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: Agreed and updated. (How does one say "Itasca"?) --[[User:ASDamick|Rdr. Andrew]]
"Itasca" is like Chaska, Shasta, Tabascah!
On another note, I think the worry about "Easter" and it's pagan origins neglects the important connection between the timing of Pascha and natural religion. (This goes for Christmas as well.)"The first Sunday after the first full moon after the Spring equinox" - that's not an accident. It's the flowering of Spring, tied in with the cylces of the spheres!
There's a cool etymological point to make with ''pascha'' too. In Hebrew, as you mention, it's ''pesach'' - referring of course to The Passover feast, etc. Also there's a sense of "passing over into the dawn" here. In Greek, it's ''accidentally'' associated with the verb ''pascho'', to suffer. Of course, we can see in that the gracious and marvellous sacrifice of Christ for our salvation. Cool, eh?
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