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Well, here we are at Good Friday which most people know is the
day Jesus was crucified. It is also referred to as Holly Friday, Great Friday,
Great and Holy Friday and Black Friday which I did not know till researching
this post.
Ok I am writing this on Good Friday but I will post it tomorrow
but that will still be good Friday somewhere in the world.
Here down under Easter is a four-day long weekend, starting on
Good Friday and ending on Easter Monday. We celebrate in different ways but for
most an Easter egg hunt is involved when you have young children. Also, we like
our Hot Cross Buns with or without fruit and sometimes they are chocolate or
have choc chips in them.
As we all know Easter is celebrated on the first Sunday after
the full moon following 21 March. It was the Catholic Church that created a
fixed date to define it and is known as the ecclesiastical equinox.
Why is it determined by the moon well, because according to the
Bible, Jesus’s death and resurrection occurred at the time of the Jewish
Passover, which is celebrated on the first full moon following the vernal equinox.
This soon led to Christians celebrating Easter on different dates.
Do you make your own hot cross buns? What do you put in them to make them your family's?
ReplyDeleteI can not bake, never been able to do that and me and one daughter are the only ones who eat them
DeleteIt is still Good Friday here in the US. :) I wonder when the Easter Bunny became part of all this? lol!
ReplyDeleteYeah me too
DeleteIn Vienna we also celebrate Easter with an Easter egg hunt.
ReplyDeleteThat's cool are the eggs chocolate or some other type of egg
DeleteInteresting to read how Easter is celebrated around the world. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteIt's what I do
DeleteOh I do love hot cross buns. Rarely get them in the States though.
ReplyDeleteHere they are in the stores from Boxing Day
DeleteI am going to send this to my daughter - she just asked me why the dates of Easter change. Thanks. Blessed Easter.
ReplyDeleteYeah I often wonder about that myself
DeleteThank you for sharing this information. I found it to be very interesting.
ReplyDeleteHappy Easter!
You are wlecome
DeleteI loved this history lesson, Jo-Anne. Happy Easter!
ReplyDeleteI am pleased
DeleteAnd there's quite a bit of distance between Easter and Passover this year (due to the Jewish calendar being different than the Gregorian one). But, yes, there's that moon angle.
ReplyDeleteGenerally I know when Easter is by looking at the calendar
DeleteGreat job on this post! It was a lot easier knowing when these Holy days were when in Catholic school...
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