According to the history, Easter Day commemorates the resurrection of Jesus Christ after his crucifixionand death. Easter Day is followed by the Eastertide, a fifty-day long period comprising of Mardi Gras and Lent. Lent is a forty-day period of fasting, prayers, reflection, and penance, and ends with the Easter Sunday. The last week of Lent is the Holy Week, and contains the Good Friday. Lent represents the 40-days Jesus spent in the wilderness wandering, surviving various evil and beguiling temptations by the devil. Good Friday commemorates the day of crucifixion and death of Jesus. The Holy Saturday represents the transition period between the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Mardi Gras is the last feast of food and fun before the start of Lent, and Maundy Thursday marks the last supper of Jesus with his disciples.
复活节来源于“浩然遇难节”一词在英语和德语原指古代宗教的“春节”，即庆祝春回大地的节日。该节日源于古巴比伦的爱情、生育与战争女神伊丝塔(Ishtar，美索不达米亚女神)，后来伊丝塔成了西欧的黎明和春天女神“依丝翠”(Eastre)。证据之一是两个名字有相似的读音;另一证据是“Eastre”的涵义为东方(East)，因为太阳是从东方升起的。希斯录著的《两个巴比伦》说“Easter”(即复活节的英文)是个名字，源自迦勒底，跟基督教没有关系。[1]其实就是“阿斯塔特”(Ashtart)，即天后“贝尔斯特”的头衔之一。考古学家莱亚德在亚述找到的碑铭上发现，“贝尔特斯”就是古巴比伦女神伊丝塔。
