{"id":4000,"date":"2024-03-28T10:41:35","date_gmt":"2024-03-28T09:41:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ilnuovomediterraneo.com\/le-4-tradizioni-della-pasqua-cattolica-ortodossa-ebraica-e-pagana\/"},"modified":"2024-04-23T17:17:34","modified_gmt":"2024-04-23T15:17:34","slug":"traditions-of-easter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ilnuovomediterraneo.com\/en\/traditions-of-easter\/","title":{"rendered":"4 traditions of Easter: Catholic, Orthodox, Jewish and pagan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_76 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/ilnuovomediterraneo.com\/en\/traditions-of-easter\/#the_catholic_easter\" >The Catholic Easter<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/ilnuovomediterraneo.com\/en\/traditions-of-easter\/#the_orthodox_christian_easter\" >The Orthodox Christian Easter<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/ilnuovomediterraneo.com\/en\/traditions-of-easter\/#the_jewish_easter_passover\" >The Jewish Easter (Passover)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/ilnuovomediterraneo.com\/en\/traditions-of-easter\/#the_pagan_easter\" >The pagan Easter<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>Easter is <strong>one of the oldest and most solemn holidays<\/strong>, both for Christianity and Judaism. In the past it was also a pagan feast, from which some symbols have been copied and perpetuated in the Christian tradition today.<\/p>\n<p>However, each tradition has <strong>its own peculiarities and history<\/strong>. So, we will have a brief look at the characteristics of Christian Easter, split into Catholic and Orthodox, then explore the Jewish Easter and, finally, the pagan one.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"the_catholic_easter\"><\/span><strong>The Catholic Easter<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Catholic Easter commemorates the resurrection of Christ and is a <strong>moveable feast<\/strong> as it is celebrated on the first Sunday following the full moon of the Spring Equinox. Its annual frequency, therefore, changes, as it occurs in the period between 22 March and 25 April. In 2024 it will be on <strong>March 31st<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The ancient origins of Christian Easter are <strong>linked to the Jewish tradition<\/strong>, prior to the birth of Christ. Actually, some symbols, such as the lamb, the blood, and the dove, are shared by both religions, even if they acquire different meanings. In the Christian tradition, the lamb, for instance, becomes the symbol of Christ\u2019s sacrifice, while in the Jewish one it is linked to the liberation of the Jews from slavery in Egypt.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>first evidence of Christian Easter<\/strong> dates back to the 2nd-3rd centuries AD. C., during a long and controversial issue on the date of celebration between the Eastern and Western Churches. In Asia, in fact, Easter was celebrated on the day of Christ&#8217;s death, the 15th of the month of Nissan in the Jewish calendar, always on different days of the week; in the West, instead, other ideas prevailed. It was the <strong>Council of Nicaea<\/strong> in 325 that officially established Sunday as Easter day throughout the Christian community.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3988\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3988\" style=\"width: 606px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3987\" src=\"https:\/\/ilnuovomediterraneo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/colomba-pasquale-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"606\" height=\"341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ilnuovomediterraneo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/colomba-pasquale-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ilnuovomediterraneo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/colomba-pasquale-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ilnuovomediterraneo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/colomba-pasquale-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ilnuovomediterraneo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/colomba-pasquale-750x422.jpg 750w, https:\/\/ilnuovomediterraneo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/colomba-pasquale-1140x641.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/ilnuovomediterraneo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/colomba-pasquale.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 606px) 100vw, 606px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3988\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Easter dove.<br \/>Source: Nicola (Wikimedia Commons); license: https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/2.0\/deed.en.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Today, <strong>many rites are connected to Easter<\/strong>, including the obligation of sacramental confession to be performed at least once during the Easter period, as well as the custom of giving oneself eggs and consuming lamb and dove-shaped cakes or focaccias.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"the_orthodox_christian_easter\"><\/span><strong>The Orthodox Christian Easter<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Orthodox Christian Easter celebrations also take place on the first Sunday following the first full moon of Spring, as for Catholic Easter. However, unlike the latter, the <strong>Orthodox Church uses the Julian calendar<\/strong>, which replaces the Gregorian one introduced by Pope Gregory XIII in the year 1582. This leads to a mismatch between the dates of the two Christian Easters (although it may happen that they coincide) because the day of celebration for the Orthodox Church is between 4 April and 8 May. This year Orthodox Easter will fall <strong>on May 5<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Just as for Catholic Easter, the <strong>resurrection of Jesus Christ<\/strong> is also celebrated in Orthodox Christian Easter. However, there are important differences. Holy Week, firstly, does not begin with Palm Sunday, familiar to Catholics, but rather with Willow Sunday; furthermore, a strict fast must be followed during which the faithful are required to give up some foods.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>countries in which Orthodox Easter is celebrated<\/strong> include: Cyprus, Greece, the Republic of Macedonia, Bulgaria, Romania, Lebanon, Russia, and Ukraine.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3984\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3984\" style=\"width: 607px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3983\" src=\"https:\/\/ilnuovomediterraneo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/pysanka.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"607\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ilnuovomediterraneo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/pysanka.webp 800w, https:\/\/ilnuovomediterraneo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/pysanka-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/ilnuovomediterraneo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/pysanka-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/ilnuovomediterraneo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/pysanka-750x500.webp 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 607px) 100vw, 607px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3984\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pysanka. Source: ukrainianeggcessories.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A characteristic tradition of Orthodox Easter consists in the preparation and <strong>decoration of Easter eggs<\/strong>, which become true works of art, known as <strong><em>pysanka<\/em><\/strong>. Common among the Slavic populations, they are cooked and subsequently coloured with particular artistic techniques based on natural colours and hot wax. Various symbols, geometric and floral motifs are reproduced on them.<\/p>\n<p>On this liturgical occasion, it is also customary to prepare<strong> two desserts: <em>paskha<\/em> and <em>kulich<\/em><\/strong>. The first has a truncated pyramid shape and is based on fresh cheese, <em>tvorok<\/em>; while the second is a leavened product, similar to a glazed panettone, containing raisins, candied fruit and almonds.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4412\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4412\" style=\"width: 306px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-4412\" src=\"https:\/\/ilnuovomediterraneo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/pexels-photo-16233351.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"306\" height=\"459\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ilnuovomediterraneo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/pexels-photo-16233351.webp 500w, https:\/\/ilnuovomediterraneo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/pexels-photo-16233351-200x300.webp 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 306px) 100vw, 306px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4412\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kulich. Source: Pexels.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"the_jewish_easter_passover\"><\/span><strong>The Jewish Easter (Passover)<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Passover, also known as <em>Pesach<\/em>, commemorates the <strong>liberation of the Jewish people of Israel from slavery in Egypt<\/strong> over 3,000 years ago. It therefore marks the passage from darkness to light, from Egypt to the promised land. It is celebrated starting from the fourteenth day of the Jewish month of Nissan, between March and April, and <strong>lasts 8 days<\/strong>. This year it will be <strong>from April 22nd to 30th<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The institution of the Jewish Passover dates back to the events that occurred between the 14th and 15th of the month of Nissan in the year of the ten plagues of Egypt. <strong>Moses gave orders to the Jewish families to sacrifice a lamb<\/strong>, to eat its meat with unleavened bread and to spread some of its blood on the doors, so that, when Jahve (the god of the Jews) reached those houses, he &#8220;passed over&#8221;, striking only the firstborn of the Egyptians. The Jews were thus saved and were able to complete the <strong>exodus from the land of the Pharaohs<\/strong>, led by Moses.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3986\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3986\" style=\"width: 606px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3985\" src=\"https:\/\/ilnuovomediterraneo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Pesach-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"606\" height=\"455\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ilnuovomediterraneo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Pesach-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ilnuovomediterraneo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Pesach-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ilnuovomediterraneo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Pesach-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ilnuovomediterraneo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Pesach-750x563.jpg 750w, https:\/\/ilnuovomediterraneo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Pesach-1140x855.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/ilnuovomediterraneo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Pesach.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 606px) 100vw, 606px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3986\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pesach. Source: User:RadRafe~commonswiki, Wikimedia Commons.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Jewish Passover was composed of two moments: the first characterized by the eating of the Paschal lamb and the second by the feast of unleavened bread which lasted for a week. The <strong>lamb<\/strong> was roasted and eaten with <strong>bitter herbs<\/strong>, in memory of the bitter life led in Egypt, and with <strong>unleavened bread<\/strong> (<em>matzah<\/em>), because the fleeing Jews had not had time to let it rise.<\/p>\n<p>These remain the main foods consumed annually for the Jewish holiday, which not only has a commemorative but also a sacrificial meaning.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"the_pagan_easter\"><\/span><strong>The pagan Easter<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The <strong>pagan Easter, called Ostara<\/strong>, has already been discussed extensively in a dedicated article (<a href=\"https:\/\/ilnuovomediterraneo.com\/ostara-tradizioni-parallelismi\/\">click here for the link<\/a>). For this reason, only the main features will be repeated here.<\/p>\n<p>It is one of the eight holidays that mark the passing of the year and <strong>celebrates rebirth and life<\/strong>, not surprisingly, <strong>during the Spring Equinox<\/strong>. In 2024 it was celebrated on March 20th. Its roots date back to Germanic culture and it is still a celebration felt by some currents of neo-paganism.<\/p>\n<p>Among its symbols are the <strong>candle<\/strong>, left to burn throughout the night, the <strong>hare<\/strong> and the <strong>egg<\/strong>, symbols of fertility and life. Many elements of pagan Easter have been incorporated into the Christian one which has taken up, for example, the last two.<\/p>\n<p>Concluding, both religious and pagan Easter, has many facets. 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