Easter
The liturgical color for this season is celebratory White. When the season ends on Pentecost Sunday, White is replaced with Red. This color reminds the congregation of fire – the symbol of the Holy Spirit. On Pentecost the Holy Spirit overpowered the barriers of language, culture and race. The first Sunday after Pentecost celebrates the Trinity, and the color again is White.
While the Christian celebration of Easter is closely linked to the Jewish Passover both in date and historical connections, most languages refer to the Christian festival with a word related to the term for “Passover” except for English.
Traditional practices around Easter with eggs, bunnies, and baby birds all derive from European legends and celebration of spring. Isn’t it ironic that in English the principal Christian festival is named for a pagan god /goddess?
Easter is the first Sunday after the first full moon after the Vernal Equinox, the first day of Spring.