[B-Greek] Easter question

George F Somsel gfsomsel at yahoo.com
Sun Apr 1 19:03:50 EDT 2007


If you read particularly the Gospel according to John you will note that he protrays Christ as the Paschal lamb and the events as clustering around Passover.  There was an attempt to celebrate Easter in conjunction with the celebration of the Passover for this very reason.  The problem for many in the Church was the desire to maintain the celebration of the resurrection on the first day of the week whereas Passover could fall on other days.
 
george
gfsomsel
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----- Original Message ----
From: Mitch Larramore <mitchlarramore at yahoo.com>
To: Steve Puluka <steve at puluka.com>; B Greek <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 1, 2007 6:45:45 PM
Subject: Re: [B-Greek] Easter question


--- Steve Puluka <steve at puluka.com> wrote:

> 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.

What is the relationship between the Passover and
Easter such that eastern Christians decided to use the
word for the Jewish Passover as an equivolent for the
Christian Easter? To me, these are two separate
festivals/holy days, having nothing in common except
for near proximity in time of celebration.

Mitch Larramore
Sugar Land, Texas



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