There are 2 set's now and more may be added. This year Easter will be celebrated on Sunday April 15th, 2001. Orthodox Easter will also be celebrated on April the 15th. Put on your Easter Bonnet with all its frills upon it and you'll be the grandest Lady in the Easter Parade. The History of Easter.
Easter is a convergence of three traditions.
Pagan, Hebrew and Christian. Although the observance of Easter was at a very early period in the practice of the Christian church, a serious difference as to the day for its observance soon arose between the Christians of Jewish, and those of Gentile descent, which led to a long and bitter controversy. The Pagan origins of the holiday according to a Venerable Bede, English historian of the early 8th century, the name Easter, like the name of the days of the week, is a survival from the old Teutonic mythology. The Greek myth, Demeter and Persephone, with its Latin counterpart, Ceres and Per sephone, conveys the idea of a goddess returning seasonally from the nether regions to the light of day. This is in conjunction with the festival of spring, or vernal equinox, March 21, when nature is in resurrection after winter.