Holiday commemorating Jesus Christ - Easter

Easter in the Orthodox Church is important in life. Theologian Bulgakov wrote: is the core of the Orthodox Easter, but also the Orthodox and improve living testimony to the truth. Easter is the role of the Holy Spirit can be felt, it is the performance of Pentecost, so also the resurrection of Christ appeared in this world, although it is not visible.
Orthodox Easter holiday date is not fixed. Its date is a year after the first full moon after the spring equinox the first Sunday.
Easter commemorates the resurrection of Christ festival. But the word Easter comes from the ancient Jewish language, is "after", "beyond" means. Since early Christian and Jewish Passover Easter is over together, because, according to the Gospel account of Jesus Christ is killed and resurrected during Passover of the Jews. By the year 325, the first Christian Ecumenical Council (Nicaea) only make provision Christian Easter and the Jewish Passover should open a separate celebration. Specific date was set after the first full moon after the spring equinox day every year the first Sunday, that is, between the lunar calendar (Julian calendar) of March 22 to April 25 each year on different dates, the believer compiled from the church, "the date of Easter table" to know the exact date the first year.
It should be noted that the Orthodox Easter icons unique. West depicts the image of Christ's resurrection is based on "the Gospel," the description, often stand up Christ from the coffin in the tomb scene. Orthodox believe that the mystery of Christ's resurrection is people can not understand and painted. According to the Byzantine Orthodox tradition, Easter icon is "hell" (or "enter hell": Shortly after the resurrection of Christ, breaking the gates of hell, into the underworld, mankind Adam and Eve from the dead.
Easter is the biggest holiday of the Russian Orthodox Church. Bulgakov said: "Christ is the common Easter holiday all the Christian world, but nowhere like in this cheerful and holy Orthodox Church, also can add that Russia did not like the earth so anywhere, the joy of Easter and to celebrate the Spring Festival grand. jubilant happy Easter night brings us to the next century of life, with the new and eternal happiness. "in the night, and the entire Easter week in seven years, it will be another kiss each other and exchanged greetings, the party said, "Christ is risen", the other party answers "really risen."

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