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Jesus Christ Is Risen Today" is a Christian hymn. It was initially written in the 14th century as a Bohemian Latin hymn titled " Surrexit Christus hodie ". It is an Easter hymn referring to the Resurrection of Jesus and based on Matthew 28:6, Acts 2:32, 1 Peter 3:18 and Revelation 1:17-18.
The Paschal Triduum or Easter Triduum (Latin: Triduum Paschale), [1] Holy Triduum (Latin: Triduum Sacrum), or the Three Days, [2] is the period of three days that begins with the liturgy on the evening of Maundy Thursday, [3] reaches its high point in the Easter Vigil, and closes with evening prayer on Easter Sunday. [4]
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 determined by the calendar year. The dates differ because most Christians use the Gregorian calendar, originally introduced in 1582, while the Eastern Orthodox Church uses the Julian ...
Easter commemorates the resurrection of Jesus Christ. It is the last day of the Holy Week, consisting of several days — each with its significance. These include:
It further says that Jesus's conception was announced when John's mother was sixth months pregnant. [128] English suggests that John was conceived on Yom Kippur, and dates this to the autumn equinox the year before Jesus's birth. [128] He thus dates Jesus's conception to the following spring equinox and concludes that Jesus was born on 25 ...
Acts 1:3 states that Jesus: "showed himself alive after his passion by many proofs, appearing unto them by the space of forty days, and speaking the things concerning the kingdom of God". After giving a number of instructions to the apostles Acts 1:9 describes the Ascension as follows: "And when he had said these things, as they were looking ...
Easter Sunday changes dates year-to-year. This year, Easter is on Sunday, April 9, 2023. How is the Easter date determined? The holiday occurs on the Sunday after the first full moon following the ...