Definitions of easter on the Web:
– A Christian celebration of the Resurrection of Christ; celebrated on the Sunday following the first full moon after the vernal equinox
www.cogsci.princeton.edu/cgi-bin/webwn
– The festival that commemorates the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ, the third day after he was crucified. It is called Easter Day in our prayer book, but has come to be called (redundantly) Easter Sunday by the media, most laity, and some clergy, all of whom ought to know better. Easter is a movable feast, which means it does not always fall on the same day each year. Easter is always the first Sunday after the full moon following the vernal equinox (first day of Spring). By this calculation, Easter could occur anytime from March 22, to April 25. The length of Epiphany and the Season after Pentecost, as well as the dates of Ash Wednesday, Holy Week, Ascension Day, Pentecost, and Trinity Sunday are all determined by the date of Easter. Easter is also a Church season, spanning the 40 days (six Sundays) after Easter, to Ascension Day.
www.holycross.net/anonline.htm
– Kempe spent Easter in Rome probably in 1415. That she would mention that she waited “until Eastertime had come and gone” to begin her return to England reflects the enormous solemnity of the celebrations connected to Easter. Holy Week had its great moments, but Easter was the quintessential great feast of Christian practice. Whether for monastic establishment or parish church, Easter was the moment when the finest mass vestments and service for the altar (chalices, crosses, etc) were taken from church treasuries for the most elaborate ceremonies of the year. The folded altarpieces were open to reveal the most significant paintings. Specific songs were rehearsed by choirs and sung. In some churches, a boy’s choir would sing from the towers of the church at dawn, imitating the angel of the Resurrection. [Chapter 9] [Chapter 30] [Chapter 42] [Chapter 54] [Chapter 81] [II: Chapter 3]
www.holycross.edu/departments/visarts/projects/kempe/text/gloss2.html
– The oldest feast of the Christian church celebrating the resurrection of Christ; Easter Day falls on or between 21 March, and 25 April.
www.lichfield-cathedral.org/glossary.htm
– The feast day of the resurrection of Christ, known also as “the Feast of Feasts.” It is the greatest Orthodox festival, celebrated the Sunday following the first full moon after the Spring equinox. It is a movable feast and the dates of the other movable feasts of the Orthodox Church are calculated from it.
essenes.crosswinds.net/odict.htm
– April was called Ostermonath – the month of the Ost-end wind (wind from the east). Easter is therefore the April feast, which lasted eight days. Our Easter Sunday must be between March 21st and April 25th. It is regulated by the paschal moon, or first full moon between the vernal equinox and fourteen days afterwards. (Teutonic, ostara; Anglo-Saxon, eastre.) Easter. The Saxon goddess of the east, whose festival was held in the spring.
www.bootlegbooks.com/Reference/PhraseAndFable/data/401.html
– Falls on the Sunday first after the paschal full moon. The paschal full moon is the full moon which falls on or first after 21st March – the vernal equinox. The date of Easter is however calculated, and is therefore fixed by reference to a theoretical moon.
privatewww.essex.ac.uk/~kent/calisto/guide/glossary.htm
– The day of celebrating the Lord’s resurrection, and the weeks which followed until He went up to heaven to be with God. This season continues until Pentecost.
www.natpresch.org/Glossary.shtml
– The day of Jesus Christ’s resurrection after renunciation of His body on the cross.
www.sanatan.org/en/glossary/e.htm
– The celebration of Christ√≠s Resurrection (“rise to life again”) from the Dead after being crucified. (BCP pp. 170 √± 174, 222 √± 225)
www.eca-sj.org/text/terms_and_definitions.htm
– This is the most important Christian festival on the Church calendar. It is the celebration of the Resurrection of Jesus from the dead. Easter eggs have become associated with the celebration, symbolising the bursting forth of new, resurrection life from the tomb.The name Easter comes from the pagan, Saxon goddess Eostre whose sacred animal was the rabbit.
www.fitzwimarc.org.uk/glossary/e.htm
– The feast day of the resurrection of Christ, known also as “the Feast of Feasts.” It is the greatest Orthodox festival, celebrated the Sunday following the first full moon after the Spring equinox. It is a movable feast and the dates of the other movable feasts of the Orthodox Church are calculated from it.
www.orthodoxresearchinstitute.org/articles/misc/litsas_dictionary_orthodox_terminology.htm
– The feast of the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ; the major feast of the calendar; a movable feast falling on the Sunday after the first full moon following the spring equinox
www.anu.edu.au/history/medieval/resources/churchglossary/glossarye.htm
– The major festival in the Christian church which celebrates the life, death and resurrection of Jesus.
www.geocities.com/brentwoodursuline/dictionary.htm
Happy Easter to one and all!!
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