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Additionally, Orthodox Easter always falls after the Jewish celebration of Passover because, according to the Easter story in the New Testament, the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus took ...
Jesus' crucifixion which led to his death on a Friday, according to Orthodox thought was for the purpose of fulfilling the word of God, and led to the conquest of death and Jesus' resurrection from the tomb after three days, the third day being the Sunday when Ethiopian Easter is celebrated. Fasika is a climactic celebration.
In the Eastern Orthodox Church, the feast of the death and Resurrection of Jesus, called Pascha (Easter), is the greatest of all holy days and as such it is called the "feast of feasts". Immediately below it in importance, there is a group of Twelve Great Feasts (Greek: Δωδεκάορτον).
The Eastern Orthodox Church follows the Julian calendar (versus the Gregorian calendar), which often means a different date for Easter Sunday, though the calendars do sometimes coincide. This year ...
Bright Week, Pascha Week or Renewal Week (Greek: Διακαινήσιμος Ἑβδομάς) is the name used by the Eastern Orthodox and Byzantine Rite Catholic Churches for the period of seven days beginning on Easter and continuing up to (but not including) the following Sunday, which is known as Thomas Sunday.
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The last time Orthodox Easter has fallen on Julian April 24, the second latest date, is 1793, which is equivalent to May 5, 1793 in the Gregorian Calendar. The next time Orthodox Easter will fall on April 24 in the Julian Calendar is 2051, which is equivalent to May 7, 2051 in the Gregorian Calendar. Until this date, Orthodox Easter has never ...
The Paschal cycle, in Eastern Orthodox Christianity, is the cycle of the moveable feasts built around Pascha (Easter). [a] The cycle consists of approximately ten weeks before and seven weeks after Pascha.