Thursday, April 23, 2009


HAPPY EARTH DAY
Earth day is on the Apirl 22nd
every year . Earth day is a day
to remember to take care of our
planet, earth. We can take care of our planet by keeping it clean.

On earth day, we remind ourselve and everyone on earth that we need to clean up the earth everyday . FOR MORE INFO http://http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_Day

THE END!!!!!!

4 QUESTIONS

1. WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF THIS ESSAY?
A. FOR INFO
B.TO TEST YOUR KONLEDGE
C. FOR FUN


2. WHAT DOSE EARTH DAY?



3. IN WHICH IS EARTH DAY CELEBRATED?



4.WHAT DO YOU LIKE ABOUT EARTH DAY ?

Tuesday, April 14, 2009



As with almost all "Christian" holidays, Easter has been secularized and commercialized. The dichotomous nature of Easter and its symbols, however, is not necessarily a modern fabrication.
Since its conception as a holy celebration in the second century, Easter has had its non-religious side. In fact, Easter was originally a pagan festival.
The ancient Saxons celebrated the return of spring with an uproarious festival commemorating their goddess of offspring and of springtime, Eastre. When the second-century Christian missionaries encountered the tribes of the north with their pagan celebrations, they attempted to convert them to Christianity. They did so, however, in a clandestine manner.
It would have been suicide for the very early Christian converts to celebrate their holy days with observances that did not coincide with celebrations that already existed. To save lives, the missionaries cleverly decided to spread their religious message slowly throughout the populations by allowing them to continue to celebrate pagan feasts, but to do so in a Christian manner.
As it happened, the pagan festival of Eastre occurred at the same time of year as the Christian observance of the Resurrection of Christ. It made sense, therefore, to alter the festival itself, to make it a Christian celebration as converts were slowly won over. The early name, Eastre, was eventually changed to its modern spelling, Easter.
The Date of Easter
Prior to A.D. 325, Easter was variously celebrated on different days of the week, including Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. In that year, the Council of Nicaea was convened by emperor Constantine. It issued the Easter Rule which states that Easter shall be celebrated on the first Sunday that occurs after the first full moon on or after the vernal equinox. However, a caveat must be introduced here. The "full moon" in the rule is the ecclesiastical full moon, which is defined as the fourteenth day of a tabular lunation, where day 1 corresponds to the ecclesiastical New Moon. It does not always occur on the same date as the astronomical full moon. The ecclesiastical "vernal equinox" is always on March 21. Therefore, Easter must be celebrated on a Sunday between the dates of March 22 and April 25.



Information About Good Friday Holiday:

In Canada and Many other countries, especially where christianity dominates (both Catholics and Orthodox) Good Friday is a special day celebrated on the Friday before Easter. It basically commemorates the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Mainstream Christian churches view Christ's crucifixion as a voluntary and vicarious act, and one by which, along with his resurrection on the third day (Good Friday), death itself was conquered.



Good Friday Dates:
2008 - March 21
2009 - April 10
2010 - April 02