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.

Peter and Paul Fast → linkedTo → Easter ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pascha (Easter)
Introductory Rites → liturgicalSeasonVariation → Easter ⓘ
Liturgy of the Eucharist → liturgicalSeason → Easter ⓘ
American pasqueflower → associatedWithSeason → Easter ⓘ
Folkekirken → celebratesFeast → Easter ⓘ
Toruń gingerbread → servedOn → Easter ⓘ
Dowager Duchess Lily Longtooth → holidayAssociation → Easter ⓘ
Gadzooks the Bear → associatedWithHoliday → Easter ⓘ
Here Comes Peter Cottontail → theme → Easter ⓘ
Kidville → holidayAssociatedWith → Easter ⓘ
Hocktide → follows → Easter ⓘ
Slavic Orthodox Churches → sharesFeast → Easter ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pascha (Easter)
Coptic Orthodox diaspora worldwide → celebratesFeast → Easter ⓘ
this entity surface form: Coptic Easter
S.D. Kluger → associatedWithHoliday → Easter ⓘ
Holy Week in León → endEvent → Easter ⓘ
this entity surface form: Easter Sunday
Catholic Church in the Solomon Islands → observes → Easter ⓘ
Semana Santa in Murcia → endPeriod → Easter ⓘ
this entity surface form: Easter Sunday
Semana Santa in Murcia → relatedTo → Easter ⓘ
Palestinian Christians → religiousHoliday → Easter ⓘ
Second Sunday of Quadragesima → isPreparationFor → Easter ⓘ
ELCH → celebratesFestival → Easter ⓘ
Third Sunday of Quadragesima → preparesFor → Easter ⓘ
Byron Bay Bluesfest → typicalTimeOfYear → Easter ⓘ
acclamation "Lumen Christi" → liturgicalSeason → Easter ⓘ
subject surface form: Lumen Christi
Paschal mystery → liturgicalExpression → Easter ⓘ
this entity surface form: Easter Sunday
Episcopal Church liturgical calendar → includesFeast → Easter ⓘ
this entity surface form: Easter Day
Office of the Resurrection → relatedTo → Easter ⓘ
Good Friday Vespers → occursBefore → Easter ⓘ
this entity surface form: Easter Sunday
Christianity in Nigeria → hasHoliday → Easter ⓘ
this entity surface form: Easter in Nigeria
Second Sunday of Easter → follows → Easter ⓘ
this entity surface form: Easter Sunday
Fourth Sunday of Easter → hasLiturgicalSeason → Easter ⓘ
Third Sunday of Easter → isRelativeTo → Easter ⓘ
this entity surface form: Easter Sunday
Third Sunday of Easter → namedFrom → Easter ⓘ
Fifth Sunday of Easter → liturgicalSeason → Easter ⓘ
Fifth Sunday of Easter → occursAfter → Easter ⓘ
this entity surface form: Easter Sunday
moveable feasts → hasDeterminingEvent → Easter ⓘ
moveable feasts → hasExample → Easter ⓘ
this entity surface form: Easter Sunday
Seventh Sunday of Easter → occursAfter → Easter ⓘ
this entity surface form: Easter Sunday
Seventh Sunday of Easter → liturgicalSeason → Easter ⓘ
Christ is Risen → usedDuring → Easter ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pascha
Christ is Risen → usedDuring → Easter ⓘ
Midnight Office of Pascha → associatedWithFeast → Easter ⓘ
London to Aldermaston → usedDuring → Easter ⓘ
Roman Catholic Church (in some calendars) → hasFeast → Easter ⓘ
subject surface form: Roman Catholic Church
A Walton Easter → hasMainTheme → Easter ⓘ
A Walton Easter → setDuring → Easter ⓘ
this entity surface form: Easter holiday
King Bruce → associatedWithHoliday → Easter ⓘ
Catholic Church in Austria → mainFeastDay → Easter ⓘ
Colored Methodist Episcopal Church → hasLiturgicalSeason → Easter ⓘ
Colored Methodist Episcopal Church → observesHolyDay → Easter ⓘ
this entity surface form: Easter Sunday