Easter Sunday

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Easter Sunday is holiest days in the Christian calendar, second only to Christmas. The Easter holiday is a celebration of Christ's resurrection. After Christ died on the cross he was placed in a borrowed grave on Good Friday. Three days later when the apostles went to the tomb they found stone covering the door had been rolled back and the body was not in the tomb. Later the apostles had a vision of Jesus who had been resurrected.

Like many of the Christian holidays it has its origins in pagan traditions. Early Europeans celebrated the return of spring with a festival for the goddess Eastre. To help spread Christian beliefs they incorporated them into the pagan ceremonies. Slowly over time the pagan rituals were replaced with the Christian ones and the name was changed from Eastre to Easter.

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