Annie's Easter Welcome Page
~Celebrated
on Sunday March 23rd, 2008~
~Orthodox Easter is Sunday April 27th, 2008~
~For an explanation of The Date of Easter OR Orthodox Easter Differences~
"Jesus said unto her I am the resurrection, and the life; he
that believeth in me,
though he were dead, yet shall he live; And whosoever liveth and
believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?"
~~John 11:25-26~~
Do you want to listen to some music?
You can listen to Easter Music while you visit my Easter Pages
Annie's Easter Music Page - has "Christ the
Lord is Risen Today!"
Easter 2008 Dates:
February
5th - Mardi
Gras
- Tue before Ash Wednesday
February 6th - Lent Begins on Ash Wednesday
February 6th - Ash Wednesday - 7th Wed preceding Easter
March 20th - First Day of Spring
March 20th - Maundy Thursday
March 21st - Purim*
March 21st - Good
Friday
March 23rd - (Western) Easter visit here for an
explanation of The
Date of Easter
March 24th - Easter Monday in Canada
April 20th - Pesach/Passover*-April 20th-27th, 2008
April 25th - Orthodox Good/Great Friday
April 27th - Orthodox Easter visit here for a page with
dates for Orthodox Easter
For More 2008 Holiday Dates visit my NEW: Annie's 2008 Holidays By Date Page
Easton's
Bible Dictionary defines
Easter this way:
originally a Saxon word (Eostre), denoting a goddess of the Saxons, in honour of whom sacrifices were offered about the time of the Passover. Hence the name came to be given to the festival of the Resurrection of Christ, which occurred at the time of the Passover. In the early English versions this word was frequently used as the translation of the Greek pascha (the Passover). When the Authorized Version (1611) was formed, the word "Passover" was used in all passages in which this word pascha occurred, except in Acts 12:4. In the Revised Version the proper word, "Passover," is always used.
Thoughts from Annie about Easter:
Well,
I have to tell you that of all my holiday pages Easter has been
the hardest to do. This Christian celebration is even named after
a heathen goddess and based on Pagan festivals. Around the time
of the vernal equinox the Saxons observed the sacrificial
festival of the goddess Eostre. The more that I found out about
the holiday the harder it was to find something Christian or
redeeming in it. Most people really don't know the history of the
holiday. You can read about it on Annie's Easter History Page.
But maybe it was the focus that was wrong. Instead of "Easter" this year you might want to consider celebrating "Resurrection Sunday". That would change everything really. You can take the holiday and use it for a way to share your faith with others. I have a few different ideas to help you make some changes this year. You might want to start by visiting my Annie's Resurrection Sunday Page.
There is also a page for you to learn about some alternatives to the "Traditional" Celebrating of Easter by other Christians on Annie's How to Celebrate Easter Page. You can find out about the history of the holiday along with the symbols and their meanings. Please make your own personal "Family Tradition" for this Easter Season. Wish others a Resurrection Sunday this year. Share your faith and the Word of God with others. Remember that "We Serve a RISEN Savior!!!!!!
In the past I have gotten some pretty nasty email because I had bunnies and eggs on my Easter Kids Page. So I decided to be a little "proactive" this year and did change the graphics BUT I also wrote a new page about this. You can see the NEW page here if you like: Annie's "Why do you have Bunnies & Eggs on your Easter Pages? Page
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Lord for
graphics artists without them these pages would not be the same.
Please visit
Annie's List of Great Graphics Spots for a list of their links.
The cute bunnies graphic
is from Viki
Mouse.
Luke 23:43 image from Toni's Home And Graphics. Some graphics
on this page from: Khaver's Graphics & Cute Colors Graphics. This site hosted by:
Christian
Web Host.
Visit my Easter Webrings Page: Annie's "Easter
Webrings" Page.
Script for Silent
No Right Click Script is from Dynamic Drive.
For Instructions on how to add the no right click script visit:
Annie's "How to Add Silent No
Right Click Script" Page.
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