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复活节英文简介
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复活节英文简介
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Easter(Greek:∏άσχα)isthemostimportantannualreligiousfeastintheChristianliturgicalyear.[1]AccordingtoChristianscripture,Jesuswasresurrectedfromthedeadonthethirddayfromhiscrucifixion.ChristianscelebratethisresurrectiononEasterDayorEasterSunday[2](alsoResurrectionDayorResurrectionSunday),twodaysafterGoodFridayandthreedaysafterMaundyThursday.Thechronologyofhisdeathandresurrectionisvariouslyinterpretedtobebetween26and36AD.EasteralsoreferstotheseasonofthechurchyearcalledEastertideortheEasterSeason.TraditionallytheEasterSeasonlastedforthefortydaysfromEasterDayuntilAscensionDaybutnowofficiallylastsforthefiftydaysuntilPentecost.ThefirstweekoftheEasterSeasonisknownasEasterWeekortheOctaveofEaster.EasteralsomarkstheendofLent,aseasonoffasting,prayer,andpenance.
Easterisamoveablefeast,meaningitisnotfixedinrelationtothecivilcalendar.TheFirstCouncilofNicaea(325)establishedthedateofEasterasthefirstSundayafterthefullmoon(thePaschalFullMoon)followingthevernalequinox.[3]Ecclesiastically,theequinoxisreckonedtobeon21March.ThedateofEasterthereforevariesbetween22Marchand25April.EasternChristianitybasesitscalculationsontheJulianCalendarwhose21Marchcorresponds,duringthetwenty-firstcentury,to3AprilintheGregorianCalendar,inwhichcalendartheircelebrationofEasterthereforevariesbetween4Apriland8May.
EasterislinkedtotheJewishPassovernotonlyformuchofitssymbolismbutalsoforitspositioninthecalendar.
RelativelynewerelementssuchastheEasterBunnyandEasteregghuntshavebecomepartoftheholiday'smoderncelebrations,andthoseaspectsareoftencelebratedbymanyChristiansandnon-Christiansalike.TherearealsosomeChristiandenominationswhodonotcelebrateEaster.
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