Octave of Easter

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Christian feast liturgical period octave

The Octave of Easter is the eight-day period in the Christian liturgical calendar that begins on Easter Sunday and extends through the following Sunday, celebrating the Resurrection of Jesus with heightened solemnity.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Easter Octave	3
Easter Season	1
Sunday in the Octave and Season of Easter	1
Sunday of Easter	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian feast ⓘ liturgical period ⓘ octave ⓘ
associatedWith	neophytes newly baptized at the Easter Vigil ⓘ renewal of baptismal promises ⓘ
basedOn	date of Easter Sunday ⓘ
calendarType	movable feast period ⓘ
celebrates	Resurrection of Jesus NERFINISHED ⓘ
characterizedBy	heightened solemnity ⓘ
emphasizes	joy of the Resurrection ⓘ victory over death ⓘ
follows	Holy Week NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Bright Octave NERFINISHED ⓘ Bright Week NERFINISHED ⓘ Easter Week NERFINISHED ⓘ White Week NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCanonicalStatus	solemnity on each day in the Roman Rite ⓘ
hasDay	Easter Friday NERFINISHED ⓘ Easter Monday NERFINISHED ⓘ Easter Saturday NERFINISHED ⓘ Easter Sunday NERFINISHED ⓘ Easter Thursday NERFINISHED ⓘ Easter Tuesday NERFINISHED ⓘ Easter Wednesday NERFINISHED ⓘ Second Sunday of Easter ⓘ
hasDuration	eight days ⓘ
hasEndDay	Second Sunday of Easter ⓘ
hasEndDayTitle	Divine Mercy Sunday in the Roman Catholic Church NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLiturgicalColor	white ⓘ
hasStartDay	Easter Sunday NERFINISHED ⓘ
includes	Gospel accounts of Resurrection appearances ⓘ daily Mass with Gloria ⓘ recitation of the Te Deum in some traditions ⓘ special readings from the Acts of the Apostles ⓘ
linkedTo	Paschal mystery NERFINISHED ⓘ
liturgicalRank	highest rank of feast in the Roman Rite ⓘ
observancePractice	omission of penitential practices in many traditions ⓘ singing of the Regina Caeli instead of the Angelus ⓘ
observedIn	Anglican Communion NERFINISHED ⓘ Eastern Orthodox Church NERFINISHED ⓘ Lutheran churches NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman Catholic Church NERFINISHED ⓘ other Western Christian churches ⓘ
partOf	Easter season NERFINISHED ⓘ
precedes	remainder of Easter season ⓘ
relatedTo	Divine Mercy Sunday NERFINISHED ⓘ
theologyFocus	baptismal grace ⓘ new creation in Christ ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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

Easter Sunday Mass → associatedWith → Octave of Easter ⓘ

this entity surface form: Easter Octave

Third Sunday of Easter → celebratedAfter → Octave of Easter ⓘ

Easter Week → hasAlternativeName → Octave of Easter ⓘ

this entity surface form: Easter Octave

Fourth Sunday of Easter → hasLiturgicalRank → Octave of Easter ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sunday of Easter

Third Sunday of Easter → hasRankInRomanRite → Octave of Easter ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sunday in the Octave and Season of Easter

Easter Week → inRomanCatholicismAlsoCalled → Octave of Easter ⓘ

Roman Rite liturgical calendar → includesSeason → Octave of Easter ⓘ

this entity surface form: Easter Season

Second Sunday of Easter → partOf → Octave of Easter ⓘ

this entity surface form: Easter Octave