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In Jesus' time, the '''Jewish Passover''' ({{he icon}}: פֶּסַח, ''Pesach'') brought the faithful of [[Moses]] together to Jerusalem for the purpose of offering and consuming the paschal lamb. This commemorated the [[Exodus]] which liberated the Hebrews from Egyptian slavery. <ref group="note">The Jewish Passover begins on the 15th day of the month of [[w:Nisan|Nisan]] in the Jewish calendar, which is in spring in the Northern Hemisphere, and is celebrated for seven or eight days.</ref>
Today the '''[[Pascha|Christian Passover]]''' ({{el icon}} Πάσχα, ''Pascha'') unites [[Jesus Christ|Christ's]] disciples in communion with their Lord, the true [[Lamb of God]]. It associates them with His death and resurrection which have freed them from [[sin]] and [[death]].
There is an obvious continuity from one festival to the other, but the perspective has been changed in passing from the old to the new covenant through the intermediary of Jesus' Passover.
* [[Eucharist]].
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'''Wikipedia'''
* [[w:Passover|Passover]]. (''Jewish holiday'')
* [[w:Passover (Christian holiday)|Passover (Christian holiday)]]
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