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Easter, [nb 1] also called Pascha [nb 2] (Aramaic, Greek, Latin) or Resurrection Sunday, [nb 3] is a Christian festival and cultural holiday commemorating the resurrection of Jesus from the dead, described in the New Testament as having occurred on the third day of his burial following his crucifixion by the Romans at Calvary c. 30 AD.
Easter is the preeminent Christian feast that celebrates the resurrection of Jesus, and according to Susan J. White is "clearly the earliest Christian festival". [297] According to James Dunn, "In Easter we celebrate man become God ... that in the death and resurrection of Christ God has broken the stranglehold of human selfishness, has proved ...
The Second Sunday of Easter is the eighth day after Easter using the mode of inclusive counting, according to which Easter itself is the first day of the eight. Christian traditions which commemorate this day recall the Biblical account recorded to have happened on the same eighth day after the original Resurrection .
Simply put, Easter falls on the first Sunday after the full Moon that occurs on or after the spring equinox. If the full Moon falls on a Sunday, then Easter is the next Sunday.
An Easter Cross is pictured during the Fifth Street Baptist Church's "Pull Up and Praise" Easter service at the parking lot of Millwood High School in Oklahoma City, Sunday, April 4, 2021.
Easter Sunday occurs six and a half weeks after Ash Wednesday, which makes up the 40 days of Lent. We've investigated the reasons behind the ever-changing date, which includes the phases of the ...
In 1997 the World Council of Churches proposed a reform of the method of determining the date of Easter [15] at a summit in Aleppo, Syria: Easter would be defined as the first Sunday following the first astronomical full moon following the astronomical vernal equinox, as determined from the meridian of Jerusalem. The reform would have been ...
The holiday is the last day of the Christian Holy Week, consisting of several days that lead up to Easter Sunday. Palm Sunday: commemorating when Jesus entered Jerusalem.