When Is Easter Sunday 2017? Significance to Christians
Easter Sunday this year falls on April 16
Easter Sunday is almost here, and it is a day eagerly anticipated by people of the Christian faith all over the world for numerous reasons.
The first and most significant reason for why Easter Sunday matters is because of what it celebrates.
The events of Holy Week that are held in part to commemorate the sufferings of Jesus Christ in the days leading up to and including his Crucifixion are meant to offer Christians opportunities to reflect and repent for the sins they have committed.
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It is a solemn time for many Christians, and it is also a stretch of the year when they abstain from enjoying many of the bounties of everyday life they typically partake in.
The arrival of Easter finally marks an end to that period of repentance and reflection, and in its place is a day of celebration, one that is specifically held to acknowledge the miraculous resurrection of Jesus Christ.
On Easter, families typically gather together and again enjoy the different dishes they may have stayed away from during Lent. And along with celebrating an incredible event, the arrival of this special day also marks a kind of return to normalcy, a return to a life lived under Divine Providence.
Notably, Easter itself dates back to a time even before the resurrection of Christ, according to an article on ShareFaith.
Before the Resurrection and Easter became linked to one another, the latter was apparently celebrated as a spring festival that may have been known at some point in time as Ostern.
Easter Eggs and Easter Bunnies were also believed to be associated with this particular holiday even before the events of the Resurrection, which explains why they remain prominent parts of it up to this day.
For this year, people of the Christian faith all over the world will once again celebrate this holiday when it arrives on April 16.
