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English Heritage claims Easter is not originally a Christian Story

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by Patrick Sawer, Timothy Sigsworth

English Heritage has claimed that Easter was not originally Christian.

The charity is accused of “whitewashing” the holiday by claiming its roots lie in a pagan festival celebrating the start of Spring.

A booklet about Easter’s origins given out at several of its historic sites says that the word comes from the name of the goddess Eostre while failing to mention Christianity at all.

The booklet is part of a children’s Easter Adventure Quest, in which children are invited to “track down the Easter eggs and get rewarded with a tasty chocolate treat”.

A poster at the start of the quest, being held at sites such as Whitby Abbey, Dover Castle and Down House, states that Easter started as a celebration of spring.

The booklet is part of a children’s Easter Adventure Quest and is handed out at sites including Dover Castle

Under the heading The Origins of Easter, it states: “Did you know Easter started as a celebration of spring? Long ago, people welcomed warmer days and new life by honouring the goddess Eostre, who gave Easter its name!”

It adds: “Fun Fact: Some traditions for Eostre included dancing around bonfires and decorating homes with flowers.”

The claim for Eostre as the origin of the English word for Easter is thought to have first been made by the Venerable Bede in his eighth-century writings. In other languages, Easter is known as Pasqua or Pâques.

The Christian festival of Easter began in commemoration of the death and resurrection of Christ and was held around the time of the Jewish festival of Passover.

The booklet for children to complete as part of the trail includes drawings and questions relating to bunny rabbits and Easter eggs but makes no mention of Christianity or Easter’s religious origins.

‘Christianity is central to what Easter is’

Visitors to English Heritage properties have said it is wrong to ignore the Christian roots of the Easter festival in its material aimed at children.

One, who gave his name only as Phil, the chairman of governors at a Catholic Primary School in Kent, posted a photograph of the notice on X after visiting an English Heritage property with his son.

He told The Telegraph: “There was no mention of Christ or Christianity in the English Heritage Easter children’s trail on any of the notices or the booklet.

“There was no explanation of the Christian element. It had just been whitewashed out of the story.

“I appreciate the pagan side of the name’s origins, but it’s not the only part – Christianity is central to what Easter is. I had to explain to my 7-year-old son who Eostre was.”

Giles Udy, a historian of Soviet oppression, said the notice reflected a disturbing trend against Christianity by official bodies in the UK.

“Time and again I’m reminded these days of what it must have been like to be a practising Christian in countries under the militant atheism of post-war Soviet occupation, determined to extinguish what it saw as a rival and threat to its own religious dogma,” he said.

Julie McNamee added on X: “I’m not a Christian but if you’re going to pretend to educate children you can at least have a passing mention of the Christian Easter story!”

But Heritage sources defended the notice, pointing out it was just the first in a series for children explaining the tradition of Easter.

English Heritage’s own website refers to the Christian roots of the Easter festival, with a page explaining that it has “been the most important date in the religious calendar since the very earliest days of Christianity”.

‘The story of the resurrection’

Another page explains why the festival’s dates change year by year, following different Christian traditions for determining the date of Easter, with the matter “at long last settled in 664 at the Synod of Whitby . . which agreed to use the Roman method for calculating Easter”.

The charity’s Facebook page also explains that the tradition of the Easter egg hunt for children dates to 16th-century Germany when the Protestant reformer Martin Luther organised egg hunts for his congregation.

It states: “The men would hide the eggs for the women and children to find. This was a nod to the story of the resurrection, in which the empty tomb was discovered by women.”

An English Heritage spokesman said: “We care for over 400 sites and across them all, from our panels on sites to guide books, audio tours and our website, we cover a broad and deep range of themes connected to the stories of our sites – not least at Whitby Abbey in North Yorkshire where in the year 664 an important agreement was reached about how to calculate the date of Easter.

“Our Easter Adventure Quest is a trail for children which references a range of fun facts about seasonal traditions, cultures and religions, including Christianity.”

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