Easter cycle

The Easter cycle is the sequence of the seasons and days in the Christian

calculation

of the date of Easter itself.

Western Christianity

The following liturgical seasons and days, celebrated by various traditions within Western Christianity, are celebrated a fixed amount of time either before or after the day of Easter.

Pre-Lent
Lent
- Ash Wednesday
- Ember Days of Lent
- Laetare Sunday
- Passiontide
  - Passion Sunday
  - Holy Week
    - Palm Sunday
    - Holy Monday
    - Holy Tuesday
    - Holy Wednesday
    - Triduum
Easter
Eastertide
- Octave of Easter
  - Easter Monday
  - Easter Tuesday
  - Easter Wednesday
  - Easter Thursday
  - Easter Friday
  - Easter Saturday
  - Second Sunday of Easter (Divine Mercy Sunday)
- Third Sunday of Easter
- Fourth Sunday of Easter
- Fifth Sunday of Easter
- Sixth Sunday of Easter
- Minor Rogation Days
- Ascensiontide
  - Feast of the Ascension
  - Seventh Sunday of Easter
Pentecost (Whitsun)
Pentecost Season
- Octave of Pentecost
- Feast of Corpus Christi
- Feast of Christ the Priest
- Feast of the Sacred Heart
- Feast of the Immaculate Heart

References

^ Thurston, Herbert (1913). "Christian Calendar". In Herbermann, Charles (ed.). Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
^ "Liturgical Calendar and Feast Days". Holy Ghost Ukrainian Catholic Church. Archived from the original on April 11, 2021. Retrieved April 11, 2021. The Liturgical Year is an annual cycle of seasons and feasts that celebrates the Paschal Mystery, especially focusing on Christ's Death and Resurrection (Easter Cycle), and Birth (Christmas Cycle).

[1] Thurston, Herbert (1913). "Christian Calendar". In Herbermann, Charles (ed.). Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.

[2] "Liturgical Calendar and Feast Days". Holy Ghost Ukrainian Catholic Church. Archived from the original on April 11, 2021. Retrieved April 11, 2021. The Liturgical Year is an annual cycle of seasons and feasts that celebrates the Paschal Mystery, especially focusing on Christ's Death and Resurrection (Easter Cycle), and Birth (Christmas Cycle).