North Carolina, Raleigh – In Easter, the doubt is always the same and is repeated year after year when wishing the congratulatory greeting, Happy Easter or Happy Easter?
For many people both greetings are synonymous, but the Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) made it clear what the correct form of greeting is during this time of year.
As usual, the RAE Responds to user queries quickly and clears up doubts.
“The plural 'Easter' is usually used for the festivities of the Christmas period. To refer to Easter, the usual thing is to use the singular: 'happy Easter' . Inherent plurals are frequent in the language.
What is celebrated on Sunday?
Also called Easter Sunday , Easter Sunday It is the central holiday of Christianity. On this date the resurrection of Jesus Christ is commemorated on the third day after being crucified, according to the canonical gospels.
It marks the end of Holy Week in which the death and resurrection of Jesus is commemorated. It also begins a period of fifty days called Easter Time that ends on the day of Pentecost.
During this day, religious processions, as well as liturgical celebrations, are celebrated in different places around the world.
Easter Sunday customs vary throughout the Christian world, but the decoration of Easter eggs is common in many countries in the Western world.
Origin
Today's Christian Passover has its roots in 1513 BC, when, according to Jewish tradition, the Jewish people began their exodus from Egypt to the Promised Land.
The commemoration of this event, celebrated every year, as a reminder of the liberation of the Hebrew people from their slavery in Egypt, was and still is called Passover or Easter in Judaism.
On the eve of the first day, bitter herbs dipped in vinegar were eaten, to remember the sadness of servitude. And songs that alluded to the ten plagues of Egypt were narrated in a lilting tone.
The lamb
The Passover lamb was chosen by each family. Over time, the immolation ceremony was carried out by the priestly class. The animal had to be male, lamb or kid, healthy and one year old. He sacrificed himself at the end of the day; and at night they ate it with bitter vegetables. It was not allowed to break their bones, nor leave remains of meat. For this reason, if the family was not large enough to eat an animal alone, the Israelites gathered in groups, to fulfill the prescriptions of sacred order.
During the seven days following the 14th of Nisan (the month of the Israelite calendar corresponding to March - April of the Spanish calendar), the Hebrew people ate only unleavened bread (not fermented), which they called "unleavened" ("unleavened"), or "bread of affliction."
The first Christians celebrated Easter on the same chronological level as the Jewish Passover, until the First Council of Nicaea (at 325 d. c.) separated the Jewish celebration from the Catholic one, removing the Hebrew elements from it. However, they left the party mobile character remembering that Christ He was resurrected at the Hebrew Passover. Today the Catholic Church maintains the mobile nature of the date.
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