The holiday "Pascua"
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In Spanish, I've heard "Pascua" refer to both Easter and Christmas, as well as Passover! Could anybody clarify on to which holiday it refers? Thank you!
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updated Jul 25, 2011
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The Catholic liturgy considers four days of the year as "Pascua":
- Christmas - la Navidad
- the Epiphany (Three Kings Day) - la Epifanía
- Easter - la Pascua de Resurrección, Pascua Florida, (or simply) Pascua
- Pentecost - la Pascua de Pentecostés
Passover is also known as "Pascua" or "Pésaj".
updated Jul 25, 2011
posted by gintar77
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We have previous threads explaining this. It refers to both. The Pascua florida [pascua de la resurrección] is Easter which it its main usage, but it also refers to Christmas.
La liturgia católica tradicional considera cuatro días del año como Pascua:[cita requerida]
- la de Navidad (25 de diciembre),
- la Epifanía o Adoración de los Magos (6 de enero),
- la Pascua de Resurrección, también llamada Pascua Florida (la más importante de las cuatro, y la única actualmente denominada con este nombre «pascua») y
- la Pascua de Pentecostés.
updated Jul 18, 2011
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posted by 0074b507
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To the best of my knowledge, it refers to Easter. I believe it actually has something to do with Passover.
updated Jul 18, 2011
posted by bethanymae31
