Easter or Pascha is a Christian festival and holiday
celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ on the third day after his
crucifixion at Calvary as described in the New Testament. Easter is preceded by
Lent, a forty-day period of fasting, prayer, and penance. The last week of Lent
is called Holy Week, and it contains the days of the Easter Triduu in,
including Maundy Thursday, commemorating Maundy and the Last Supper, as well as
Good Friday, commemorating the crucifixion and death of Jesus. Easter is
followed by a fifty-day period called Eastertide or the Easter Season, ending with
Pentecost Sunday. The festival is referred to in English by a variety of
different names including Easter Day, Easter Sunday, Resurrection Day and
Resurrection Sunday. Easter is a moveable feast, meaning it is not fixed in
relation to the civil calendar.
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