Show EASTER IS OLDEST OF ALL FESTIVALS Antedates Christmas in the Christian Calendar Easter l commemorating to Christian believers the resurrection i of the Savior of mankind Is the oldest of at all nil th the f festivities in the Christian calendar colendar Ens Easter tel e even en n antedates Christmas as one une of the lie universal da days s 's of rejoicing For while Easter or ancient designation of ot the da day has been observed oh- oh served from the time of the foun foundation foundation a. a tion of the time Christian religion It was not until four centuries after the birth of ot Jesus of ot Nazareth that Ills His natal day was set apart for tor general com coat One of ot the most mott Interesting facts In connection with Ea Easter l r is that Its origin ori orl gin dates hack back to the lie old Jewish feast of the Passover Early differences arose as os to the precise day clay on which the Easter Enster festival festival fes fes- fes- fes it-al it should be observed In the Jewish Jewish Jew Jew- ish isit calendar the tim Passover over occurs occur on a 11 fixed day nr of or Urn the month The Christians curls Chris thins assigned nc Easter Et to Sunday that thal heln being the first da day of or the tIme week and the lie day n accor according ln to Scripture that Christ arose nrose from rota the dea dead o Astronomical problems of at a n complex character were largely ely responsible e for COt these differences which continued antil until until un un- til the year 32 A A. A D. D when the Council Coun Coun- elI cil of ot NIcea decreed that everywhere In Christendom Easter should b be observed observed ob ob- l served elve on the time same samo day ay It was not until tIme the adoption of the time Gre Gregorian calendar lu iii l 1532 92 however howe that this decree l secured anything nn like general acceptance E Even En n now though the time Gre Gregorian orlan calendar has been adopted In Inthe Inthe inthe the Near Neal East t there are soni of the oriental eon congregations In Easter Easier ter terIs Is observed sometimes and I sometimes after the hate elate on which the I festival Is celebrated In lu the tIme W I churches chat |