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RyanL
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Just to clear a little something up…
Easter is what the Holy Day (holiday) is called in ENGLISH. In every other language of which I’m aware it’s a form of the Hebrew word Pasach (Passover). Examples:
- Latin Pascha or Festa Paschalia
- Greek Πάσχα (Paskha)
- Arabic عيد الفصح (ʿĪdu l-Fiṣḥ)
- Bulgarian Пасха (Paskha)
- Catalan Pasqua
- Danish Påske
- Dutch Pasen
- Esperanto Pasko
- Finnish Pääsiäinen
- French Pâques
- Icelandic Páskar
- Indonesian Paskah
- Irish Cáisg
- Italian Pasqua
- Lower Rhine German Paisken
- Norwegian Påske
- Tagalog (Philippines) Pasko ng Muling Pagkabuhay (literally “the Pasch of the Resurrection”)
- Portuguese Páscoa
- Romanian Paşti
- Russian Пасха (Paskha)
- Scottish Gaelic Casca
- Spanish Pascua
- Swedish Påsk
- Turkish Paskalya
- Welsh Pasg
- Belarusian Вялікдзень or Vialikdzen’ (literally “the Great Day”)
- Bulgarian Великден (Velikden, literally “the Great Day”)
- Simplified Chinese: 复活节; Traditional Chinese: 復活節; pinyin: Fùhuó Jié (literally “Resurrection Festival”)
- Croatian Uskrs (literally “resurrection”)
- Czech Velikonoce (literally “Great Nights” [plural, no singular exists])
- Estonian Lihavõtted (literally “meat taking”)
- Hungarian Húsvét (literally “taking, or buying meat”)
- Japanese 復活祭 (Fukkatsu-sai, literally “resurrection festival”)
- Korean 부활절 (Puhwalchol, literally “Resurrection season”)
- Latvian Lieldienas (literally “the Great Days”, no singular exists)
- Polish Wielkanoc (literally “the Great Night”)
- Serbian Ускрс (Uskrs) or Васкрс (Vaskrs, literally “resurrection”)
- Slovak Veľká Noc (literally “the Great Night”)
- Slovenian Velika noč (literally “the Great Night”)
- Ukrainian Великдень (Velykden’, literally “the Great Day”) or Паска (Paska)
God Bless,
RyanL
Since English wouldn’t come to the Church (or Saxon gods for that matter) for well after the celebration was established, I have always found that line of argumentation a bit silly. Credit to: Karl Keating, Catholicism vs. Fundimentalism.