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31Easter — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ early, late ▪ Easter is early this year. VERB + EASTER ▪ have, spend ▪ Have a good Easter …
32Easter — Synonyms and related words: Advent, Allhallowmas, Allhallows, Allhallowtide, Annunciation, Annunciation Day, Ascension Day, Ash Wednesday, Candlemas, Candlemas Day, Carnival, Christmas, Corpus Christi, Easter Monday, Easter Saturday, Easter… …
33Easter Day — A festival in honor of our Lord s Resurrection has been observed from the very foundation of Christianity. This is evident from the early disputes had concerning it, not as to whether such a day should be kept, but as to the particular time… …
34easter even — noun Usage: usually capitalized both Es Etymology: Middle English ester even, from ester Easter + even eve more at even (eve) : the 24 hour period preceding Easter * * * Easter Eve …
35Easter Monday and Tuesday — It was a very ancient custom of the Church to prolong the observance of Easter, as the Queen of Festivals. At first the Festival was observed through seven days, and the Code of Theodosius directed a cessation of labor during the whole week.… …
36Easter controversy — This term refers to a controversy in the early Church about the date for celebrating Easter. Prior to theCouncil of Nicaea in 325, the Eastern Church, claiming to follow a tradition from the Apostles John and Philip, celebrated Easter on the… …
37Easter controversy — The Easter controversy is a series of controversies about the proper date to celebrate the Christian festival of Easter. To date, there are four distinct phases of the dispute.First phaseThis was mainly concerned with whether Christians should… …
38Octave of Easter — Andrea del Verrocchio s sculpture of the incredulity of St. Thomas. The term Octave of Easter may refer either to the eight day period (Octave) from Easter Sunday until the Sunday following Easter, inclusive; or it may refer only to that Sunday… …
39Bright Week — or Renewal Week is the name used by the Eastern Orthodox Church and Eastern Catholic Churches of the Byzantine Rite for the period of seven days beginning on Pascha (Easter) and continuing up to (but not including) the following Sunday, which is… …
40Salzburg Easter Festival — The Salzburg Easter Festival (German: Osterfestspiele Salzburg) is an annual festival of opera and classical music held in Salzburg, Austria during Easter week. Herbert von Karajan founded this festival in 1967 as a means of expanding the… …
