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The History of Easter

admin — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 08:30:01 +0000

Easter is an important religious holiday to the Christians, as they believe that Jesus rose from the dead two days after His crucifixion. For this reason, Easter is celebrated on ‘Resurrection Sunday’, two days after Good Friday. Easter can also refer to the season known as Eastertide, or Easter season, which is observed by many Churches. Nowadays, when we think of Easter, we usually think of Easter eggs, chocolates, Easter bunnies, and Sunday Mass. Although, this is not necessarily where Easter comes from. Easter is considered by many Christian denominations to be a sacred holiday linked to Jesus Christ’s death, burial, and resurrection from the dead. It is closely linked to Good Friday (the day of the death of Christ) and to Passover. In fact, some denominations only practice Passover, and not Easter, as they believe that Easter has been so secularized that the holiness is no longer a part of it.

Easter is a moveable feast because it is not set by date, but rather the phases of the moon. There has been much disagreement over time as to the exact date, but it has been agreed upon that Easter will be observed on the first Sunday that is after the Paschal Full moon, which is the full moon that shows itself on or after March 21, the ecclesiastic vernal equinox.

Easter is also linked and associated with the Jewish holiday known as Passover, not only for the symbolism Passover has toward the resurrection of Christ, but because Christ Himself participated in Passover just shortly before His death.

Read the full article on the Easter inspiration website.

Gull-dodging vicar dons hard hat

admin — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:01:55 +0000

A vicar has been forced to start wearing a hard hat to church after being attacked by a pair of “dive bombing” seagulls in the graveyard.

The birds have nested at St Petroc’s in Bodmin, Cornwall, and it is thought they are trying to protect their chick.

Their behaviour has caused complaints but the Reverend Canon Graham Minors said they should be protected.

He said they were “God’s creatures” and would probably calm down once the fledgling leaves the nest.

The birds started attacking people walking through the graveyard about two weeks ago.

Mr Minors said: “It is frightening because the first thing you feel is a rush of wind as the birds come in.

Full article from the BBC: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cornwall/7511088.stm

Monks Retreat in Broadhempston

admin — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:08:29 +0000

The Monks retreat is actually a pub in an ancient village on the top of a hill. It is thought that the name of the pub comes from its local connections with the nearby Church built by St Peter and St Paul.

The ghost of the Monks retreat is a friendly one and watches over the people and the building itself. Reports of a monk have been sighted on many occasions alerting people to danger. A candle started to damage the table and there was a risk of a fire – the monk is reported to have tapped on the table to get someone’s attention to put out the candle.

Find out more: http://www.teignmouthonline.co.uk/pages/ghosts.html

Churches of the Burnhams

admin — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:29:19 +0000

Burnham Market is home to 4 churches, and The Burnhams collectively support a total of 8 individual churches. Details and locations of these can be found below.

Burnham Market (Burnham Westgate)

Burnham Thorpe

Burnham Norton: