JackieStarSister [2016-09-11 05:32:15 +0000 UTC]
Passover is a Jewish holiday, and although Christians believe in the story behind it they usually don't celebrate it, since the Passover had its fulfillment in the Passion and the Eucharist. Easter is a Christian holiday, though some non-Christians may use bunny and egg imagery.
Christians and Jews have different calendars for religious holidays. I'm not sure about the Jewish calendar but I think the Catholic calendar is based on the moon. Passover and Easter tend to occur around the same time of year but there is no direct correlation as far as I know.
I think eggs may have been a pagan symbol, but today for Christians they symbolize resurrection, new life, and/or the tomb from which Jesus emerged.
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Wolfboy900 [2016-08-30 19:25:53 +0000 UTC]
Not sure where the name Easter with the rabbit and hunting for eggs came from but the name Easter is used by many Christians for the death and resurrection of Jesus. Passover is from when God set the slaves from Egypt free. Its called Passover because the final plague on Egypt was when God took the lives of all the Egyptians firstborn but "Passed over" all the homes of the Jews who has sheep's blood on their doors. Passover lasts a week from April 4th to 11th. Apparently Easter is celebrated on different days for some Christians, for some its April 5th others its April 12th. Both happen in April so that might be why they are considered the same. Dont know if people celebrate them in the same celebration as they happen right on top of each other.
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lavenderl In reply to Wolfboy900 [2016-09-06 09:47:06 +0000 UTC]
Easter comes from the name a Germanic goddess of spring, Eostre. I believe rabbits and eggs were symbols of hers.
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