Easter

E697
Christian religious festival moveable feast public holiday in many countries

Easter is the principal Christian festival celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, observed with religious services and various cultural traditions worldwide.

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All labels observed (15)

Label Occurrences
Easter canonical 93
Easter Sunday 29
Pascha 21

Statements (74)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian religious festival ⓘ
moveable feast ⓘ
public holiday in many countries ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Easter ⓘ
surface form: Pascha

Resurrection Sunday ⓘ
associatedCustom Easter egg hunts ⓘ
Easter parades ⓘ
blessing of food baskets (in some traditions) ⓘ
church attendance ⓘ
exchange of greeting cards ⓘ
family meals ⓘ
sunrise services ⓘ
associatedDay Easter Monday ⓘ
Good Friday ⓘ
Holy Saturday ⓘ
Maundy Thursday ⓘ
Palm Sunday ⓘ
associatedFood Easter bread ⓘ
chocolate eggs ⓘ
lamb dishes ⓘ
associatedPeriod Holy Week ⓘ
Lent ⓘ
associatedSymbol Easter self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Easter bunny

Easter egg ⓘ
Paschal candle ⓘ
empty cross ⓘ
empty tomb ⓘ
lamb ⓘ
calendarSystem Gregorian calendar (Western churches) ⓘ
Julian-based Paschalion (most Eastern Orthodox churches) ⓘ
celebratedBy Anglican Communion ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Catholic Church

Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church

Lutheranism ⓘ
surface form: Lutheran churches

Methodist churches ⓘ
Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ
surface form: Oriental Orthodox churches

Protestant churches ⓘ
Christian Reformed Church in North America ⓘ
surface form: Reformed churches

many non-denominational Christian churches ⓘ
commemorates empty tomb of Jesus ⓘ
resurrection of Jesus ⓘ
coreBiblicalEvent appearances of the risen Christ to disciples ⓘ
discovery of the empty tomb by women followers of Jesus ⓘ
coreBiblicalSource Gospels ⓘ
surface form: New Testament Gospels
dateDetermination first Sunday after the first full moon on or after the March equinox ⓘ
followedBy Eastertide ⓘ
Pentecost ⓘ
surface form: Pentecost (end of Easter season in many traditions)
followsEvent Crucifixion of Jesus ⓘ
hasSecularAspects yes ⓘ
linkedToJewishHoliday Passover ⓘ
liturgicalColor gold (in many Western traditions) ⓘ
white (in many Western traditions) ⓘ
mainTheme resurrection of Jesus Christ ⓘ
majorService Easter Sunday Mass ⓘ
Easter Vigil ⓘ
Paschal Divine Liturgy ⓘ
partOf Christian liturgical year ⓘ
Paschal cycle ⓘ
preceededBy Good Friday ⓘ
Holy Saturday ⓘ
Holy Week ⓘ
publicHolidayIn Australia ⓘ
Brazil ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
France ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
Philippines ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
many other countries ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
typicalMonth April ⓘ
March ⓘ

Referenced by (163)

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

Christianity → hasImportantHoliday → Easter ⓘ
Roman Catholicism → hasLiturgicalYear → Easter ⓘ
this entity surface form: Easter season
Roman Catholicism → hasMajorFeast → Easter ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Christianity → majorFeast → Easter ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pascha
Jesus Christ → feast → Easter ⓘ
Easter → alsoKnownAs → Easter ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pascha
Easter → associatedSymbol → Easter self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Easter bunny
Easter Island → namedAfter → Easter ⓘ
this entity surface form: Easter Sunday
Easter egg → associatedWith → Easter ⓘ
Easter Parade and Bonnet Festival → celebrates → Easter ⓘ
resurrection of Jesus Christ → celebratedOn → Easter ⓘ
this entity surface form: Easter Sunday
Copts → majorFeast → Easter ⓘ
this entity surface form: Coptic Easter
Lutheranism → liturgicalSeasonObserved → Easter ⓘ
Paschal cycle → hasMainReferenceFeast → Easter ⓘ
Paschal Divine Liturgy → hasLiturgicalSeason → Easter ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pascha
Methodist churches → liturgicalSeasonObserved → Easter ⓘ
Serbian Orthodox Church → hasMajorFeast → Easter ⓘ
Christian cross → associatedWith → Easter ⓘ
Patriots’ Day → follows → Easter ⓘ
this entity surface form: Easter Sunday
Holy Week → culminatesIn → Easter ⓘ
this entity surface form: Easter Sunday
Russian Orthodox Church → hasFeast → Easter ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pascha (Easter)
Passion of Christ → relatedFeast → Easter ⓘ
Greek Orthodox Church → majorFeast → Easter ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pascha
Georgian Orthodox Church → majorFeast → Easter ⓘ
Antiochian Orthodox Church → observesFeast → Easter ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pascha (Easter)
Orthodox Church of Cyprus → observesFeast → Easter ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pascha (Orthodox Easter)
Orthodox Church of Albania → mainFeast → Easter ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pascha
Easter Bunny → associatedWithHoliday → Easter ⓘ
Anglican rite → hasSeason → Easter ⓘ
Whitsunday → follows → Easter ⓘ
Pentecostarion → beginsOn → Easter ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pascha
Pentecostarion → usedForFeast → Easter ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pascha
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America → observesFeast → Easter ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pascha
Coptic Orthodox Church → majorFeast → Easter ⓘ
this entity surface form: Resurrection (Easter)
Holiday Inn → holidayTheme → Easter ⓘ
Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church → majorFeast → Easter ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fasika (Easter)
The Easter Bunny Is Comin' to Town → holiday → Easter ⓘ
Syriac liturgical year → majorFeast → Easter ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pascha
Quadragesima → associatedWithEvent → Easter ⓘ
Quadragesima → precedes → Easter ⓘ
Christian liturgical year → keyMovableFeast → Easter ⓘ
Church of Norway → hasHoliday → Easter ⓘ
Service of Light → liturgicalSeason → Easter ⓘ
Exsultet → liturgicalSeason → Easter ⓘ
Gloria → associatedWithFeast → Easter ⓘ
Gospel of the Resurrection → isProclaimedDuring → Easter ⓘ
Gospel of the Resurrection → associatedWithFeast → Easter ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pascha
Eastern Christianity → hasMajorFeast → Easter ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pascha
Easter lily → associatedWithHoliday → Easter ⓘ
Easter Alleluia → associatedWithSeason → Easter ⓘ