• Easter in the United States is widely associated with bunnies, candy, and flowers. • Many of those symbols have ancient origins. • But the idea that Easter's name derives from a pagan ...

Jessica Wolstenholm, a Christian author, editor and publisher, describes how symbols of Easter assumed to be secular actually have a history of being used to teach the gospel.

Easter is the most important feast day in the church year for Christians. The culmination of the Lenten season, it celebrates the resurrection of Jesus Christ as the centerpiece of ...

It's hard to miss the Easter Bunny and eggs when shopping for Easter decorations. But how did they become a symbol on the religious holiday?

When it comes to a lot of Christian holidays, it doesn’t take much digging to uncover pretty obvious remnants of the pagan festivals they replaced still lingering in the ways we celebrate today.

Easter bunnies have their beginnings traced back to pagan festivals, as symbols of fertility and life. Sometime later, in the 1500's, Germans incorporated the bunny into their celebration of the ...

On Easter morning at Faith Alive, the congregation celebrates “Flowering the Cross.” People are encouraged to bring fresh flowers, from their yard or the store, to adorn a 6-foot wooden cross.

The author of a new children's book reveals the importance of bringing children closer to Christianity, their faith and the season of Easter through the use of symbols they can understand.

Despite Easter's association with eggs as a symbol of new life and the resurrection, the cute critter symbol of Easter being a bunny and not a chicken isn't an accident.