From The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette-
Today, a third of the world's people will join together in the largest and most globally inclusive religious celebration of all time. It's called Easter, and this year more than 2 billion Christians from virtually every nation in the world will join the celebration on the same day -- something that happens only about once every four years because Eastern Christians and Western Christians calculate the date of Easter in slightly different ways.
Easter is the single most important holiday in the Christian calendar, marking the day when Jesus rose from the dead three days after he was killed by the Roman authorities who governed Palestine. Christians view the resurrection of Jesus as promising their own eternal life with God, but they also see it as a metaphor for life in this world. Around the globe, Christians view the resurrection of Christ as bringing "new life" to people who are weary, oppressed and beaten down by life's burdens.
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