Easter 2009
This years EASTER Sunday falls on April 12th for the WESTERN church and on April 19th for the EASTERN church. Easter like the spring, is associated with BIRTH, RENEWAL and FERTILITY.
According to the 8th century Theologian, THE VENERABLE BEDE, (who came up with the dating system of AD and BC), EASTER is named for the EOSTRE, an anglo-saxon Goddess of Spring. She is associated with the egg and with the hare, both Symbols of the Procreation that have been enduringly incorporated by the Church in the form of Easter eggs and the Easter bunny who brings them.
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