In most Western languages, the name for the Solemnity of the Resurrection of the Lord takes its form from the word Pasch, or Passover (from which we get the name of the Paschal mystery, the Paschal Triduum, the Paschal candle). English-speaking Christians around the world, on the other hand, call the principal feast of the liturgical year “Easter Sunday.”
Why is that? What does the word “Easter” mean?
Many historians point to the following passage from St. Bede's De ratione temporum, where he relates some traditions from Britain in the 8th century.
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