Happy Easter Monday To All!

[EleanorR]

And for that matter, a happy whole Easter octave!

Wow, I'm still trying to catch up with all that's been going on since Good Friday (I always do a little mini-silent retreat on Good Friday and Holy Saturday) . . .

We V4Lers do talk a lot, don't we?

 

[AG51]

Happy Easter Monday Eleanor ♥

 

[Morandir835]

Happy rabbit monday to you Lady Eleanor.

 

[keelalagirl55]

hehehe....Eleanor!!!!! Hope you had a wonderful retreat!!! But it is good to have you back here....MUAH!!

 

[EleanorR]

Happy rabbit monday to you Lady Eleanor.

"And also with you", Mordo!

I never could figure out how Bunny rabbits got entangled with the whole Easter thing . . . Mom wasn't of any help either, when I asked her as a kid . . .

 

[EleanorR]

Kisses back atcha, Kee!

BTW, if you have the SuperSecretCode to Joyce's (or is it Snow's?) Chat room, would you mind sending me a PM? Not that I can type fast enough to keep up with live chat . . . I mostly like lurking! (Kinda like what I mostly do on ECF.)

 

[AdAmA]

Pretty sure easter is a western thing the name is derived from that of a ancient goddess of spring....or so I've heard

 

[Morandir835]

What's the screen name Ms. Eleanor?

 

[EleanorR]

Nevermind the PM request . . . someone already PM'd me!

Pretty sure easter is a western thing the name is derived from that of a ancient goddess of spring....or so I've heard

In the Greek Catholic and Orthodox Churches, Easter is still called "Pascha," which refers to "Passover."

The Council of Nicaea (A.D. 325) set the date of Easter as the first Sunday following the paschal full moon (the 1st full moon on or after the Spring Equinox). The paschal moon is the day of the Passover on the Jewish calendar, to which Easter is inextricably linked.

I forget the derivation in Latin-based languages for the word "Easter," but it is properly speaking "the Pascha." (The Passover of the Lord, e.g., see the accounts of the Transfiguration and Jesus' conversing with Moses and Elijah about His own upcoming Passover.)

Now aren't you glad you didn't exactly ask?
("I learned more about penguins than I ever hoped to know.")

P.S. I still don't get the rabbit thing, but boy do I love chocolate bunny ears!

 

[EleanorR]

What's the screen name Ms. Eleanor?

Sorry, I am a complete techno ......, Morandir . . . I don't understand your question enough to even answer it!

 

[Morandir835]

Your screen name in the live chat Ms. Eleanor.

 

[EleanorR]

Your screen name in the live chat Ms. Eleanor.

Oh!

Um, I don't think . . . I wasn't aware that I . . .

Do I even have one? (I haven't visited the chat room yet!)

Is the name assigned to me, or do I get to pick one for myself??

 

[AdAmA]

In Hebrew, the Passover is called Pesach. In most languages, the Christian Resurrection feast is called by a name based on this Hebrew word. Most Orthodox call it Pascha or a similar sounding name. Only in English is it called Easter.

I just meant the calling it easter was a western or more american thing...its more a passover thing elsewhere...if that makes sense

 

[EleanorR]

In Hebrew, the Passover is called Pesach. In most languages, the Christian Resurrection feast is called by a name based on this Hebrew word. Most Orthodox call it Pascha or a similar sounding name. Only in English is it called Easter.

I just meant the calling it easter was a western or more american thing...its more a passover thing elsewhere...if that makes sense

Umm . . . I thought that's what I basically said. "Pascha" = Greek for Passover. It may be that "Easter" is strictly an Anglo word; I don't know how other Latin-based languages (i.e. Italian, Spanish, French etc.) refer to the holiday.

And I still don't get the bunnies . . . (yummmm, chocolate!)

 

[AG51]

This was on the Yahoo site yesterday....There are few traditions as mystifying as the Easter Bunny. For Christians, Easter Sunday marks the day that Jesus Christ was resurrected. So, how exactly did a giant rabbit come to be the symbol of this very religious holiday?

It's a question that many have asked, especially over the past 24 hours. Online lookups for "easter bunny origin" have doubled. Other web searches for "how did the easter bunny originate" and "easter bunny tradition" are also hopping upwards. Fortunately, the Web is full of answers.

According to various sources, including the good people at Mental Floss, the Easter Bunny has a long history as a pagan symbol. Experts believe that early Christians "co-opted" the rabbit as a way to make their own holiday more popular.

The abbreviated history: "Many pagan cultures held spring festivals" hundreds of years ago. One such festival was in celebration of "Eostre, the goddess of dawn." Mental Floss explains that Eostre was "linked to the hare and the egg, both symbols of fertility." As a way to convert the pagans to Christianity, missionaries began turning the festivals into Christian holidays.

It's a story with many similarities to the story of St. Patrick and the four-leaf clovers. According to Catholic.org, "Patrick used a three-leafed shamrock to explain the Holy Trinity to the locals. However, other sites call this story just a myth." The Easter Bunny was another example of Christians using pagan symbols.

As for the modern version of the Easter Bunny -- you know, an enormous rabbit who wears a bow-tie and looks very cute -- he's mostly taken from German traditions that stretch back to the 1500s. Again according to Mental Floss, "The Germans converted the pagan rabbit image into Oschter Haws, a rabbit that was believed to lay a nest of colored eggs as gifts for good children."

And that's how we stand today. Not coincidentally, online lookups for "how to hard boil an egg" are through the roof. But something tells us most kids would be far happier to find candy and chocolate in their baskets.

 

[plantlvr]

Oh!

Um, I don't think . . . I wasn't aware that I . . .

Do I even have one? (I haven't visited the chat room yet!)

Is the name assigned to me, or do I get to pick one for myself??

Hey El, I went into it for a sec and didn't see anybody i knew so I skeedaddled I't was all a bunch of folks talking tech e-cig stuff yikes!

 

[AdAmA]

Easter is related to the sun worshipers' rites of spring. Because of his fecundity, the hare symbolized to them the renewed fertility of earth and the abundant life the returning sun brings.

As to why they are Chocolate bunnies IDK

or what anita said

 

[EleanorR]

Thanks, Anita!

So, it was another of those "inculturation" things . . .especially since Christianity was illegal (punishable, and frequently was punished, by death) for the first 300 years or so, many Christian activities had to be discussed in a sort of "code" language that would not draw attention from The Authorities. A word denoting "spring" makes perfect sense, since Passover (and hence, Easter) always occur in the spring. There is also the resonance of "dawn" and "fertility" with the Resurrection as the "New Dawn" and the Pashcal event as the making possible of the "new life."

And so it all falls into place. Yaaay Chocolate bunnies!

 

[Who_Wants_To_Know]

The bunnies are chocolate because they taste better as a vape than real bunnies.

 

[AG51]

Thanks, Anita!

So, it was another of those "inculturation" things . . .especially since Christianity was illegal (punishable, and frequently was punished, by death) for the first 300 years or so, many Christian activities had to be discussed in a sort of "code" language that would not draw attention from The Authorities. A word denoting "spring" makes perfect sense, since Passover (and hence, Easter) always occur in the spring. There is also the resonance of "dawn" and "fertility" with the Resurrection as the "New Dawn" and the Pashcal event as the making possible of the "new life."

And so it all falls into place. Yaaay Chocolate bunnies!

I agree YAY Chocolate Bunnies !!! ← those are bunnies in banana disguises I think