[B-Greek] Easter question
Steve Puluka
steve at puluka.com
Sun Apr 1 16:51:34 EDT 2007
on 4/1/07 4:29 PM, Mitch Larramore at mitchlarramore at yahoo.com wrote:
> My friend got an email from one of his friends in
> Athens, Greece. She signed it KAI KALO PASCA. Now I
> know she is not Jewish. Could someone explain how
> PASCA is the Greek equivolent of Easter? I note that
> the Passover occurs near in time to Easter, but are
> they equivolent?
Pascha is the traditional term used for "Easter" among eastern Christians.
Pascha is a transliteration into Greek of the Hebrew term for Passover.
>From there it was also transliterated into church slavonic. Pascha is also
used among English speaking orthodox in continuation of this tradition of
transliteration. Alternatively, the term Feast of Feasts is used or Feast
of the Resurrection.
The term Easter in English derives from the former pagan spring festival of
the ancient German goddess Ostara (called Eostre in Anglo-Saxon).
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Steve Puluka
Masters Student, SS Cyril & Methodius Seminary
Cantor, Holy Ghost Church, Mckees Rocks PA
http://www.puluka.com
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