It falls on the Sunday before Easter Sunday and is therefore, like Easter, a movable feast (i.e. a religious celebration or observance which does not occur on the same date each year). Western Christian churches often refer to Palm Sunday as 'The Sunday of the Passion', while Orthodox ...
Easter Sunday, the first day of Easter Week, immediately follows Holy Week and is its culmination – a day of joyous celebration. In Eastern Orthodox Christianity, Holy Week starts on Lazarus Saturday, the day before Palm Sunday.When is Holy Week 2026?
Ash Wednesday 2025 is on Wednesday, March 5. Ash Wednesday is always 46 days before Easter Sunday and marks the beginning of Lent.
Palm Sundaywill be April 13th, 2025. This is the Sunday before Easter and commemorates Jesus' triumphant entry into Jerusalem and it is the last Sunday of Lent. It is a joyful occasion, with the congregation often receiving palm branches during the service. ...
In the Eastern Orthodox religion, Ash Wednesday is not observed because it is not specifically mentioned in the Holy Bible. Instead, those participating in the Eastern Orthodox Church begin the Lenten season (Great Lent) forty days before Palm Sunday, which would be the Monday before Ash Wednesda...
In some years, Eastern Orthodox Easter can fall as much as five weeks later than Western Easter. This is due to the discrepancies between the two calendars and the different methods used to calculate the date of Easter. The Impact of Easter on the Calendar The date of Easter has had a ...
In Eastern Orthodox Christianity Lent is called 'Great Lent' and is the most important fasting period of the year, in preparation for the most important celebration of the year, Pascha (Orthodox Easter Sunday). As in Western Christianity, the period of Lent differs in its dates from year to...
Together Lazarus Saturday and Palm Sunday form the connection between Great Lent, the form of Lent practiced in the Eastern Orthodox Church, and Holy Week. Great Lent is formally brought to an end on Lazarus Saturday (even though the forty days of fasting in Great Lent end on Lazarus Friday...
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