复活节(Easter)是基督教耶酥复活的重大节日。对基督徒而言,复活节仅次于圣诞节。公元325年,尼西亚会议决定,为纪念基督教的创始人耶酥复活,将每年的春分月圆后的第一个星期日(the first Sunday following the first full moon after March 21)定为复活节,所以,复活节每年的具体日期不确定。又因为复活节总是在星期天,所以它的英文说法可以是Easter/Easter Day,也可以是Easter Sunday。从复活节开始以后的一周称为复活节周(Easter Week),在此期间,教徒每天进行祈祷。复活节前40天有一个大斋期称为四月斋( Lent ),是从基督教的圣灰星期三( Ash Wednesday )起至复活节前一天为止的40天,这主要是为了纪念耶酥在荒野禁食()40天而绝食或忏悔。大斋期为信徒们提供了一赎罪(penance)、斋戒(fasting)、自制(self-denial)和忏悔(repentance)的机会,要求信徒们涤净过去一年中的劣行与罪过。按照基督教的习惯,在复活节的前一天,教徒们要举行夜间祈祷。这天晚上,教堂里灯火全部熄灭,意味着世界一片黑暗。等到午夜的钟声一响,神父手持一枝点燃的蜡烛(象征基督光芒),走进教堂,将各个教徒手中的蜡烛点燃,不一会儿,整个教堂被众多的蜡烛光照得通明,祈祷也就随之结束。复活节这一天要举行宗教仪式和活动, 如“圣餐”等,人们见面的第一句话就是“主复活了”(The Lord\’s risen)。然后人们互赠彩蛋(Easter egg),小孩吃兔子糖,讲兔子的故事。按西方国家的习俗,彩蛋 和兔子是 复活节的典型象征和吉祥物。
复活节英文为Easter
简介:Easter is a moveable feast, meaning it is not fixed in relation to the civil calendar. The First Council of Nicaea (325) established the date of Easter as the first Sunday after the full moon (the Paschal Full Moon) following the northern hemisphere’s vernal equinox. Ecclesiastically, the equinox is reckoned to be on 21 March (even though the equinox occurs, astronomically speaking, on 20 March in most years), and the “Full Moon“ is not necessarily the astronomically correct date. The date of Easter therefore varies between 22 March and 25 April. Eastern Christianity bases its calculations on the Julian calendar whose 21 March corresponds, during the 21st century, to 3 April in the Gregorian calendar, in which the celebration of Easter therefore varies between 4 April and 8 May.
Easter is linked to the Jewish Passover by much of its symbolism, as well as by its position in the calendar. In many languages, the words for “Easter“ and “Passover“ are etymologically related or homonymous.Easter customs vary across the Christian world, but attending sunrise services, exclaiming the Paschal greeting, clipping the church and decorating Easter eggs, a symbol of the empty tomb, are common motifs。Additional customs include egg hunting, the Easter Bunny, and Easter parades, which are observed by both Christians and some non-Christians
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easter
Easter 英
n. 《宗》复活节;
’Happy Easter,’ he yelled.
“复活节快乐,”他大喊。
复数:Easters
1、复活节:Easter?(无固定日期,时间为每年过春分月圆后的第一个星期天)
英?? ?
例:Christmas and Easter are Christian festivals.
圣诞节和复活节是基督教的节日。
例:Easter comes early this year.
今年复活节来得早。
2、春节:Spring Festival(每年农历正月初一)
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例:Sandy visited Japan during the Spring Festival.
桑迪春节期间游览了日本。
例:Some are?held?only?during the?Spring Festival.?
有的只在每年春节期间举办。
3、新年:New Year’s Day(每年1月1日)
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例:On New Year’s Day the children receive gifts of money in red envelopes from their parents andgrandparents.?
在春节那天,孩子们都会从自己的父母和爷爷奶奶那里收到包着红包的压岁钱。
例:In?this?New?Year’s?day?,?I wish?you?all?right!?
在这辞旧迎新的日子里,祝你一切都好!
4、劳动节:International Labor Day(五月一日)
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例:The first of May is International Labour Day.
五月一日是国际劳动节。
例:Tomorrow is May 1 International lab
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