Passover

The most important feast of the Jewish calendar, celebrated at the first full moon after the Vernal Equinox.

The name 'Passover' was derived from the actions of the angel of death as described in the book of Exodus. The angel 'passed over' the homes of the Jews that were marked with the blood obtained from a ritual animal sacrifice. The same angel killed the first-born child and first-born animals of every Egyptian family whose doorway was not so marked.

In Christianity, Jesus Christ, the true lamb of God died on Passover and so allowed us to exit from the slavery of sin.