Easter Saturday

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For the Saturday before Easter Sunday, see Holy Saturday.
Easter Saturday
Observed byChristendom
TypeChristian
Observanceschurch services
Dateseventh day of Eastertide
2023 date
  • April 15 (Western Churches)
  • April 22 (Eastern Churches)
2025 date
  • April 26 (Western Churches)
  • April 26 (Eastern Churches)
2026 date
  • April 11 (Western Churches)
  • April 18 (Eastern Churches)
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Easter Saturday, on the

Easter Week, sometimes referred to as the Saturday of Easter Week or Saturday in Easter Week. It is the seventh day in the Octave of Easter too.[1] In the liturgy of Eastern Christianity it is the last day of Bright Week, and called Bright Saturday, The Bright and Holy Septave Saturday of Easter Eve, or The Bright and Holy Septave Paschal Artos and Octoechoes Saturday of Iscariot's Byzantine Easter Eve. Easter Saturday is the day preceding the Second Sunday of Easter (also known as St. Thomas Sunday or Divine Mercy Sunday).[2]

Terminology

The term "Easter Saturday" is also used colloquially to refer to Holy Saturday a.k.a. Easter Eve – a week before the religious holiday of Easter Saturday, probably because of references to the Easter weekend. Many people, especially religious authorities, regard this alternative meaning as inaccurate,[3][4] but it remains in common Australian usage. The use of the term "Bright Saturday" avoids this confusion by clearly referring to the Saturday 6 days after Easter Sunday.

Eastern Christianity

In the

crucession (procession headed by the cross) takes place, going three times around the outside of the temple (church building), while chanting the Paschal Canon (in parish churches, this crucession often takes place after the Divine Liturgy
).

On this day, the Paschal

Paschal Vigil on Pascha (early Easter Sunday morning), is broken and distributed to the faithful. This may either be done at the end of the Divine Liturgy, and given out along with the antidoron, or it may be broken at trapeza (refectory) before the festal meal.[5]

According to the Supplemental

Book of Needs
, the fracturing of the Artos is done in this way: "After the Divine Liturgy, the Artos is carried, as is customary, to the Trapeza and
"Lord, have mercy", the Priest says the following prayer over the Artos: “O Lord Jesus Christ our God, the angelic Bread, the Bread of life eternal, Who came down from heaven and nourished us on these brightest days with the spiritual food of Thy divine benefactions for the sake of Thy three-day saving Resurrection, also now look down, we humbly pray Thee, upon our prayers and thanksgivings, and as Thou didst bless the five loaves in the wilderness, do now bless this bread, that all who eat of it may be granted corporal and spiritual blessings and health, through the grace and compassion of Thy love for mankind. For Thou art our sanctification, and unto Thee do we send up glory, together with Thine Unoriginate Father, and Thine All-holy, Good and Life-creating Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages. The Brethren: Amen. Having fractured the Artos as is customary, he distributes it to everyone before the meal"[6]

The

Thomas Sunday
.

Because the date of Pascha is moveable, Bright Saturday is a part of the

Computus
for details).

Western Christianity

In Western Christianity, Easter Saturday is the seventh day of Eastertide, as well as the seventh day in the Octave of Easter.[1]

In the

Lutheran Churches, the Gospel for Easter Saturday concerns St. John's account of the resurrection of Jesus.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Gramenz, Stefan (6 April 2021). "Eastertide Lections". The Lutheran Missal.
  2. ^ Divine Mercy Sunday
  3. ^ "Confusing Easter Dates". The Liturgical Commission of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Brisbane. Archived from the original on 10 May 2013. Retrieved 25 April 2011.
  4. ^ "Public Report on Audience Complaints and Comments, April-June 2006" (PDF). Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 25 April 2011.
  5. ISBN 979-8-216-08595-9
    .
  6. ^ Bulgakov, S. V. (1900). Handbook for Church Servers (2nd ed.). Kharkov. p. 581.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) Translated by Archpriest Eugene D. Tarris © May 25, 2006

External links

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