| Show pilgrimages determined easter danei r easter was originally dated to suit the convenience of pilgrims alp needed moor moonlight dight in their annual treks to resurrection festivities footsore and weary they plodded sacredly both day and night to reach sacred shrines for this observance hence it was decided that easter shall 1 fall fail on the sunday following thel first paschal full moon after marchl march I 1 21 the occasion may therefore karyi over a period of 35 days framl from march 22 to april 25 I 1 j lent great period of fasting ml christian churches grew from at a 40 hour to a 40 day ritual chilel as it came down through the ages while m most 0 s t christians commemorate good friday as the day of the crucifixion edans also c celebrate ele brate it as the day of adams I 1 creation among ancient germans this dated date I 1 was sacred to the goddess mother wife of odin the association of easter sunday with the arrival of spring arises arises from a coincidence the day oci oc i j curs almost simultaneously with the i ai abent ent heathen roman celebration of the vernal equinox many ny customs have grown up around the easter observance in On england gland figs are always eaten on palm sunday to commemorate zac j chaus the publican who being liti lit I tic of stature climbed into a treel tree to see sec jesus pass by the way through jericho easter eggs and bunnies are traditions ions among american children at t this season of the year in ger miry spring lambs are sold for the easter feast |
