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.

Aliases (10)

Statements (74)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian religious festival → moveable feast → public holiday in many countries →
alsoKnownAs	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 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 → Catholic Church → Eastern Orthodox Church → Lutheran churches → Methodist churches → Oriental Orthodox churches → Protestant churches → 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	New Testament Gospels →
dateDetermination	first Sunday after the first full moon on or after the March equinox →
followedBy	Eastertide → 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 (65)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Coptic Orthodox Church ("Resurrection (Easter)") → Copts ("Coptic Easter") → Eastern Orthodox Christianity ("Pascha") → Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church ("Fasika (Easter)") → Georgian Orthodox Church → Greek Orthodox Church ("Pascha") → Syriac liturgical year ("Pascha") →	majorFeast
Gloria → Gospel of the Resurrection ("Pascha") → Paschal Stichera ("Pascha") → Paschal Stichera →	associatedWithFeast
Exsultet → Paschal Stichera ("Pascha") → Paschal troparion → Service of Light →	liturgicalSeason
Christian cross → Easter egg → Festal Letters →	associatedWith
Eastern Christianity ("Pascha") → Roman Catholicism → Serbian Orthodox Church →	hasMajorFeast
Antiochian Orthodox Church ("Pascha (Easter)") → Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America ("Pascha") → Orthodox Church of Cyprus ("Pascha (Orthodox Easter)") →	observesFeast
Easter Bunny → Easter lily →	associatedWithHoliday
Church of the Holy Cross of Hanga Roa → Easter Parade and Bonnet Festival →	celebrates
Patriots’ Day ("Easter Sunday") → Whitsunday →	follows
Lutheranism → Methodist churches →	liturgicalSeasonObserved
Paschal canon ("Pascha") → Paschal canon →	mainLiturgicalOccasion
Easter ("Pascha") →	alsoKnownAs
Paschal troparion ("Pascha") →	associatedFeast
Easter ("Easter bunny") →	associatedSymbol
Quadragesima →	associatedWithEvent
Easter Alleluia →	associatedWithSeason
Pentecostarion ("Pascha") →	beginsOn
Belarusian Orthodox communities ("Orthodox Easter") →	celebrate
resurrection of Jesus Christ ("Easter Sunday") →	celebratedOn
Old Catholic Church of Poland →	celebratesFeast
Holy Week ("Easter Sunday") →	culminatesIn
Jesus Christ →	feast
Russian Orthodox Church ("Pascha (Easter)") →	hasFeast
Church of Norway →	hasHoliday
Christianity →	hasImportantHoliday
Paschal Divine Liturgy ("Pascha") →	hasLiturgicalSeason
Roman Catholicism ("Easter season") →	hasLiturgicalYear
Paschal cycle →	hasMainReferenceFeast
Anglican rite →	hasSeason
The Easter Bunny Is Comin' to Town →	holiday
Holiday Inn →	holidayTheme
Irish Catholics →	importantFeast
Gospel of the Resurrection →	isProclaimedDuring
Christian liturgical year →	keyMovableFeast
Orthodox Church of Albania ("Pascha") →	mainFeast
Jordanian Arab Orthodox ("Pascha (Easter)") →	mainFeasts
Easter Island ("Easter Sunday") →	namedAfter
Urbi et Orbi blessings →	occasion
Quadragesima →	precedes
Passion of Christ →	relatedFeast
Easter Aldermaston March →	timeOfYear
Pentecostarion ("Pascha") →	usedForFeast