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#1 2009-04-09 05:10:22
Why is Easter called Easter?
I was thinking for a while and I still don't know. Why is Easter called Easter? In Poland we call it Wielkanoc which means The Great Night. It's because Jesus died and then came back to life. Easter seems to do something with East, but why? What do you celebrate on easter?
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#4 2009-04-09 08:09:30
- floatingmagictree
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Re: Why is Easter called Easter?
BWOG wrote:
Well the Wielkanoc Bunny dosen't make sense. Or The Great Night Bunny. Maybe you should look on Wikipedia
[sarcasm=full] Yeah, cause Wikipedia ALWAYS tells the truth...[/sarcasm]
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#5 2009-04-09 14:02:49
Re: Why is Easter called Easter?
BWOG wrote:
Well the Wielkanoc Bunny dosen't make sense. Or The Great Night Bunny. Maybe you should look on Wikipedia
You were right. It was on wikipedia. Easter comes from german and means The month of April.
Another thing is that Wielkanoc Bunny as you wrote is called just zajączek wielkanocny. 
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#8 2009-04-09 19:00:01
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Re: Why is Easter called Easter?
What do you mean? Easter is always on Sunday, right? (I wouldn't know, I'm not christian).
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#9 2009-04-10 21:16:03
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Re: Why is Easter called Easter?
Also, why is Good Friday good?
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#12 2009-04-10 22:48:05
Re: Why is Easter called Easter?
gettysburg11 wrote:
Also, why is Good Friday good?
iT WAS good for us not jesus cause he died but good for us cuz he opened the gates of heaven
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#13 2009-04-10 23:16:34
Re: Why is Easter called Easter?
keroro645 wrote:
its short for eagersters, (people that are eager).
They are eager about the month of April.
What sucks about Easter this year is that we don't get the day off on it.
I know the feeling i worked today... it was pretty bad.
Last edited by jmarq82 (2009-04-10 23:16:54)
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#14 2009-04-11 22:22:03
Re: Why is Easter called Easter?
ok... my Opa told me what easter is about. Easter means Fertility (however you spell it). which is why there is an easter rabbit, because rabbits multiply like crazy. and there is, of course, the easter egg.
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