Easter Week

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Easter Week is the Christian liturgical period beginning with Easter Sunday that celebrates the resurrection of Jesus through a series of post-Easter observances and services.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Easter season 13
Easter Week canonical 1
Easter period 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian feast
liturgical period
moveable feast
associatedWith joyful liturgical celebrations
renewal of baptismal promises
singing of the Alleluia
singing of the Gloria
beginsOn Resurrection Sunday
surface form: Easter Sunday
calendarBasis date of Easter Sunday
celebrates resurrection of Jesus Christ
surface form: Resurrection of Jesus
commemorates post-resurrection appearances of Jesus
duration 8 days
endsOn the Sunday after Easter Sunday
follows Holy Week
hasAlternativeName Bright Week
Octave of Easter
surface form: Easter Octave

Octave of Easter
Renewal Week
hasLiturgicalRank solemnity (each day in Roman Catholic practice)
hasTheme encounters with the risen Christ
new life in Christ
victory over death
includesDay Easter Friday
Easter Monday
Easter Eve
surface form: Easter Saturday

Resurrection Sunday
surface form: Easter Sunday

Easter Thursday
Easter Tuesday
Easter Wednesday
Second Sunday of Easter
inEasternOrthodoxyCalled Bright Week
inEasternOrthodoxyPractice fasting is traditionally prohibited
inRomanCatholicismAlsoCalled Octave of Easter
inRomanCatholicismPractice special Mass propers for each day of the octave
linkedTo Paschal mystery
liturgicalColor white
observedBy Anglican Communion
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church

Lutheranism
surface form: Lutheran Churches

Methodist churches
surface form: Methodist Churches

Oriental Orthodoxy
surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches

Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church

other Protestant Churches
occursIn spring in the Northern Hemisphere
partOf Paschal cycle
surface form: Easter season
precedes remainder of the Easter season
relatedTo Ascension of Jesus
Pentecost
usedIn Christian liturgical calendar

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Easter Monday occursDuring Easter Week
Berlin State Opera hostsFestival Easter Week
this entity surface form: Festtage (Easter festival, historically)
Syriac liturgical year hasSeason Easter Week
this entity surface form: Easter season
Christian liturgical year includesSeason Easter Week
this entity surface form: Easter season
Gospel of the Resurrection commemoratedOn Easter Week
this entity surface form: Easter season
Farndale daffodils hasSeasonalPeak Easter Week
this entity surface form: Easter period
Norms on the Liturgical Year and the Calendar regulates Easter Week
this entity surface form: Easter season
Benedicite liturgicalUsePeriod Easter Week
this entity surface form: Easter season
Corpus Christi isPrecededBy Easter Week
this entity surface form: Easter season
Episcopal Church liturgical calendar includesSeason Easter Week
this entity surface form: Easter season
Second Sunday of Easter partOf Easter Week
this entity surface form: Easter season
Fourth Sunday of Easter partOf Easter Week
this entity surface form: Easter season
Third Sunday of Easter partOf Easter Week
this entity surface form: Easter season
Fifth Sunday of Easter partOf Easter Week
this entity surface form: Easter season
Sixth Sunday of Easter partOf Easter Week
this entity surface form: Easter season
Seventh Sunday of Easter partOf Easter Week
this entity surface form: Easter season