…The period from Easter to Pentecost is called Easter Season, and is celebrated with great pomp during the Easter Vigil. Because the death and resurrection of Christ occurred during the Old Testament Passover, Christians came to call that event the Lord's Passover, and the day commemorating this event came to be known as the Christian Passover, celebrated on the Sunday after the 14th (full moon) of the month of Nisan (after the vernal equinox) (Easter Sunday). There was also a custom of celebrating it on the 14th, but this became standard after the Council of Nicaea (325). … *Some of the terminology that refers to "Easter Sunday" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…復活祭から聖霊降臨祭までの期間を復活節と呼ぶが,とくに復活徹夜祭をもって盛大に祝う。キリストの死と復活のできごとが,旧約の過越(すぎこし)の祭のときに起こったので,キリスト者にとってそのできごとは〈主の過越〉と呼ばれるようになり,これを記念する日はキリスト者の過越の祭として,その日取りもニサンの月(春分後)の14日(満月)過ぎの日曜日(イースター・サンデーEaster Sunday)に祝われるようになった。14日に祝う習慣もあったが,ニカエア公会議(325)以後一定したものとなった。… ※「イースター・サンデー」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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