DIONYSIA – EASTER
http://www.fire.benton.wa.us/philosophy/easterisright.html, Easter Communion:
Comparative mythology shows that this same communal meal of god-flesh is found globally and throughout decipherable history. It is no coincidence that the Last Supper was on the occasion of the Hebrew Passover and at the same time of year as the Dionysian Mysteries were celebrated.
The Century Cyclopedia of Names, Benjamin E. Smith, 1897, p. 328, “Dionysia”:
Sounds like Easter time to me.
http://www.phys.uu.nl/~vgent/easter/easter_text4b.htm, Coincidences of Dionysian Easter Sunday with Gregorian Easter Sunday:
the offset between the Gregorian and the Julian calendars will have become so large that Gregorian Easter Sunday and Dionysian Easter Sunday can never fall on the same day again within the same calendar year.
Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology, 1959, p. 178, “Dionysus”:
Easter egg:
http://www.evkingdom.org/art14easter.htm, The Truth On Easter:
The origin of the Pasch eggs is just as clear. The ancient Druids bore an egg, as the sacred emblem of their order. In the Dionysiaca, or mysteries of Bacchus, as celebrated in Athens, one part of the nocturnal ceremony consisted in the consecration of an egg. –[The Two Babylons (Or The Papal Worship) , Alexander Hislop, 1916, Neptune, NJ, Loizeaux Brothers, Inc., pp.108-109] … The spring equinox, the first day of spring, marks the birth of the infant Sun God and paves the way for the coming lushness of summer. Dionysian rites are performed. The Christian version of the sabbat is Easter. (Rosemary Ellen Guiley, The Encyclopedia of Witches and Witchcraft, New York: Facts On File, 1989, p.289)
http://www.israelect.com/reference/WillieMartin/Easter-2.htm, Easter:
The origin of the Pasch eggs is very clear. The ancient Druids bore an egg as the sacred emblem of their order. In the “ Dionysia, or mysteries of Bacchus ” as celebrated in Athens, one part of the nocturnal ceremony consisted in the consecration of an egg.
http://cannabisculture.com/articles/3352.html, Easter: sex and drugs celebration!:
Easter celebrations around the world always involve eggs. For thousands of years, the egg has been a recurrent symbol in spring fertility festivals like those celebrated by the Germanic pagans. Today we use the term "Dionysian" to describe such festivities, after the Greek god Dionysus, the god of intoxication, poetry, love and orgiastic sexuality.
(I have not thoroughly researched all this.)