Easter is not really related to Autumn or Spring although it does arrive in those seasons depending on where you live. (Nth or Sth hemisphere)

Easter is actually the first Sunday after the Paschal full moon.

The possible dates for the Paschal full moon are March 21 through April 18. This gives the date of Easter as March 22 through April 25.

If the Paschal full moon falls on a Sunday then Easter is the following weekend.

I dunno about the Easter eggs or the bunnies - maybe Seth is more experienced in that area.



That is my trivia for today.

hello fwed. there is much evidence that the spring festival existed long, long before the advent of christianity. you'll find much on the internet, e.g.:



"The First Council of Nicaea (325) established the date of Easter as the first Sunday after the full moon (the Paschal Full Moon) following the northern hemisphere's vernal equinox.[3]



The paschal moon, which is based on 84-year "paschal cycles" rarely corresponds to the astronomical full moon. These complex calculations yield an Easter date of anywhere between March 22 and April 25.

The modern English term Easter developed from the Old English word ?astre or ?ostre (IPA: [?æ??stre, ?e?ostre]), which itself developed prior to 899. The name refers to Eostur-monath (Old English "?ostre month"), a month of the Germanic calendar attested by Bede, who writes that the month is named after the goddess ?ostre of Anglo-Saxon paganism.[5] Bede notes that ?ostur-monath was the equivalent to the month of April, yet that feasts held in her honor during ?ostur-monath had gone out of use by the time of his writing and had been replaced with the Christian custom of "Paschal season".



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter

Easter encapsulates the faith of the many millions of Christians around the world. A bit of tolerance wouldn't go astray now and at Xmas.

This website gives excellent descriptions of both Christian and Pagan rituals for Easter, as well as the many links between them. There is no doubt that the Pagan celebration of Easter had been observed for millenia, and that the relatively recent onset of Christianity then tried to adapt the Easter celebration of Spring into the death and rebirth of Jesus.



http://www.religioustolerance.org/easter3.htm



All of the old Pagan festivals have been similarly adapted by the church, as it was unable to eradicate them. e.g. Return of the Sun, or Winter Solstice (in northern hemisphere) has become Christmas. Halloween has become All Hallows Eve. The Spring Equinox (our Autumn Equinox) is known as Lady Day by the church..........and there are many other examples.



The common theme, I regret to say, is the increasing disconnection from the cycles of Nature.

So you are a Neopagan, Elderwoman?



Of what type?

What is a Neopagan? Is it anything to do with a Neocon?

So you don't read the sites you link to and you are unconscious of what you write?



Elderwoman, The common theme, I regret to say, is the increasing disconnection from the cycles of Nature.



Oh well, if you are not worshipping nature and dancing around the odd oak tree you are no fun then. Whatever floats your boat though, I really don't mind.