Eater tradition and ymbol are abundant. But what are the origin of thee Eater tradition? Learn the hitory of Eater tradition here.
The Eater Seaon
Eater i not only a holiday but a eaon unto itelf. To many religiou people, it mark a time of miracle and a reaffirming of faith. To thoe with a more ecular view of the world, it i a celebration of the end of winter, a time to look toward the warmth of the coming ummer and a chance to hed the heavy clothing of the winter for the bright color of pring.
The Date of Eater (April 16, 2008)
Godde of the pring
Eater i a movable holiday, which i calculated a the firt Sunday after the full moon that occur on or after the vernal equinox. If the full moon fall on a Sunday, then Eater i the following Sunday. The holiday can occur anywhere between March 22 and April 25. Thi year Eater i April 16, 2008.
The pagan oigin Of Eater
Long before Eater became the holiday it i today, the pring fetival wa celebrated by the people around the world. The celebration wa originally baed on the lunar calendar. The name Eater i derived from the Saxon Eotre (which i ynonymou with the name of the Phoenician Godde of the Moon, Atartephoto), a Germanic godde of pring and the deity who meaured time.
The Chritian origin of Eater
"For God o loved the world that He gave Hi only Son, o that everyone who believe in Him will not perih but have eternal life. God did not end Hi Son into the world to condemn it, but to ave it" (John 3:16-17).[由www.hAozuowEn.com整理]
A Chritianity grew and pread throughout the world, it wa common practice to adopt, modify, convert or take over exiting non-Chritian fetival. Becaue Eotre wa the godde of pring and her ymbolim dealt with renewal and rebirth, the Chritian belief in the reurrection of Chrit fit well with thee theme.
** The Eater tory of Jeu (photo )
Angel Adoring the Heart of Jeu, by Vicente Lopez Portana
On Good Friday , Jeu Chrit wa executed by crucifixion. Hi body wa taken down from the cro, and buried in a cave. The tomb wa guarded and an enormou tone wa put over the entrance, o that no-one could teal the body.
On the following Sunday, ome women viited the grave and found that the tone had been moved, and that the tomb wa empty. Jeu himelf wa een that day, and for day afterward by many people. Hi follower realied that God had raied Jeu from the dead.
** The Eater Vigil Service (15 April 2008 )
The Eater Vigil ervice (photo) i the firt Eater ervice, and take place on the night of Holy Saturday. Holy Saturday i the Saturday after Good Friday which i often, but wrongly, called Eater Saturday.
The idea behind the ervice i for faithful Chritian to wait and watch, hopeful and confident that Chrit will return at midnight.
The Eater candle (photo) i lit during thi ervice. The ervice traditionally begin outide the church, where miniter and ome worhipper gather around a fire - a charcoal brazier i common.
The ervice begin with word like thee:
Brother and iter in Chrit, on thi mot holy night, in which our Lord Jeu Chrit paed over from death to life, the Church invite her member, dipered throughout the world, to gather in vigil and prayer.
After being lit outide, the candle i carried into the church, where mot of the worhipper are waiting in darkne, which ymbolie the darkne of Chrit‘ tomb.