Easter

Catalogue number	0677
Date of issue	23.3.2011
Face value	10 CZK
Print sheets	á 50 stamps
Size of picture	23 x 30 mm
Graphic designer	Libuše and Jaromír Knotek

one of the Easter symbols - newly hatched chicks
Easter is a spring time festival in its origin. The originally Canaanite spring time festival obtained a completely new meaning some 3500 years ago when the Jews adopted and transformed it into their Pascha, commemorating the passover and exodus, or liberation of the Jewish people from their slavery in Egypt. Easter is also the central Christian religious feast, commemorating the resurrection of Jesus Christ, an event believed by Christians to take place the third day after his crucifixion. Easter is a moveable feast. The First Council of Nicaea (325) established the date of Easter as the first Sunday after the first spring full moon. As such, the feast can be celebrated in March or April. The days preceding the Easter Monday have also their own names: Maundy (or Green in the Czech tradition) Thursday; Good (or Great in the Czech tradition) Friday; Holy (or White in the Czech tradition) Saturday, ended with the Easter Vigil starting after sundown on Holy Saturday and celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Easter still enjoys much popularity in the Czech Republic. Ordinary people normally associate it with children who go carolling on Easter Monday and get decorated eggs, sweets and other treats.

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