Cáisc
Italian - Pasqua
Lower Rhine German - Paisken
Norwegian - Pĺske
Tagalog (Philippines) - Pasko ng Muling Pagkabuhay (literally "the Pasch of the
Resurrection")
Persian - Pas`h
Polish - Pascha
Portuguese - Páscoa
Romanian - Paste
Russian - Paskha
Scottish Gaelic - Casca
Spanish - Pascua
Swedish - Pĺsk
Turkish - Paskalya
Welsh - Pasg
Names used in other languages
Armenian - Zatik or Zadik, (literally "resurrection")
Belarusian - Vialikdzen (literally "the Great Day")
Bosnian - Uskrs or Vaskrs (literally "resurrection")
Bulgarian - Velikden, literally "the Great Day") or Vazkresenie Hristovo (literally
"Resurrection of Christ")
Traditional Chinese - pPnyin: Fůhuó Jié (literally "Resurrection Festival")
Croatian - Uskrs (literally "resurrection")
Czech - Velikonoce (literally "Great Nights" - plural, no singular exists)
Estonian - Lihavőtted (literally "meat taking") or ülestőusmispühad.
Georgian - Agdgoma (literally "rising")
Hungarian - Húsvét (literally "taking, or buying meat")
Korean - Puhwalchol (literally "Resurrection season")
Latvian - Lieldienas (literally "the Great Days", no singular exists)
Lithuanian - Velykos (derived from Slavic languages, no singular exists)
Macedonian - Veligden (literally "the Great Day") or rarely Voskres (literally "resurrection")
Persian - Pas`h (literally "Chaste Feast")
Polish - Wielkanoc (literally "the Great Night")
Romanian - Înviere (literally "resurrection")
Serbian - Uskrs) or Vaskrs (literally "resurrection")
Slovak - Velká Noc (literally "the Great Night")
Slovenian - Velika noc (literally "the Great Night")
Tongan (South-pacific) - Pekia (literally "death (of a lord)")
Ukrainian - Velykden’ (literally "the Great Day") or Paska
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