History Easter

Like all holidays have their roots in Christianity, Easter has been secularized and commercialized. The dichotomous nature of Easter and its symbols, however, are not necessarily a modern invention.
Since its conception as a holy celebration in the second century, Easter has had its non-religious side. In fact, Easter was originally a pagan festival.

The ancient Saxons celebrated the return of spring with a festival commemorating their goddess of offspring loud and spring, Eastre. When-century Christian missionaries encountered the tribes of the north with their pagan celebrations, they attempted to convert them to Christianity. They did, however, in a clandestine manner.

To save lives, the missionaries cleverly decided to spread their religious message slowly throughout the populations by enabling them to continue to celebrate pagan feasts, but doing it in a Christian manner.

The pagan festival of Eastre occurred at the same time of year it was carried out the Christian celebration of the Resurrection of Christ. The name of the celebration was changed to the modern spelling, Easter.
The date of Easter
By 325 AD, Easter was celebrated on different days of the week, including Friday, Saturday and Sunday. In that year, the Council of Nicaea was convened by Emperor Constantine. Article was published on Easter, which states that Easter is celebrated the first Sunday after the first full moon after the equinox or spring, or the first day of spring. Therefore, Easter must be held on Sunday between the dates of March 22 and April 25. Its date is tied to the lunar cycle.
La Cruz
The cross is the symbol of the crucifixion, rather than the Resurrection. However, at the Council of Nicaea in 325 AD, Constantine decreed that the cross was the official symbol of Christianity. The Cross is not only a symbol of Easter, is widely used, especially by the Catholic Church as a symbol of their faith.
Easter Bunny
The Easter Bunny is not a modern invention. The symbol originated with the pagan festival of Eastre. Eastre goddess, was worshiped by the Anglo-Saxons through her earthly symbol, the rabbit.

The Germans brought the symbol of the Easter rabbit to America. Was largely ignored by other Christians until shortly after the Civil War. In fact, Easter itself was not widely celebrated in America until after that time.
Easter Egg
As with the Easter Bunny and the holiday itself, the Easter Egg predates the Christian holiday of Easter. The exchange of eggs in spring is a practice that is centuries old when Easter was first celebrated by Christians.

From early times, the egg is a symbol of rebirth in most cultures. Eggs were often wrapped in gold leaf or, peasants around them with bright colors, or petals of certain flowers.

Today, the children paint eggs by placing them in Easter baskets along with the modern version of real Easter eggs, the chocolate.