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	Pascha:
		Hence, the determination of the date of Pascha is governed by a process dependent on the vernal equinox and the phase of the moon.
		This was an alternative to calculating Pascha by the Passover and consisted in the creation of so-called "paschal cycles." Each paschal cycle corresponded to a certain number of years.
		Practically speaking, this means that Pascha may not be celebrated before April 3, which was March 21, the date of the vernal equinox, at the time of the First Ecumenical Council.
	www.transfiguration.org /orthodoxy/pascha_date.html (1340 words)

	Easter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Pascha (Easter) is the primary act that fulfils the purpose of Christ's ministry on earth—to defeat death by dying and to purify and exalt humanity by voluntarily assuming and overcoming human frailty.
		The Pascha liturgy begins at midnight, with the Priest lighting candles held by deacons or other assistants, who then go to light candles held by the congregation.
		Immediately after the Pascha liturgy, it is then customary for the congregation to share a meal, essentially an agape dinner (albeit at 2.00 am or later!)
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pascha (3647 words)

	Dating Pascha in the Orthodox Church
		Hence, the determination of the date of Pascha is governed by a process dependent on the vernal equinox and the phase of the moon.
		This was an alternative to calculating Pascha by the Passover and consisted in the creation of so-called "paschal cycles." Each paschal cycle corresponded to a certain number of years.
		Practically speaking, this means that Pascha may not be celebrated before April 3, which was March 21, the date of the vernal equinox, at the time of the First Ecumenical Council.
	www.goarch.org /en/ourfaith/articles/article7050.asp (1351 words)

	The Origins of Pascha and Great Week
		The prototype of Pascha is the Jewish Passover, the festival of Israel's deliverance from bondage.
		Pascha involves the ultimate redemption, i.e., the deliverance and liberation of all humanity from the malignant power of Satan and death, through the death and resurrection of Christ.
		By the second century the churches of Asia Minor had come to observe Pascha on the 14 of Nisan, the day on which the Lord was crucified, while all the other churches observed Pascha on the Sunday after the 14 of Nisan, emphasizing the resurrection.
	www.faithandvalues.com /tx/GREEK-103/1 (6260 words)

	Pascha - OrthodoxWiki
		Pascha (Greek: Πάσχα), also called Easter, is the feast of the Resurrection of the Lord.
		Pascha is a transliteration of the Greek word, which is itself a transliteration of the Hebrew pesach, both words meaning Passover.
		Pascha normally falls either one or five weeks later than the feast as observed by Christians who follow the Gregorian calendar.
	orthodoxwiki.org /Pascha (1584 words)

	Pascha - Köln - \|\| Europas grösstes Laufhaus \|\|
		The high rise built in 1974 as the prostitute apartment building of the city of Cologne was the Eros Center of Cologne until the end of 1993.
		Pascha offers its own restaurant, beauty center, boutique, laundrymat, tanning salon and contact bistro.
		Doing everything to make our guests and renters feel comfortable is our highest priority and certainly no easy task.
	www.pascha.de /englisch/ueber-uns/index.html (189 words)

	Pascha
		The date for Pascha in the early Church was determined using the Old Testament formula for Passover and fell on the 14th of Nisan (Exodus 12:6) no matter what day of the week it was.
		In the West, Pascha began to be called Easter in the 8th Century as it superseded an old Anglo-Saxon (pagan) festival.
		Pascha is seen as the victory celebration; the battle has already been won on Holy Saturday.
	www.stathanasius.org /bible/pascha.html (4238 words)

	The Antiochian Orthodox Church in the United Kingdom and Ireland
		An example of the desire to replace the word "Pascha" with "Easter" is the King James version translation of Acts 12:4 which describes the arrest of Peter by Herod and his intention "after Easter to bring him forth to the people".
		Pascha is derived from the Jewish word Pesah which means "Passover".
		Let us remember that because the word "Pascha" is in its origin a Hebrew word, by using it we are a witness to the Jewish community, for whom the Passover is still one of the most important words in their religious faith.
	www.antiochian-orthodox.co.uk /pascha.htm (994 words)

	DATING PASCHA IN THE ORTHODOX CHURCH
		Another factor which figures prominently in determining the date of Pascha is the date of Passover.
		Their purpose, of course, was to preserve the original practice of celebrating Pascha following the vernal equinox.
		Pascha must therefore be observed on the Sunday following the full moon which comes after that date.
	www.faithandvalues.com /tx/GREEK-102/1 (1348 words)

	The Origins of Pascha and Great Week - Part I
		According to the earliest documents, Pascha is described as a nocturnal celebration with a long vigil, that was preceded by a fast.[8] This suggests a connection with the Jewish rites of the Passover, even though there is a distinct difference of faith and rite between the Jewish and Christian observance.
		According to the chronology of the Gospel of John, the Lord was crucified and buried on the day before the Passover and rose the day after.[10] In the year we have come to number 33 A.D., the Passover fell on a Saturday.
		The crucifixion, therefore, occurred on Friday, while the resurrection happened early Sunday morning.[11] Eventually, the celebration of Pascha in the early Church would be predicated upon this chronology.
	www.goarch.org /en/ourfaith/articles/article8504.asp (2685 words)

	EASTER PASTORAL: The Pascha of the Lord challenges us to be faithful (04/11/99)
		The Pascha of the Lord reminds us that in the Church entrusted by Christ to our care, we all fulfill our mission in a variety of ministries undertaken for the salvation and sanctification of ourselves and our fellow man, all of whom reflect the image and likeness of God.
		The Pascha of the Lord focuses on our Christian calling and challenges us to be faithful to our extraordinary vocation, to be the apostles of this and the coming millennium.
		In celebrating the Lord's Pascha, which sanctifies all, we embrace in the love of the risen Lord, the archpastors, pastors and sons and daughters of Christ's Church in Ukraine, and assure them of our love and prayers.
	www.ukrweekly.com /Archive/1999/159918.shtml (810 words)

	The Date of Pascha
		The early Church in the East continued to observe Pascha on the eve of the 14 th of Nisan, according the Jewish Calendar, with the Resurrection on the third day, that is on the 15 th.
		The term Pascha comes from the Hebrew pesah, a yearling lamb that was sacrificed at the Jews’ spring festival.
		We should try to use the term Pascha instead of “Easter.” Easter was a spring festival in honor of Eástre, the Roman goddess of fertility (whence the name of the female hormone estrogen).
	www.antiochian.org /date-of-pascha.html (3996 words)

	Pascha: Festivities and Symbols
		Pascha 2000 has finally arrived- the celebration of the Feast of Feasts.
		Think of those whose families are divided by members who have left the Body of Christ, adhere to a schismatic or heretical denomination, and thereby choose not to celebrate Christ’s Resurrection with the same joyous festivities as the rest of the Orthodox world, or even at the same time as their Orthodox family members.
		I’m talking about the symbol of the rabbit or easter-bunny.’; While the rabbit was used as a fertility symbol in ancient cultures (due to their well-known breeding capabilities), for the ancient pagan Romans the rabbit also had another meaning- that of sacrifice and salvation.
	www.orthodoxresearchinstitute.org /resources/sermons/brown_pascha_sermon.htm (1416 words)

	Great Lent, Holy Week, and Pascha in the Greek Orthodox Church
		Holy Week comes to an end at sunset of Great and Holy Saturday, as the Church prepares to celebrate her most ancient and preeminent festival, Pascha, the feast of feasts.
		Pascha is the dawn of the new and unending day.
		It is the day of Resurrection, let us be radiant, O ye peoples: Pascha, the Lord’s Pascha; for Christ God hath brought us from death to life, and from earth unto Heaven as we sing the triumphal hymn.
	lent.goarch.org /holy_pascha/learn (1588 words)

	Pascha All
		Pascha, the Lord’s Pascha; for Christ God has brought us from death to life, and from earth to heaven, as we sing the triumphal song.
		We call the present Feast ‘Pascha’, which in Hebrew means ‘Passing Over’; for this is the day on which God from the beginning brought the world out of non-existence.
		We insert 8 verses, and sing 4 of the Resurrection from the Octoichos in Tone 1, and 4 of Pascha.
	www.anastasis.org.uk /pascha.htm (8543 words)

	Easter -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		In addition, Jesus and the Apostles were observing (Click link for more info and facts about Sukkot) Sukkot (the "Feast of Booths") when the ((New Testament) the sudden emanation of radiance from the person of Jesus) Transfiguration occurred, indicating that he was not immediately opposed to the observance of annual holidays.
		According to this theory, Christian missionaries arriving in northern Europe found that, rather than trying to suppress popular and established pagan feasts, it was easier to simply provide a Christian reinterpretation of the holiday, and allow the various customs and symbols associated with the holiday to continue largely unchanged.
		Immediately after the Pascha liturgy, it is then customary for the congregation to share a meal, essentially an (A religious meal shared as a sign of love and fellowship) agape dinner (albeit at 2.00am or later!)
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/e/ea/easter.htm (3617 words)

	Our Lady of Fatima Byzantine Catholic Church, Pascha
		The only Apostolic See in the West, Rome, remembered the Council differently, holding that all that was mandated was that Pascha must not fall on 14 Nisan directly.
		Pascha is the new creation, the eighth day on which all things are made new.
		Easter is an Old English and Germanic word which is derived from the name of the Nordic goddess (Eastre) who was celebrated in the springtime in northern countries.
	www.byzantinecatholic.org /Feasts/Pascha2.html (770 words)

	Subdeacon Paul Feeney
		Liturgically, Pascha is the theme and central point of many of the prayers, Troparia, Canons, etc. in every Orthodox Liturgical service.
		Pascha is the heartbeat of our life in God and God's life in us and with us.
		And Pascha is supposed to be how we respond in love to the Risen Christ living in us and bringing us into the inner lovelife of the All Holy Trinity.
	www.dartmouth.edu /~ocf/pascha_now.html (1573 words)

	Pascha vs. Easter (Onest)
		Pascha is the Greek form of the Hebrew word, Pesch - "Passover" in English.
		Eostre, the goddess of the spring, is venerated at the vernal equinox.
		For those who bring Pascha baskets of food to be blessed after the Resurrection service, consider including these chocolate delights among the other items.
	www.theologic.com /oflweb/lentpask/estrmyth.htm (872 words)

	Pascha - The Resurrection of Our Lord (Easter)
		Pascha is the essence of our faith, for Christ rose from the dead, as we will rise from the dead.
		Pascha is the Feast of feasts, the Triumph of triumphs and, therefore, the services of this feast are exceptionally magnificent and especially triumphant.
		The spiritual joy of Pascha is expressed in the victorious hymn: "Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down death by death, and upon those in the tomb bestowing life," and is felt in the heart of each believer.
	www.orthodoxphotos.com /readings/feasts/pascha.shtml (850 words)

	The Proposal for a Common Date to Celebrate Pascha and Easter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The real answer, of course, is for the heterodox to return to historic, apostolic Orthodox Christianity and to celebrate Pascha in accordance with the decisions of the 318 God-bearing fathers of the First Ecumenical Council which took place in Nicaea.
		This is necessary, of course, since using the astronomic observation of the equinox as some have imprudently suggested would cause a six-month displacement between the celebration of Pascha in the northern and southern hemispheres.
		This proposed WCC notion concerning a common date for Easter and Pascha is a simple attempt to achieve a superficial "cosmetic" unity among Orthodox and Heterodox Christians, when in fact there are severe differences in dogma, doctrine, and matters of Faith that place us miles and miles apart from one another.
	www.orthodoxinfo.com /ecumenism/common_luhl.aspx (1102 words)

	Easter and Pascha: All About Easter
		Easter (also called "Pascha" or some variant by most non-English speaking Christians) is the feast celebrating Jesus' resurrection from the dead, and is the greatest and oldest feast of the Church.
		Even the term "Pascha" is borrowed from the Jewish word for "Passover," and Easter is calculated based on the lunar calendar (all other feasts are on the solar calendar).
		Traditionally, the Pascha celebration began with a lengthy vigil, the "mother of all vigils" according to St. Augustine.
	www.churchyear.net /easter.html (1656 words)

	Why does the date of Pascha differ from Western Easter so much?
		In Asia Minor, the churches celebrated Pascha on the 14th of Nisan whether it fell on Sunday or a weekday.
		Eventually, somewhere towards the end of the Second Century, the churches of Asia Minor agreed to celebrate Pascha with the other churches on the Sunday after the 14th of Nisan.
		With the dispersion of the Jews after the Destruction of the Temple in 70 A.D., the date of calculating the beginning of the month of Nisan and the full moon of Passover varied due to the use of local pagan calendars.
	www.antiochian.org /1290 (596 words)

	THE PASCHAL SEASON (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The celebration of Pascha was instituted by the first generation of Christians, by the Church of the Holy Apostles.
		The two variant observances of Pascha, Eastern and Western, existed until the First Ecumenical Council, held in the city of Nicaea in Asia Minor in 325 AD, and attended by representatives of all of the local Christian churches, both East and West, decided on the day of celebration for Pascha.
		According to the decision of the Council, Christian Pascha must be celebrated on the first Sunday after the first full moon of the Spring, but always after the Passover of the Jews.
	www.stjohndc.org /russian/What/e_9804a.HTM (345 words)

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