Comments on: Does the orthodox church think that easter is the most important festival in the christian year?

By: Roman Issac

Roman Issac — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 19:20:59 +0000

There is no most important festival in the Christian year to a true believer. But for orthodox, I have no idea.
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By: Thomas

Thomas — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 18:48:59 +0000

Yes ALL the oldest Churches believe this, Catholic Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox.
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By: ranosonar

ranosonar — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 18:07:59 +0000

yes, and i second what vronni says
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By: Sage

Sage — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 18:02:59 +0000

Easter is set by the first full moon after the vernal equinox. This is the one day in the year when day and night are roughly equal!

It varies by more than a month over the years and so it simply cannot represent the date of anyone's death!!!

It is in fact a combination of several pagan festivals most notably the spring festival.

The name Easter comes from “Eastre” an Anglo-Saxon pagan goddess. Also the Norse goddess,Ostara who took her name from the Teutonic lunar goddess Eostre

Even the Chinese have the festival of Ching Ming where flowers and sweets are put on their ancestors graves!!

The egg and the rabbit are symbols of springtime and rebirth along with the custom of giving flowers etc!!

The Venerable Bede, an early Christian writer pointed out that the Christian church absorbed Pagan practices when it found the population unwilling to give up the festivals. Thus a lot of what Christians now see as Christians practices are in fact pagan!!!

Fun to watch the Christians worshiping a pagan festival though – makes it just like Christmas when they do the same thing!!!
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By: Pastor Art (((SFECU)))

Pastor Art (((SFECU))) — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:48:59 +0000

Resurrection Day is the most important day in the year for all Bible believing Christians.

Obviously Resurrection Day would not have happened without Christmas and Good Wednesday.
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43+ years following a Jewish Carpenter & studying His Book!

By: vronni

vronni — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:15:59 +0000

First of all, we call it Pascha (Greek for Passover), not Easter.

As to your question – Yes. It is called the Feast of feasts, Holy Day of holy days.

The Apostle Paul said, If Christ is not raised, our faith is in vain, and we are still in our sins. (1 Cor. 15:17)

for more information:
http://orthodoxwiki.org/Great_Feasts
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Orthodox Christian 20+ years