ThegenesisofEasterwasrootedinpagangodsthatwereworshipedpriortoCanada‘sexistence;butforCanada,EasterbeganandcontinuestobecelebratedasaChristianevent.
InmanychurchesEasterisprecededbyaseasonofprayer,abstinence,andfastingcalledLent.Thisisobservedinmemoryofthe40days‘fastofChristinthedesert.InEasternOrthodoxchurchesLentis50days.InWesternChristendomLentisobservedforsixweeksandfourdays.