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== Origin of the name "Easter" ==

== Origin of the name "Easter" ==

The term "Easter" is likely derived from ''Eosturmonath'', the term for "Spring" in Germanic languages.<ref>[https://www.gotquestions.org/easter-origins.html What are the origins of Easter?]</ref> [http://creationontheweb.com/content/view/5695/#easter Others suggest] that the word comes from the Anglo-Saxon word for "passover". In biblical times the Jewish [[Passover]], which commemorates the sparing of the [[Hebrew]] firstborns, was celebrated at roughly the same time as the vernal equinox or this "Easter" festival. The theory of pagan origin surmises that while the Gospel was being spread to the pagans, the celebration of Isthar/Eastre and the celebration of the resurrection became combined and the Christians adopted the name that the pagans had used for their festival.

The term "Easter" is likely derived from ''Eosturmonath'', the term for "Spring" in Germanic languages.<ref>[https://www.gotquestions.org/easter-origins.html What are the origins of Easter?]</ref> [http://creationontheweb.com/content/view/5695/#easter Others suggest] that the word comes from the Anglo-Saxon word for "passover". In biblical times the Jewish [[Passover]], which commemorates the sparing of the [[Hebrew]] firstborns, was celebrated at roughly the same time as the vernal equinox or this "Easter" festival. The theory of pagan origin surmises that while the Gospel was being spread to the pagans, the celebration of Eostre and the celebration of the resurrection became combined and the Christians adopted the name that the pagans had used for their festival.

== Holy Week ==

== Holy Week ==