Australia and many parts of the world following the Western Christian tradition recently celebrated Easter Sunday. The Holy Week beginning with Palm Sunday (Κυριακή των Βαΐων) and leading up to the Orthodox Christian Easter Sunday has just begun. Pascha or Πάσχα is the feast of the Resurrection and is considered by many Christians as the feast of the feasts, as the central feast of the Christian faith.
The word ‘Pascha’ (Greek and Latin for ‘Easter’) is a transliteration of the Aramaic ‘Pascha’ from the Hebrew word ‘Pesach’ meaning ‘Passover' and the verbal form of Pascha, ‘pascho’ (πάσχω) in Greek means ‘to suffer’.
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The word ‘Pascha’ (Greek and Latin for ‘Easter’) is a transliteration of the Aramaic ‘Pascha’ from the Hebrew word ‘Pesach’ meaning ‘Passover' and the verbal form of Pascha, ‘pascho’ (πάσχω) in Greek means ‘to suffer’.
Educational resources
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