EASTER.

         The exact origins of this religious feast day’s name are unknown. A lot of people have their own claims about how this celebration came about, but what most Christian's all know and believe is that it is the celebration of the RISEN KING. It is  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.  Easter is really an entire season of the Christian church year, as opposed to a single-day observance. Lent, the 40-day period leading up to Easter Sunday, is a time of reflection and penance and represents the 40 days that Jesus spent alone in the wilderness before starting his ministry, a time in which Christians believe he survived various temptations by the devil. The week preceding Easter is called Holy Week.  The 50--day period following Easter Sunday is called Eastertide and includes a celebration of Jesus’ ascension into heaven.  Easter and the holidays that are related to it are moveable feasts which do not fall on a fixed date low only the cycle of the sun; rather, its date is determined on a lunisolar calendar similar to the Hebrew calendar.