[B-Greek] Easter question
Kevin Riley
klriley at alphalink.com.au
Sun Apr 1 20:06:32 EDT 2007
-------Original Message-------
From: Mitch Larramore
Date: 2/04/2007 8:45:55 AM
--- 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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Apart from English speakers, I believe all Christians refer to Easter by
some form of the word "pascha". Most Christians would tend to see Easter as
Passover with added meaning.
Kevin Riley
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