Great Fifty Days

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Great Fifty Days is the Christian liturgical season of joyful celebration spanning the fifty days from Easter Sunday to Pentecost.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian feast period
liturgical season
associatedDoctrine Easter faith
Paschal mystery
surface form: Paschal Mystery
associatedSacrament Baptism
Holy Eucharist
surface form: Eucharist
commemorates Ascension Day
surface form: Ascension of Jesus

resurrection of Jesus Christ
surface form: Resurrection of Jesus

appearances of the risen Christ
descent of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost
duration 50 days
emphasizesTheme hope
joy
mission of the Church
new life in Christ
endsOn Pentecost
hasAlternativeName Eastertide
surface form: Easter Season

Eastertide
Paschal cycle
surface form: Paschal Season
historicalOrigin Apostolic Age
surface form: early Christian Church
includesFeast Ascension
Fifth Sunday of Easter
Fourth Sunday of Easter
Pentecost
Second Sunday of Easter
Seventh Sunday of Easter
Sixth Sunday of Easter
Third Sunday of Easter
liturgicalCharacter joyful celebration
liturgicalColor white
liturgicalFocus celebration of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ
liturgicalPractice frequent use of Alleluia
singing of the Gloria
liturgicalYearPart Easter cycle
observedBy 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
precedesSeason Ordinary Time
Time after Pentecost
religiousTradition Christianity
scripturalFocus Acts of the Apostles
resurrection of Jesus Christ
surface form: New Testament resurrection narratives
seasonAfter Lent
startsOn Resurrection Sunday
surface form: Easter Sunday
usedFor mystagogical catechesis of the newly baptized

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Eastertide alsoKnownAs Great Fifty Days