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May 19 (Eastern) 2025 date. May 4 (Western) May 4 (Eastern) 2026 date. April 19 (Western) April 26 (Eastern) The Third Sunday of Easter or Third Sunday of Eastertide is the third Sunday of the Easter season, being the day that occurs two weeks after the Christian celebration of Easter Sunday. It is also known as Good Shepherd Sunday.
April 12 (Western) April 19 (Eastern) The Second Sunday of Easter is the eighth day of the Christian season of Eastertide, and the seventh after Easter Sunday. [ 1] It is known by various names, including Divine Mercy Sunday, [ 2][ 3] the Octave Day of Easter, White Sunday[ a] ( Latin: Dominica in albis ), Quasimodo Sunday, Bright Sunday and ...
25 April; 26–28 May. Frequency. annual. Related to. Ascension Thursday. Rogation days are days of prayer and fasting in Western Christianity. They are observed with processions and the Litany of the Saints. The so-called major rogation is held on 25 April; [a] the minor rogations are held on Monday to Wednesday preceding Ascension Thursday. [1]
Date of Easter. A calendar of the dates of Easter, for the 95 years 532–626, marble, in the Museum of Ravenna Cathedral, Italy. Five 19-year cycles are represented as concentric circles. Dates are given using the system of the Roman calendar, as well as the day of the lunar month. As a moveable feast, [ 1][ 2] the date of Easter is determined ...
The liturgical year, also called the church year, Christian year, ecclesiastical calendar, or kalendar, [ 1][ 2] consists of the cycle of liturgical days and seasons that determines when feast days, including celebrations of saints, are to be observed, and which portions of scripture are to be read.
South Slavic tradition and Balkan spring festival. In Serbian, St. George's Day is called Đurđevdan ( Cyrillic: Ђурђевдан) and is celebrated on 6 May every year, as the Serbian Orthodox Church uses the Julian, Old Style calendar. St. George's Day is one of the most common Slavas (family patron day) among the Serbs.
April 2 (Western) April 9 (Eastern) Frequency. annual. Related to. Holy Week and Easter. Maundy Thursday or Holy Thursday, among other names, [ note 1] is the day during Holy Week that commemorates the Washing of the Feet (Maundy) and Last Supper of Jesus Christ with the Apostles, as described in the canonical gospels.
Fifth Sunday of Easter. Incipit of the Gregorian chant introit for the fourth Sunday after Easter in the Liber Usualis. The Fifth Sunday of Easter (or Fifth Sunday of Eastertide) is the fifth Sunday of the Easter season, being four weeks after the Christian celebration of Easter Sunday. [1] In Western Christianity, this day is also known as the ...