Third Sunday of Easter

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The Third Sunday of Easter is a celebration in the Christian liturgical calendar that continues the Easter season’s focus on the risen Christ and his post-resurrection appearances.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian holy day
Sunday observance
liturgical feast
associatedWith Paschal mystery
belongsToLiturgicalCycle Liturgical Year A
Year B
surface form: Liturgical Year B

Liturgical Year C
celebratedAfter Octave of Easter
celebratedBy Anglican Communion
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church

Lutheranism
surface form: Lutheran churches

Methodist churches
Reformed churches
Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
celebratedWith Holy Eucharist
surface form: Eucharist

Liturgy of the Word
commemorates resurrection of Jesus
dateDeterminedBy date of Easter
emphasizes Scripture fulfillment in Christ
witness of the apostles
encourages renewal of baptismal promises
focusesOn post-resurrection appearances of Jesus
Christ of faith
surface form: risen Christ
follows Second Sunday of Easter
hasAlternativeName Divine Mercy Sunday
surface form: Misericordia Sunday

Second Sunday of Easter
surface form: Second Sunday after Easter

Third Sunday of Easter
surface form: Third Sunday after Easter

Third Sunday of Easter
surface form: Third Sunday of Eastertide
hasGospelReadingTradition appearance of Jesus to the disciples at Emmaus
appearance of Jesus to the disciples by the Sea of Tiberias
hasLiturgicalColor white
hasRankInRomanRite Octave of Easter
surface form: Sunday in the Octave and Season of Easter
hasTheme encounter with the risen Lord
faith in the resurrection
joy of the resurrection
hasVariableDate true
isMoveableFeast true
isRelativeTo Easter
surface form: Easter Sunday
languageOfName English
linkedTo Pentecost
surface form: Pentecost (as part of Eastertide journey)
liturgicalSeasonLengthContext Easter season of fifty days
namedFrom Easter
observedIn Eastern Christianity
Western Christianity
occursDuring Eastertide
occursOn Sunday
partOf Easter Week
surface form: Easter season
precedes Fourth Sunday of Easter

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

Great Fifty Days includesFeast Third Sunday of Easter
Thomas Sunday isBefore Third Sunday of Easter
this entity surface form: Third Sunday of Pascha
Fourth Sunday of Easter occursAfter Third Sunday of Easter
Third Sunday of Easter hasAlternativeName Third Sunday of Easter
this entity surface form: Third Sunday of Eastertide
Third Sunday of Easter hasAlternativeName Third Sunday of Easter
this entity surface form: Third Sunday after Easter