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The Easter cycle is the sequence of the seasons and days in the Christian liturgical year which are pegged to the date of Easter, either before or after it. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In any given calendar year, the timing of events within the Easter cycle is dependent on the calculation of the date of Easter itself.
All these calendars agree that the Lord's Day is of primary importance among the observances of the year and that the Christian Year contains two central cycles – the Easter cycle and the Christmas cycle. Each cycle includes a festival season (Easter and Christmas), preceded by a season of preparation and anticipation (Lent and Advent).
In Eastern Christianity (including the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Oriental Orthodox Churches, the Assyrian Church of the East, and the Eastern Catholic Churches), these moveable feasts form what is called the Paschal cycle, which stands in contrast to the approach taken by Catholic and Protestant Christianity.
Easter, [nb 1] also called Pascha [nb 2] (Aramaic, Greek, Latin), Resurrection Sunday, or Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord, [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.
Orthodox Easter's meaning is essentially the same as that of regular Easter: It celebrates the resurrection of Jesus Christ and the gift of new and eternal life after death.
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]
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 ...
The annexe to the act includes the definition: "Easter-day (on which the rest depend) is always the first Sunday after the Full Moon, which happens upon, or next after the Twenty-first Day of March. And if the Full Moon happens upon a Sunday, Easter-day is the Sunday after." The annexe subsequently uses the terms "Paschal Full Moon" and ...