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Why Easter is called Easter, and other little-known facts about the holiday

  • Written by Brent Landau, Lecturer in Religious Studies, University of Texas at Austin
imageWhat is the origin of Easter eggs?Katie Morrow, CC BY-NC-ND

This Sunday, April 16, Christians will be celebrating Easter, the day on which the resurrection of Jesus is said to have taken place. The date of celebration changes from year to year.

The reason for this variation is that Easter always falls on the first Sunday after the first full moon...

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