Easter Sunday has become a day of celebration for millions of people worldwide. Here's what to know about the Christian ...

This year Easter is a different holiday for me. I have always looked forward to the Easter egg hunts, the chocolate bunnies and family gatherings that included more chocolate. But one difference ...

They came over for land in which to plant a theocracy. They forbade the celebration of Christmas, as a pagan holiday. They drove Roger Williams and his Baptist followers from the colony.

In Slavic culture, this tradition was associated with the pagan holiday of Jare Gody, celebrating the end of winter. During this time, Slavs exchanged dyed eggs on the Day of Jare Gody.** ...

During this weeklong holiday in the cold ... They considered it their religious duty to eradicate the existing pagan culture, but knew that dumping the beloved festival would cause a backlash.

In all of these holidays, Christian and non-Christian (pagan) elements have continued to blend together. Most major holidays have some connection to the changing of seasons. This is especially obvious ...

The feast day of Easter, he reiterated, was first a pagan holiday of renewal and rebirth. Honored in the early spring, it praised the pagan goddess of fertility and spring known as ‘Ostara’, ‘Eastre’ ...