Easter and its comparison to Lunar festivals, Death & resurrection and Trinity of other cultures

Happy Easter ! Jesus is Risen ! 

Wishing everyone a blessed Easter filled with the joy of Christ’s resurrection and the promise of eternal life. 

Lunar calendar tradition similarities with other cultures:

The Easter festival’s relationship with the lunar calendar reminds many of Hindu festivals and Jewish Passover, which are based on the lunar calendar. Easter Sunday is set as the first Sunday after the first full moon, reminiscent of ancient Hindu and Pagan (pagan means countryside) traditions. Each Hindu festival is anchored to specific lunar days (tithis) and phases. Hindu festivals tied to the lunar calendar include Diwali, Shashti Puja, Ganesh Chaturthi, Maha Shivaratri, Navratri, Holi, Raksha Bandhan, and Janmashtami.

Death and Resurrection tradition similarities with other cultures (rebirth in Hinduism in a different way):

Jesus’s death, resurrection, and ascension to heaven are reminiscent of the ancient Egyptian King Osiris’s death and resurrection into the underworld.

Jesus’s virgin birth is reminiscent of Isis’s virgin birth to Horus after Osiris’s death.

In Hinduism, there are many rebirths (should we call them many resurrections?) before attaining liberation/moksha (i.e., no rebirth). According to Bhagavad Gita 9:21, “When they have enjoyed the vast pleasures of heaven, their stock of merits being exhausted, they return to the earthly plane.”

Christianity Trinity similarities with other cultures:

This also is reminiscent of the Trinity in ancient traditions. Christianity describes one God in three distinct persons: the Father, the Son (Jesus Christ), and the Holy Spirit.

The Trinity also is reminiscent of the 5000-year-old ancient Egyptian holy trinity: the Father God Osiris, the Mother Goddess Isis, and the Son Horus, whom Isis bore without defiling herself.

In Hinduism, the Trinity/Trimurti represents Brahma (the Creator), Vishnu (the Preserver), and Shiva (the Destroyer).