The Birth of Jesus and the Day of Trumpets... Jesus Born on September 11th

Thanks for the interesting discussion and yes, it's very interesting. I like to encourage everyone to research this for themselves.

Also, I noticed that I messed up on describing Conception vs. Hanukah. To clarify, I feel the time of Conception likely occurred at the start of Hanukah (Hanukkah is observed for eight nights and days, starting on the 25th day of Kislev according to the Hebrew calendar, which may occur at any time from late November to late December in the Gregorian calendar.), as a shadow of a previous event - Hanukah first, Conception the latter event.

This is precisely what occurred Passover vs Crucifixion - one a "shadow event" of the other. Wonder what else is coming based on the previous dates?

All said, IMO, one of the more important observance we should keep, daily, is to remember Him when we break bread and drink from the cup. :)

“This is precisely what occurred Passover vs Crucifixion - one a ‘shadow event’ of the other. Wonder what else is coming based on the previous dates?”

Paul described the feasts, new moon, and sabbaths as “a shadow of things to come” in Colossians 2:17. Interestingly, the only feast that occurs on a new moon is the Feast of Trumpets. (The other new moons of the year were also celebrated but were not among the prescribed feast days.)

“All said, IMO, one of the more important observance we should keep, daily, is to remember Him when we break bread and drink from the cup.”

These elements exquisitely picture the death and resurrection of Christ, the coming of the Holy Spirit, and His second coming. Of course, the bread pictures His physical body being broken at Calvary, and the fruit of the vine pictures His blood which was the payment for our sins. Like you said, these are things we must keep before us daily—taking up our cross daily, dying daily, and being made conformable to His death. We commemorate His death with perishable symbols because there is no body in a grave somewhere to visit as a shrine. He is risen. We don’t have to take a pilgrimage to connect with this. He told His disciples to keep this ordinance until He comes again. It foreshadows the time when He will return and dine with us.

The coming of the Holy Spirit is pictured because not only Christ’s physical body is pictured in the bread, but also His spiritual body, the church.

1 Corinthians 10:16-17
The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ? For we, though many, are one bread and one body; for we all partake of that one bread.

This is the primary meaning of Paul’s warning about “not discerning the the Lord’s body” which he expounds further in the subsequent passages about spiritual gifts bestowed by the Spirit.

December 25 observed as a holy day isn’t holy to the Father or the Son.

He wasn’t born there and when one divorces themselves from false traditions of men, that His Word and science can prove isn’t accurate, they may see one way how Satan can possibly deceive the whole world.

One way Satan deceives the whole world is with the calendar. People calling holy what isn’t..

I for one am not married to September 11. That is a date on the false Roman calendar.

It isn’t biblical either.

The day that commemorates when the Word became flesh is a day that occurs once a month, not just once a year.
And it is a day the Father taught Israel to keep holy.
A day that points to Genesis 1:1, John 1:1 and John 1:14

That is a monthly occurrence on the Father’s calendar,not an annual.
Interestingly though, September 11 2018 was in fact one of those holy days on the Fathers calendar. A day He has once a month, that points to Genesis1:1, John 1:1, and John 1:14.

When the world gets to see that, all the inherited lies we have been forced to follow will start to melt away.

His birth occurred on a biblically significant holy day that the Father has at the beginning of every one of His months, because it commemorates the Beginning.
Israel was called to keep that day holy every month.

He was circumcised on a day that is holy every month as a Sabbath on the Father’s calendar. Israel was called to keep that day holy every month.

He was presented in the temple on a day that is holy once a year. A Sabbath on the Father’s calendar. Israel was called to keep that day holy once a year.

He was baptized on a day that is holy every month.
He began His ministry on a day that is holy once a year.
He was killed as the Lamb on a day that is set apart once a year, but is commemorated once a month on the Father’s calendar.
He laid in the tomb resting on a Sabbath that is holy every month.
He was raised on a day that is set apart once a year, but is commemorated once a month on the Father’s calendar.

The Holy Spirit was gifted on a day that is holy once a year ,but also commemorated every month on the Father’s calendar.

The Word really did become flesh.

It will be amazing when Israel learns this. They don’t follow it today. They can’t. They follow inherited lies that blind them from the Truth.
Satan’s lies are hiding Truth that can open the eyes of the blind. When one stops accepting the lies, the eyes can be open to Truth.

The World needs that dearly.
But religion may fall in the process

Both Christmas and Easter have pagan origins, practices, ceremonies, and Easter/"Ishtar", which is pronounced "Easter" was a day that commemorated the resurrection of one of their gods that they called "Tammuz", who was believed to be the only begotten son of the moon-goddess and the sun-god.

The word in the Bible translated as Easter is Pascha (πάσχα in Greek, Of Aramaic origin cf פֶּסַח)

"Easter" is an English word. One could argue the Greek and Latin are correct (Pascha), and the English translations are erroneous, which would put in question much Protestant tradition. However, a Protestant KJV expert published this explanation for why Easter is correct, and a Christian holyday.

"Easter comes from the ancient pagan festival of Astarte/Ishtar, and Herod as a pagan was waiting for that event."

There are several problems with this argument:

First, the idea that Easter is derived from Astarte/Ishtar5 seems to come first- or second-hand from Alexander Hislop's 1853 book The Two Babylons. As far as I can see, Hislop repeatedly makes the assertion of the connection between Easter and Astarte, but never provides any sources for his claim6. What is entirely ironic is that Hislop is not arguing that "Easter" was associated with Astart at the time of Herod - his argument is that "Easter" was originally entirely Christian but was corrupted by the Roman Catholic Church incorporating elements of pagan religions (including Astarte) in the 5th century A.D.7, long after Herod died. Despite this alleged connection of Astarte with Easter, many scholars now think this connection is a "false etymology", meaning that it is only assumed correct because of the similar sounds between "Easter" and "Ishtar". Instead, the name "Easter" is probably derived from the Anglo-Saxon pagan goddess (post-dating Herod) of "Eostur"8 (and for those anti-Easter folk out there: even if the name has some pagan origins does not mean the Christian commemoration is therefore also pagan).

Second, there is not a shred of evidence that Herod was waiting for any pagan festival - it is pure, unsupported speculation in an attempt to make "Passover" into a bad translation. Instead, the passage tells us that Herod took Peter because "it pleased the Jews" - I think waiting for a pagan festival would have the opposite effect, as would killing Peter during the Holy week of Passover. For that matter, so would waiting to observe the Christian commemoration of Christ's resurrection.

Third, to the KJV translators, "Easter" was not a pagan holiday, but a Christian one. They observed Easter and many of the calendar charts in the front of a 1611 KJV are based on Easter9. If "Easter" is a pagan holiday, the KJV translators were pagan.

Forth, the 1828 Webster's dictionary, which many KJV-only supporters claim is the dictionary to use to define words in the KJV, gives the definition of "Easter" as "A festival of the christian church observed in commemoration of our Savior's resurrection. It answers to the pascha or passover of the Hebrews, and most nations still give it this name, pascha, pask, paque."

. However, a Protestant KJV expert published this explanation for why Easter is correct, and a Christian holyday.

I don't claim to be an "expert", but the expert person's explanation, which you quoted, is incorrect.

First, Astarte is only one of many derivatives of the original goddess Ishtar, who dates way back to practically the beginning of recorded history. Other, later fertility goddess with similar characteristics, are Inanna and Aphrodite among others.

I'm not familiar with the author's source material, a "Alexander Hislop's 1853 book The Two Babylons", but there are countless relics, scrolls and a number of clay tablet recordings available which describe these ancient pagan gods and goddesses and their progression through history.

Second, I'm not sure what the author is trying to say in his second part, for Herod was a Jew, king of the Jews at the time Judea was a client state of Rome, even so, it practiced its own religious beliefs.

Thirdly, the KJV mentions "Easter" one time, in Acts 12:4:

"And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people."

The NIV doesn't use the term "Easter". And frankly, it wouldn't be the only time KJ translators messed up a translation. Certainly other parts of the KJV verify it was Passover, Herod was most concerned about - just my thoughts, an admitted none expert - and the Pagan observance of "Easter" occurred during springtime, IIRC.

Fourthly, there are much better sources than the 1828 Webster's dictionary to use to define words in the KJV Bible. One of many Bible Concordances to begin with.

Regardless of what you or others may currently believe, I strongly encourage looking into the matter further. It is a fascinating and very interesting study, and will serve to increase your knowledge of God's Word.

"I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better." - Ephesians 1:17

Looking closer,

Third, to the KJV translators, "Easter" was not a pagan holiday, but a Christian one. They observed Easter and many of the calendar charts in the front of a 1611 KJV are based on Easter9. If "Easter" is a pagan holiday, the KJV translators were pagan.

And rereading Acts 12, the chapter that mentions Easter in the KJV:

1 Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church.

2 And he killed James the brother of John with the sword.

3 And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take Peter also. (Then were the days of unleavened bread.)

4 And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people.

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Apparently the Jews under Herod's direction, captured Peter around the time of the feast of unleavened bread (a seven day feast which includes Passover). And apparently around this same time, Peter was turned over to "four quaternions of [most likely Roman] soldiers [each quaternion consisted of four soldiers, so that they were in all sixteen].

Lightly researching the Roman version of Ishtar/Easter, their goddess of fertility, you find references to Cybele. In the Spring (around the time of Passover) the Romans also had their own "holy days" for honoring this goddess.

It makes sense Herod would wait until after these festivities completed before requesting "four quaternions" of [most likely Roman] soldiers to bring him (Peter) forth to the people.

In this case, I believe the KJ translators got the translation right and the expert whom you quoted, simply confused the Jewish feast days with Roman feast days.

I agree Herod, a Jew, probably did not observe the Roman "Easter", other than as an officiating requirement?

The English word “Easter” did not exist at that time. It was derived from a German word many centuries later, sort of like Protestantism. The Greek and Latin word in the Bible is correct. Easter is a word for the Christian holyday of the Resurrection of Jesus after His death during Passover.

Here is another link that explains the Germanic origin of the word "Easter" and presents two options. The latter option not previously mentioned:

Because the English Anglo/Saxon language originally derived from the Germanic, there are many similarities between German and English. Many English writers have referred to the German language as the "Mother Tongue!" The English word Easter is of German/Saxon origin and not Babylonian as Alexander Hislop falsely claimed. The German equivalent is Oster. Oster (Ostern being the modern day equivalent) is related to Ost which means the rising of the sun, or simply in English, east. Oster comes from the old Teutonic form of auferstehen / auferstehung, which means resurrection, which in the older Teutonic form comes from two words, Ester meaning first, and stehen meaning to stand. These two words combine to form erstehen which is an old German form of auferstehen, the modern day German word for resurrection.7 (Italics in original)

The Hebrew calendar is a lunar calendar...

YHvH's calendar may appear to be lunar,
however,
it is corrected each year by the ripening of the barley.

shalom b'SHEM Yah'shua HaMashiach

I think you will find 2001 & 2008
can be better explained by
the 29th of the month of Elul
when all debts are forgiven &
slaves released each Sabbath year.
+ See Rabbi Jonathan Cahn's books

shalom b'SHEM Yah'shua HaMashiach

The Feast of Dedication is not found in Leviticus 23. That right there is all you need to know about that day being about Jesus. I'm not saying it's not important, or scriptural, or anything like that. I'm saying God didn't include it in Leviticus 23. Those are God's days that he said were to be rehearsals for upcoming events FROM HIM! The book of Maccabees was written after Malachi and before the birth of Jesus. The Maccabees were removed from the 1611 KJV in the 1800's. IMO, it was removed because America had just revolted against Britain( They printed the Bibles) in 1776 and it might seem God was in favor of revolt by his people. Others have said some books were removed to save paper. I love Maccabees because it shows a type and shadow of the upcoming Antichrist. Jesus tells us the Jews won't accept Him because He comes in the name of His Father, but someone will come in their own name and they will accept him.

Protestants don't revere the Leviticus Feast Days because they "feel" they are for the Jews. On the contrary, God said they were His Feast days. If you belong to Him, they are for you. God laid out His plan very early to make sure His people knew the calendar of events that were coming. Hanukkah was not one of them. People seem to forget that we have been adopted into the Family of God. That is Israel(Jacob)

I gave you all of the reasons Jesus was born on Tabernacles. They say the poles lit with swaddling cloths soaked in oil in the Temple courtyard is the "light of the world."

John 8:12, Jesus is in the Temple with the adulterous woman. He states that He was the Light of the World. This was on Tabernacles and the Jews would have been reading Scripture about the Light of the world. "Light of the world" is a theme of Tabernacles. He announced to everyone He was the Light of the World. John 10:1 was Hanukkah and Jesus was on the porch. I don't read anything about Him saying here that He is the Light of the World. There is a couple of months between Tabernacles and Hanukkah.

We could have a discussion if you wanted to assert Jesus was born on Trumpets, Yom Kippur, or Tabernacles, because a baby can be a few weeks early or late. But God told of His days thousands of years in advance. Jesus died exactly at the same hour the evening sacrifice was killed on Passover in the Temple. He rose from the dead exactly on First Fruits. All predicted thousands of years in advance. Hanukkah is not even listed in Leviticus 23.

...." Tradition ascribes it to winter, with the Western half of the Church using December 25 and the Eastern half January 6."....

The first word says "Tradition". We are to beware of the traditions of men. The Bible is our anchor, not men. The church of Babylon changed off of God's calendar to the Roman one. The church of Babylon changed the Feast days to pagan ones. The Sabbath is clearly listed in Leviticus 23 as the 7th day. God repeats it in the 10 Commandments in Exodus 20:10. For some arbitrary reason Rome changed to the day they worshiped the sun god. (Go figure) Ezekiel 31 speaks of a large tree being cut down by God. This "tree" speaks of a man made church. Tree's are men in the Scriptures. God's church is a woman, a virgin. This man made church has demons in it. Beasts of the field and birds of the air, refer to demons. It is the doctrine of demons to forbid marriage. Believers have been made kings and priests. We don't need a go between to pray for us. Our mediator is Jesus Himself. We are told to not pray repetitive prayers like the pagan do. Pagan's put trees in their house.

Jer 10:3 For the customs of the peoples are futile; For one cuts a tree from the forest, The work of the hands of the workman, with the ax.

Jer 10:4 They decorate it with silver and gold; They fasten it with nails and hammers So that it will not topple.

Jer 10:5 They are upright, like a palm tree, And they cannot speak; They must be carried, Because they cannot go by themselves. Do not be afraid of them, For they cannot do evil, Nor can they do any good."

This "tree church" will be cut down by God in the Last days, but the stump will remain(Jesus). This tree church will be another woman,....a whore. It will house the Spirit of Jezebel(Rev 2:20, the church at Thyatira) Thyatira was Semiramis's daughters name. Tammuz was her son's name who was supposedly a resurrected Nimrod.( Eze 8:14)

Isa 4:1 And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, "We will eat our own food and wear our own apparel; Only let us be called by your name, To take away our reproach."

In that day, refers to the Last days. 7 women refer to ALL the churches in Revelation. Eating your own food is making up your own theology. Wearing your own apparel is calling good; evil, and calling. evil; good. But they will all call themselves Christian instead of calling themselves the church of Satan or the Temple of Baal.

I noticed you said "Protestant", like you assumed I was Protestant. NO, I'm what some call non denominational, but I call myself a believer. If I speak in tongues, you assume I'm Pentecostal, but I'm not Pentecostal. I believe the Bible. If Jesus tells me I can pray to receive the Holy Spirit and speak in tongues and receive other gifts, I believe Scripture. Baptists say the Perfect has come speaking of the Bible, but I say the "Perfect" is Jesus, and He hasn't come yet. Trusting your traditions or anyone else's traditions instead of Scripture is crazy. If you leave the RCC and go to a Methodist church or a Lutheran, it's just a daughter of the woman that gave you traditions of men in the first place. If you want to study Scripture, I feel much more comfortable with a Jewish Rabbi than a European Frenchman or Italian that comes from Babylons church in the 1200's.

Rev 18:4 And I heard another voice from heaven saying, "Come out of her, my people, lest you share in her sins, and lest you receive of her plagues.

God loves His people. Notice He is calling His people out of this mess of a church. He is giving them a chance to repent and come to Him and ditch this woman. If they will hear the Word of God and stop relying on traditions of men, they can be saved. If they don't, they will suffer the same fate as non believers. It's all there in The Bible and it's not as if you haven't studied. You have just studied amiss, believing men instead of the Holy Spirit. Deprogramming someone that has been raised in a cult is the hardest thing in the world. If up has been down all your life, it's difficult to stand right side up. I read many posts here on FR about the Bible and am stunned to read what some people think is in the Bible. IMO, it comes from antisemitism that blinds them that Jesus came as a Jew, lived as a Jew and died as a Jew. We have been adopted into this family, they haven't been kicked out. Joseph had 2 Gentile sons and were adopted into Jacob's(Israel) family. What on earth makes people think they know what Jesus was saying if they don't know anything about Jewish history, customs and laws? It's not new. 3 John verse 9 says John,...the one Jesus loved,... tried to visit a Greek church before he died and was turned away. For many Christians, the Jesus they study and love, is NOT the Jesus of the Bible. They have invented another Jesus that fits more like what they want, than who He is. That is as much idol worship as carving a piece of wood and putting it in your pocket to take out when you want it.

The Feast of Dedication is not found in Leviticus 23. That right there is all you need to know about that day being about Jesus. I'm not saying it's not important, or scriptural, or anything like that. I'm saying God didn't include it in Leviticus 23.

There are many truths not found in Leviticus, Catholic chapter twenty three.

I gave you all of the reasons Jesus was born on Tabernacles.

Without authority, just another personal religious movement.

Without authority, just another personal religious movement.

There is only one authority:
Yah'shua, the WORD of G-D.
Seek the face of YHvH in his WORD.

SHALOM B'SHEM YAH'SHUA HAMASHIACH

Today at sundown begins
the holist day of YHvH's
Feast Days:
Yom Kippur : the day of Atonement.
Seek His Face in His WORD.

shalom b'SHEM Yah'shua HaMashiach

Today at sundown begins the holist day of YHvH's Feast Days:

Yom Kippur : the day of Atonement.

Odd; on what basis?

It is listed first in both lists (Leviticus and Deuteronomy) of the required feastdays/holydays for all male Jews to attend.
The Messiah is our passover.

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, Concerning the feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are my feasts. Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein: it is the sabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings. These are the feasts of the LORD, even holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their seasons. In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the LORD's passover. And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread unto the Lord: seven days ye must eat unleavened bread. In the first day ye shall have an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein. But ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord seven days: in the seventh day is an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.

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Observe the month of Abib, and keep the passover unto the LORD thy God: for in the month of Abib the LORD thy God brought thee forth out of Egypt by night. Thou shalt therefore sacrifice the passover unto the LORD thy God, of the flock and the herd, in the place which the LORD shall choose to place his name there. Thou shalt eat no leavened bread with it; seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread therewith, even the bread of affliction; for thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt in haste: that thou mayest remember the day when thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt all the days of thy life. And there shall be no leavened bread seen with thee in all thy coast seven days; neither shall there anything of the flesh, which thou sacrificedst the first day at even, remain all night until the morning. Thou mayest not sacrifice the passover within any of thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee: But at the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to place his name in, there thou shalt sacrifice the passover at even, at the going down of the sun, at the season that thou camest forth out of Egypt. And thou shalt roast and eat it in the place which the LORD thy God shall choose: and thou shalt turn in the morning, and go unto thy tents. Six days thou shalt eat unleavened bread: and on the seventh day shall be a solemn assembly to the LORD thy God: thou shalt do no work therein.

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Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us: Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

Leviticus, Catholic chapter twenty three, Protestant verses one to eight,
Deuteronomy, Catholic chapter sixteen, Protestant verses one to eight,
First Corinthians, Catholic chapter five, Protestant verses seven to eight ,
as authorized, but not authored, by King James

Yom Kippur : the day of Atonement.

Odd; on what basis?

Leviticus 16:29 mandates establishment of this holy day on the 10th day of the
7th month as the day of atonement for sins. It calls it the Sabbath of
Sabbaths and a day upon which one must afflict one's soul. Leviticus 23:27
decrees that Yom Kippur is a strict day of rest.
Seek the face of YHvH in His WORD

shalom b'SHEM Yah'shua HaMashiach

Christians do not afflict their souls and observe all the laws of Yom Kippur. It is a holyday for Jews who still observe the laws of Torah, as best they can after adapting for historical realities (loss of Temple, Diaspora, etc.).

Christians are enjoined, as I cited, to observe the LORD's passover in the light of the New Testament.

So, unless one is a Jew practicing the Jewish religion, Yom Kippur does not directly apply.

For those Jews, it is my view that the LORD's Passover is a more important holyday, being first in the lists and bringing redemption to the nation of Israel so that it would be able to receive the Torah and observe its laws and ordinances.

Christians do not afflict their souls and observe all the laws of Yom Kippur.
It is a holyday for Jews who still observe the laws of Torah, as best
they can after adapting for historical realities (loss of Temple, Diaspora, etc.).
Christians are enjoined, as I cited, to observe the LORD's passover
in the light of the New Testament.

So, unless one is a Jew practicing the Jewish religion, Yom Kippur does not directly apply.

Yah'shua was, is & will always be a Jew.
He will rule the world for a thousand years
with a rod of iron from the throne of David
in Jerusalem. see the Book of Revelation ch 20.
Yah'shua did not come to start the Roman church.
Yah'shua did not come to start Christianity.
Yah'shua came to be the Lamb of YHvH.
As a Pesach sacrifice for all of the sins of the world,
if one calls on His NAME,
All who call on His NAME:
Yah'shua, which means YHvH (be/is) my Salvation.
Read Romana Ch 9,10 & 11
If you wish to follow the Christ , you will be grafted in.

Seek the face of YHvH in His WORD.

shalom b'SHEM Yah'shua HaMashiach

Makes no difference if the word "Easter" came about via Ishtar or some Germanic creation. The date Easter is celebrated on, and how it's celebrated (eggs/rabbit symbols), are all connected to the worship of false fertility goddesses known by many names throughout recorded history.

The available evidence overwhelming points to the sacrifice and resurrection of Yeshua occurring on Passover and First Fruits.

Makes no difference if the word "Easter" came about via Ishtar or some Germanic creation. The date Easter is celebrated on, and how it's celebrated ...

Easter,[nb 1] also called Pascha (Greek, Latin)[nb 2] or Resurrection Sunday,[4][5] is a festival and holiday celebrating the resurrection of Jesus from the dead, described in the New Testament as having occurred on the third day of his burial after his crucifixion by the Romans at Calvary c. 30 AD.[6][7] It is the culmination of the Passion of Jesus, preceded by Lent (or Great Lent), a forty-day period of fasting, prayer, and penance.

Most Christians refer to the week before Easter as "Holy Week"—it contains the days of the Easter Triduum, including Maundy Thursday, commemorating the Maundy and Last Supper,[8][9] as well as Good Friday, commemorating the crucifixion and death of Jesus.[10] In Western Christianity, Eastertide, or the Easter Season, begins on Easter Sunday and lasts seven weeks, ending with the coming of the fiftieth day, Pentecost Sunday. In Eastern Christianity, the season of Pascha begins on Pascha and ends with the coming of the fortieth day, the Feast of the Ascension.

Easter and the holidays that are related to it are moveable feasts which do not fall on a fixed date in the Gregorian or Julian calendars which follow only the cycle of the sun; rather, its date is determined on a lunisolar calendar similar to the Hebrew calendar. The First Council of Nicaea (325) established two rules, independence of the Jewish calendar and worldwide uniformity, which were the only rules for Easter explicitly laid down by the council. No details for the computation were specified; these were worked out in practice, a process that took centuries and generated a number of controversies. It has come to be the first Sunday after the ecclesiastical full moon that occurs on or soonest after 21 March,[11] but calculations vary.

Easter is linked to the Jewish Passover by much of its symbolism, as well as by its position in the calendar. In most European languages the feast called Easter in English is termed by the words for passover in those languages and in the older English versions of the Bible the term Easter was the term used to translate passover.[12] Easter customs vary across the Christian world, and include sunrise services, exclaiming the Paschal greeting, clipping the church,[13] and decorating Easter eggs (symbols of the empty tomb).[14][15][16] The Easter lily, a symbol of the resurrection,[17][18] traditionally decorates the chancel area of churches on this day and for the rest of Eastertide.[19] Additional customs that have become associated with Easter and are observed by both Christians and some non-Christians include egg hunting, the Easter Bunny, and Easter parades.[20][21][22] There are also various traditional Easter foods that vary regionally.