Every year Easter Sunday is celebrated on the first Sunday following the ecclesiastical full moon. This occurs on or soonest after 21 March (in some years the calculations is varied). Most Christians including Roman Catholic, Anglican Communion and Protestant Churches refer to the week before Easter...
This year, Easter Sunday will be observed onSunday, April 20.This is based on the Gregorian calendar. However, many Eastern Orthodox churches follow the Julian calendar rather than the Gregorian. In 2025, Eastern Orthodox Easter will also occur on Sunday, April 20 (the Julian calendar date con...
CatholicStraightAnswers.comexplains: “Eventually, the use of ashes was adapted to mark the beginning of Lent, the 40-day preparation period (not including Sundays) for Easter. The ritual for the ‘Day of Ashes’ is found in the earliest editions of the Gregorian Sacramentary which dates at ...
Easter, as the most important celebration in Christianity, was observed for a week, and it still is celebrated in the liturgy of the Roman Catholic Church and Anglicanism with an octave (referring to a period of eight days), the Octave of Easter, which includes the Sunday after Easter Saturd...
This year(2024) March 31Sunday Next year(2025) April 20Sunday Last year(2023) April 9Sunday Where is it celebrated? Barbados(Observance)Canada(Observance, christian)Cayman Islands(Observance)Show all TheChristianobservance of Easter focuses on a single all-important event: Jesus Christ’s Resurrecti...
Orthodox Easter 2025 is on Sunday, April 20, 2025 (in 113 days). Calendar for 2025Orthodox Easter 2024 has already passed: it was on Sunday, May 5, 2024 (236 days ago). Calendar for 2024Sponsored linksWhat is Orthodox Easter?Orthodox Easter celebration in Cyprus Orthodox Easter, also ...
Lent is a holy time celebrated in the Christian calendar, and the dates change every year. Find out when the event that leads up to Easter Sunday starts and when Lent ends in 2024.
Eastern and Western Easter One of the complications in determining the date of Easter is the difference between the Eastern and Western Christian traditions. The Western tradition, which includes the Roman Catholic Church and most Protestant denominations, follows the Gregorian calendar. However, the Ea...
When the Catholic and Orthodox churches separated in the 11th century, both churches calculated the date of Easter in the same way. However, the Catholic...Easter & Passover
In ancient times, the feast of Pentecost was originally calculated with Easter Sunday being the first day of fifty, putting the feast of Pentecost on Pentecost Monday. In recent years, Pentecost Monday's status as a public holiday has changed in many countries. It is no longer a public ...