Easter Vigil

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Catholic liturgical celebration Christian liturgical celebration Holy Week service Paschal liturgy

Easter Vigil is the solemn liturgical celebration held on the night before Easter Sunday, commemorating Christ’s resurrection with readings, prayers, and the first Mass of Easter.

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All labels observed (10)

Label	Occurrences
Easter Vigil canonical	20
Paschal Vigil	3
Easter Vigil liturgy	2
Easter Sunday Mass	1
Easter Sunday Vigil	1
Easter Vigil (in many traditions)	1
Easter Vigil order of service	1
Great Vigil of Easter	1
Liturgy of the Word of the Easter Vigil	1
Orthodox Easter Vigil	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Catholic liturgical celebration ⓘ Christian liturgical celebration ⓘ Holy Week service ⓘ Paschal liturgy ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Easter Vigil ⓘ surface form: Great Vigil of Easter Easter Vigil ⓘ surface form: Paschal Vigil
associatedWith	Anglican Communion ⓘ Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church Lutheran churches ⓘ Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church other liturgical Protestant churches ⓘ
celebrates	resurrection of Jesus Christ ⓘ surface form: Resurrection of Jesus Christ
centralSymbol	Paschal candle ⓘ
commemorates	passage from death to life in Christ ⓘ
follows	Holy Saturday ⓘ
hasComponent	Liturgy of Baptism ⓘ Eucharistic Prayer ⓘ surface form: Liturgy of the Eucharist Liturgy of the Catechumens ⓘ surface form: Liturgy of the Word Service of Light ⓘ
includes	Easter Alleluia ⓘ Exsultet ⓘ Gloria ⓘ blessing of the new fire ⓘ celebration of the Eucharist ⓘ extended Scripture readings ⓘ lighting of the Paschal candle ⓘ procession with the Paschal candle ⓘ renewal of baptismal promises ⓘ
liturgicalColor	white ⓘ
marks	beginning of Easter season ⓘ
partOf	Paschal Triduum ⓘ surface form: Easter Triduum liturgical year ⓘ
precedes	Resurrection Sunday ⓘ surface form: Easter Sunday
relatedTo	Easter Vigil self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Easter Sunday Mass Good Friday ⓘ
scripturalTheme	Book of Exodus ⓘ surface form: Exodus Gospel of the Resurrection ⓘ creation ⓘ prophecies of the Messiah ⓘ salvation history ⓘ
symbolizes	transition from darkness to light ⓘ
takesPlaceOn	night before Easter Sunday ⓘ
typicalEndTime	late night or early Easter morning ⓘ
typicalStartTime	after nightfall ⓘ
usedFor	Christian initiation of adults ⓘ celebration of Baptism ⓘ celebration of Confirmation ⓘ first Eucharist of new Catholics ⓘ

Referenced by (32)

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

Easter → majorService → Easter Vigil ⓘ

Paschal candle → usedDuring → Easter Vigil ⓘ

resurrection of Jesus Christ → commemoratedBy → Easter Vigil ⓘ

Easter Vigil → alsoKnownAs → Easter Vigil ⓘ

this entity surface form: Paschal Vigil

Easter Vigil → alsoKnownAs → Easter Vigil ⓘ

this entity surface form: Great Vigil of Easter

Easter Vigil → relatedTo → Easter Vigil self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Easter Sunday Mass

Paschal Divine Liturgy → associatedWith → Easter Vigil ⓘ

this entity surface form: Paschal Vigil

Holy Saturday → associatedEvent → Easter Vigil ⓘ

Maundy Thursday → precedes → Easter Vigil ⓘ

Paschal Triduum → majorLiturgy → Easter Vigil ⓘ

Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults → typicalCelebrationTime → Easter Vigil ⓘ

Service of Light → usedIn → Easter Vigil ⓘ

Service of Light → occursOn → Easter Vigil ⓘ

Service of Light → precedes → Easter Vigil ⓘ

this entity surface form: Liturgy of the Word of the Easter Vigil

Exsultet → usedIn → Easter Vigil ⓘ

Exsultet → associatedWith → Easter Vigil ⓘ

this entity surface form: Easter Vigil liturgy

Exsultet → partOf → Easter Vigil ⓘ

this entity surface form: Easter Vigil order of service

Gloria → sungDuring → Easter Vigil ⓘ

Gospel of the Resurrection → isProclaimedDuring → Easter Vigil ⓘ

Easter Alleluia → occursDuring → Easter Vigil ⓘ

Paschal canon → usedIn → Easter Vigil ⓘ

this entity surface form: Orthodox Easter Vigil

Regina Caeli → usedFrom → Easter Vigil ⓘ

Black Saturday → hasLiturgicalPractice → Easter Vigil ⓘ

this entity surface form: Easter Vigil (in many traditions)

Easter Eve → associatedRite → Easter Vigil ⓘ

Easter Eve → associatedLiturgy → Easter Vigil ⓘ

this entity surface form: Easter Vigil liturgy

Thursday of Mysteries → relatedTo → Easter Vigil ⓘ

Resurrection → commemoratedBy → Easter Vigil ⓘ

Easter Sunday Mass → associatedWith → Easter Vigil ⓘ

acclamation "Lumen Christi" → usedIn → Easter Vigil ⓘ

subject surface form: Lumen Christi

acclamation "Lumen Christi" → occursOn → Easter Vigil ⓘ

subject surface form: Lumen Christi

this entity surface form: Easter Sunday Vigil

moveable feasts → isAssociatedWith → Easter Vigil ⓘ

Christ is Risen → sungAt → Easter Vigil ⓘ

this entity surface form: Paschal Vigil