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  2. 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.

  3. What Is Easter and Why Do We Celebrate It? - AOL

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    Easter is a religious Christian holiday observed around the world to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ, the spiritual leader of Christianity—and to Christians, the Son of God ...

  4. Date of Easter - Wikipedia

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    The paschal or Easter-month is the first one in the year to have its fourteenth day (its formal full moon) on or after 21 March. Easter is the Sunday after its 14th day (or, saying the same thing, the Sunday within its third week). The paschal lunar month always begins on a date in the 29-day period from 8 March to 5 April inclusive.

  5. Explainer: Why Christians celebrate Easter with sunrise ... - AOL

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    For the majority of the world’s Christians, Easter Sunday — and in turn, the sunrise service tradition — will be […] The post Explainer: Why Christians celebrate Easter with sunrise ...

  6. Holy Week - Wikipedia

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    The early Christians, too, would have celebrated this meal to commemorate Jesus's death and subsequent resurrection. Easter Day (or Easter Sunday), which immediately follows Holy Week and begins with the Easter Vigil, is the great feast day and apogee of the Christian liturgical year: on this day the Resurrection of Jesus Christ is celebrated.

  7. When is Easter 2024? What to know, and why it's in ... - AOL

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    Those in the Christian faith are firmly in the Lenten season and, soon, it will be Easter. For millions of Christians, the holiday celebrates the resurrection of Jesus Christ, which occurs after a ...

  8. Easter traditions - Wikipedia

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    Easter traditions (also known as Paschal traditions) are customs and practices that are followed in various cultures and communities around the world to celebrate Easter (also known as Pascha or Resurrection Sunday), which is the central feast in Christianity, commemorating the resurrection of Jesus.

  9. 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).