What is Easter? Detailed answer

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What is Easter?

Easter celebrates the resurrection of Jesus Christ. This is the most important holiday in the Christian calendar. Easter Sunday does not fall on the same date every year, but is always between March 22 and April 25. It falls on the first Sunday after the first full moon following March 21, the vernal equinox. The date of Easter Sunday was approved by the church council in Nicaea in 325 AD. e. Easter Sunday ends the period of preparation for the celebration of Easter. The forty-day period of prayer and fasting, called Great Lent, begins on Wednesday and ends on Passion Saturday, the day before Easter.

Lent serves as a reminder of Christ's 40-day fast in the wilderness. The week between Palm Sunday and Easter is known as Holy Week. During this week, church services remind of the last days of Jesus Christ's life on earth. Palm Sunday marks the entry of Jesus Christ into Jerusalem. Holy Thursday, also called Maundy Thursday, marks the Last Supper. Good Friday marks the crucifixion of Christ on the cross, and Easter Sunday marks his resurrection.

There are many customs and traditions associated with Easter. The tradition of a church service at dawn on Easter dates back to the ancient spring festivities in honor of the sunrise. The tradition of putting on new clothes, as a symbol of new life, came from the baptism on Easter of the early Christians, who were led to church dressed in new wide robes of white linen. The usual Easter processions go back to the Middle Ages, when people walked around the countryside on Easter and stopped on the way to pray.

Now, of course, this presents an opportunity for people to see and show off their new spring outfits. The egg is an Easter symbol because it is a symbol of life. The Persians and Egyptians also dyed eggs and ate them during the celebration of the new year, which was in the spring.

Author: Likum A.

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Who discovered Greenland?

If there is a place on earth that you would not even think of calling green, it is Greenland! Most of Greenland is covered by an ice shell, reaching more than 3000 meters thick in some places. Only the most resilient plants and animals can survive in such a climate on the edge of the ice sheet. Winters are very cold here, and summers are short and cool. Only small patches of land are covered with grass, heather and low flowering plants. Most of the ice-free surface is barren rocks covered with mosses and lichens.

Why then was this place called Greenland? Yes, for the same reason that an entrepreneur, wishing to attract buyers, gives the name "Pleasant Hill" or the like to a place that is really completely unattractive. In 982, an Icelander named Eric Thorvaldson ended up in southwestern Greenland. This stern man, better known as Red Eric, was exiled from Iceland for three years for killing a man. Erik spent three years in exile, exploring the western lands described by Icelandic sailors.

Three years later he returned to Iceland and told people about his research. He really wanted the settlers to rush to this country, so he gave it such an attractive name - Greenland! Today, less than 55 people live in Greenland, which is very small for such a large area. Most of the population lives on ice-free areas of the island on the southwest coast. Only 3260 people live in eastern Greenland and fewer than 800 live in the north.

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