April – September 2019
HAPPY EASTER, EVERYONE!
According to History.com, Easter eggs represent Jesus’ resurrection. However, this association came much later when Roman Catholicism became the dominant religion in Germany in the 15th century and merged with already ingrained pagan beliefs. The first Easter Bunny legend was documented in the 1500s.
The most important and oldest festival of the Christian Church, celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ and held (in the Western Church) between March 21 and April 25, on the first Sunday after the first full moon following the northern spring equinox. The period in which Easter occurs, especially the weekend from Good Friday to Easter Monday.
The resurrection of Jesus is the Christian belief that God raised Jesus from the dead after his crucifixion. In Christian theology, the death and resurrection of Jesus are the most important events, a foundation of the Christian faith and commemorated by Easter. While for Christians the resurrection is taken to have been a physical resurrection, the appearances of Jesus are often explained as visionary experiences, which gave the impetus to the belief in the exaltation of Jesus and the resumption of the missionary activity of Jesus’ followers. — wikipedia.com
https://www.seeker.com/what-does-the-easter-bunny-have-to-do-with-easter-1771111729.html
What is the Beltane Festival and how is it connected to May Day?
The Beltane festival is a living, dynamic reinterpretation and modernisation of an ancient Iron Age Celtic ritual and is the largest of its kind. Having been resurrected as a practice in 1988 it has become a central focus for our community, bringing many many people together to acknowledge and revel in the birth of the Summer and the fertility of the land. It is important to note that the purpose of our festival is not to recreate ancient practices but to continue in the spirit of our ancient forebears and create our own connection to the cycles of nature.
For more details, visit here: https://beltane.org/about/about-beltane/
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