March 7 – April 16 Great Feast
Great Feast (Eastern Christian Churches) The first day of the Great Feast (or the Great Lent), the 40 day period prior to the beginning of Holy Week, ending with Lazarus Saturday, the day before Palm...
View ArticleMarch 9 – April 23 Ash Wednesday and Lent
Ash Wednesday (Western Christian Churches) Ash Wednesday is the beginning of Lent, the forty-day period (excluding Sundays) of prayer, repentence and self denial that precedes Easter.
View ArticleApril 16 Lazarus Saturday
Lazarus Saturday (Eastern Christianity) Lazarus Saturday commemorates the rising of Lazarus from the dead by Jesus as found in John 11:1-45.
View ArticleApril 17 Palm Sunday
Palm Sunday (Christianity) Palm Sunday celebrates the entry of Jesus into Jerusalem prior to Jesus’ crucifixion.
View ArticleApril 17-24 or 18-22 Holy Week Begins
Holy Week (Christianity) Holy Week–begins in the Western Churches on Palm Sunday and ends on Easter. Holy Week beins in Eastern Churches the day after Pal Sunday and end on Holy Friday. Holy Week...
View ArticleApril 21 Holy (Maudy) Thursday
Holy (Maudy) Thursday (Christianity) Holy Thursday for Eastern Christians or Maudy Thursday for Western Christians celebrates the institution of the Lord’s Supper by Jesus.
View ArticleApril 22 Holy (Good) Friday
Holy (Good) Friday (Christianity) Holy Friday for Eastern Christians, Good Friday for Western Christians, commemorates the Passion of Jesus Christ, i.e. his submission to death by crucifixion.
View ArticleApril 24 Easter or Pascha
Easter or Pascha (Christianity) Easter for Western Christians, Pascha for Eastern Christians, celebrates the resurrection of Jesus. It initiates the fifty-day period culminating in Pentecost.
View ArticleJune 2 Ascension
Ascension (Easterna and Western Christians) Ascension is the anniversary of Jesus’ ascension into heaven and enthronement as universal sovereign. It comes 40 days after Easter/Pascha.
View ArticleJune 12 Pentecost
Pentecost (Christianity) Pentecost (for both Eastern and Western Christians), also known as Whitsunday in some Western Churches, is the commemoration of the coming of the Holy Spirit upon the...
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