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  2. Eastertide - Wikipedia

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    In some traditions, Easter Sunday is the first Sunday of Eastertide and the following Sunday (Low Sunday) is the second Sunday of Eastertide and so on. [ 15 ] [ 16 ] Easter Sunday and Pentecost correspond to pre-existing Jewish feasts: The first day of Pesach (פסח) and the holiday of Shavu'ot (שבועות).

  3. Rogation days - Wikipedia

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    Rogation Sunday is celebrated on the 5th Sunday after Easter (also known as the 6th Sunday of Easter) in the Anglican tradition. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] This day is also known in the Lutheran tradition as Rogate Sunday.

  4. List of dates for Easter - Wikipedia

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    In 1943, Easter fell on Sunday, April 25, the 115th day of the year. The last ecclesiastical full moon preceding the Paschal did not occur until March 20; prior to March 21, the fixed date to which the vernal equinox is assigned for the purposes of the computus , meaning the Paschal full moon did not happen until Sunday, April 18.

  5. Here's How Easter Sunday Is Determined Every Year - AOL

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    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 ...

  6. 2024 is a leap year. Here's what to know and when Easter ...

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    The simplest way to explain the date of Easter is that it falls on the first Sunday after the full moon that follows the spring equinox. Full list of holiday dates for 2024: Monday, Jan. 1: New ...

  7. Easter cycle - Wikipedia

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    The Easter cycle is the sequence of the seasons and days in the Christian liturgical year which are pegged to the date of Easter, either before or after it. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In any given calendar year, the timing of events within the Easter cycle is dependent on the calculation of the date of Easter itself.

  8. Easter - Wikipedia

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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.

  9. Paschal cycle - Wikipedia

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    Triumph of Orthodoxy—1st Sunday of Lent—commemoration of the restoration of icons after the defeat of the iconoclast heresy in 843: 6th Sunday before Pascha (42 days) Memorial Saturdays —2nd, 3rd, and 4th Saturdays of Great Lent—commemorative Divine Liturgies and memorial services for the dead are celebrated on the