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Major festival of the Christian church year, celebrating the resurrection of Jesus on the third day after his crucifixion.
In Western churches it falls on a Sunday between March 22 and April 25, depending on the date of the first full moon after the spring equinox. The date was fixed after the Council of Nicaea (AD 325). In the Eastern Orthodox calendar, which uses a different calculation, it often falls later. A joyful festival and a time of redemption, Easter brings an end tothe long period of penance that constitutes Lent. The word is probably derived from Eostre, a Germanic goddess of spring, and some of its folk customs (e.g., the decoration of eggs as symbols of new life) may have originated with ancient pagan spring festivals. From the late 2nd century, it has also been a time for baptism.
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