Catholics recognize Easter or Resurrection Sunday—when Christ rises from the dead after sacrificing his life for all of humanity—as the first Sunday after the first full moon on or after the spring equinox. Know more:
WASHINGTON D.C.—Catholics recognize Easter or Resurrection Sunday—when Christ rises from the dead after sacrificing his life for all of humanity—as the first Sunday after the first full moon on or after the spring equinox. But, as it turns out, they can continue saying “Happy Easter” into the later days of May.
Easter Sunday is the greatest Sunday of the year, and it marks the start of the “Easter Octave,” or the eight days that stretch from the first to the second Sunday of Easter . The entire Easter season lasts 50 days, and includes the Solemnity of the Ascension of Christ, which falls on the 40th day of Easter, which this year is May 21. It ends with Pentecost, which is derived from the Greek word “pentecoste,” meaning “50th.”
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