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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).
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]
The blessing of the Easter water with the Paschal candle. After the Litany of the Saints, the Paschal candle is lowered three times into the Easter water to be blessed while the priest sings a prayer of blessing with the request for the descent of the Holy Spirit. In some Eastern traditions, wax is dripped into the water for an even richer ...
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.
25 Free Printable Easter Coloring Pages 1. Painting Bunny Coloring Page. iStock. 2. Color Your Own Easter Eggs Coloring Page. iStock. 3. Happy Easter Sign Coloring Page. iStock. 4. Mandala Baby ...
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Egg rolling, or an Easter egg roll is a traditional game played with eggs at Easter. Different nations have different versions of the game, usually played with hard-boiled , decorated eggs . History
" Wir wollen alle fröhlich sein" ("We all want to be merry", freely: "Rejoice we all this Easter-tide!") is a German Easter hymn, with a text mostly by Cyriakus Spangenberg, who added to an older first stanza, and a 1544 tune by the Bohemian Brethren. It was published in Wittenberg in 1573.