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In Dutch, Easter is known as Pasen and in the North Germanic languages Easter is known as påske (Danish and Norwegian), påsk , páskar and páskir . The name is derived directly from Hebrew Pesach. [21] The letter å is pronounced /oː/, derived from an older aa, and an alternate spelling is paaske or paask.
This is a list of dates for Easter. The Easter dates also affect when Ash Wednesday , Maundy Thursday , Good Friday , Holy Saturday , the Feast of the Ascension and Pentecost occur in a given year.
Name Date Place Details Chosŏn'gŭl Day or Hangeul Day: 15 January: North Korea: 9 October: South Korea: Martin Luther King Jr. Day: 3rd Monday in January: United States: Honors Civil rights movement leader Martin Luther King Jr. Groundhog Day: 2 February: United States and Canada: Darwin Day: 12 February: Birthday of Charles Darwin to ...
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Rejoice on March 31 with Easter songs and albums. Find popular Easter hymns, contemporary Christian and gospel favorite, and traditional Easter songs for church
Hymn Translation Text Tune Language Published Notes "Christ ist erstanden" Christ is risen anon. anon. German 1160 "Christ lag in Todesbanden" Christ lay in the bonds of death
A Confraternity in Procession along Calle Génova, Seville by Alfred Dehodencq (1851). Holy Week in the liturgical year is the week immediately before Easter. The earliest allusion to the custom of marking this week as a whole with special observances is to be found in the Apostolical Constitutions (v. 18, 19), dating from the latter half of the 3rd century and 4th century.
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.