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{{Infobox Holiday |
|holiday_name=Easter
|image=Russian Resurrection icon.jpg
|caption=[[16th century]] [[Russian Orthodox Church|Russian Orthodox]] icon of the Resurrection of [[Jesus]] [[Christ]].
|observedby=most [[Christians]], although many non-Christians observe secular practices, especially in the [[Western world]]
|date=the first Sunday after the first full moon of spring
|date2006=[[April 16]] ([[Western Christianity|Western]])<br/>[[April 23]] ([[Eastern Christianity|Eastern]])
|date2007=[[April 8]] (both [[Western Christianity|Western]] and [[Eastern Christianity|Eastern]])
|date2008=[[March 23]] ([[Western Christianity|Western]])<br/>[[April 27]] ([[Eastern Christianity|Eastern]])
|date2009=[[April 12]] ([[Western Christianity|Western]])<br/>[[April 19]] ([[Eastern Christianity|Eastern]])
|date2010=[[April 4]]
|observances=[[Prayer]]
|celebrations=Religious (church) services, [[Easter egg]] hunts, gifts ([[United States of America|USA]])
|type=Christian
|significance=Celebrates the death and resurrection of [[Jesus]] as the basis for the salvation of mankind.
|relatedto=[[Passover]], a [[Judaism|Jewish]] holiday which Christians related to the events now commemorated at Easter; [[Christmas]], which honors the birth of Jesus; [[Septuagesima]], [[Sexagesima]], [[Quinquagesima]], [[Shrove Tuesday]], [[Ash Wednesday]], [[Lent]], [[Palm Sunday]], [[Maundy Thursday]], [[Good Friday]], and [[Holy Saturday]] which lead up to Easter; and [[Ascension]], [[Pentecost]], [[Trinity Sunday]], and [[Corpus Christi (feast)|Corpus Christi]] which follow it.
}}
'''{{PAGENAME}}''', the '''Sunday of the Resurrection''', or '''Resurrection Day''', is the most important religious [[feast]] of the [[Christianity|Christian]] [[liturgical year]], observed at some point between late March and late April each year (early April to early May in [[Eastern Christianity]]). It celebrates the [[resurrection of Jesus]], which his followers believe occurred on the third day after his death by [[crucifixion]] some time in the period AD 27 to 33 (see [[Good Friday]]).
''Easter'' also refers to the season of the church year, lasting for fifty days, from Easter Sunday through [[Pentecost]]; and, in the [[Roman Catholic Church]], to the eight-day feast beginning on Easter Day called the [[Octave (liturgical)|Octave of Easter]].
|holiday_name=Easter
|image=Russian Resurrection icon.jpg
|caption=[[16th century]] [[Russian Orthodox Church|Russian Orthodox]] icon of the Resurrection of [[Jesus]] [[Christ]].
|observedby=most [[Christians]], although many non-Christians observe secular practices, especially in the [[Western world]]
|date=the first Sunday after the first full moon of spring
|date2006=[[April 16]] ([[Western Christianity|Western]])<br/>[[April 23]] ([[Eastern Christianity|Eastern]])
|date2007=[[April 8]] (both [[Western Christianity|Western]] and [[Eastern Christianity|Eastern]])
|date2008=[[March 23]] ([[Western Christianity|Western]])<br/>[[April 27]] ([[Eastern Christianity|Eastern]])
|date2009=[[April 12]] ([[Western Christianity|Western]])<br/>[[April 19]] ([[Eastern Christianity|Eastern]])
|date2010=[[April 4]]
|observances=[[Prayer]]
|celebrations=Religious (church) services, [[Easter egg]] hunts, gifts ([[United States of America|USA]])
|type=Christian
|significance=Celebrates the death and resurrection of [[Jesus]] as the basis for the salvation of mankind.
|relatedto=[[Passover]], a [[Judaism|Jewish]] holiday which Christians related to the events now commemorated at Easter; [[Christmas]], which honors the birth of Jesus; [[Septuagesima]], [[Sexagesima]], [[Quinquagesima]], [[Shrove Tuesday]], [[Ash Wednesday]], [[Lent]], [[Palm Sunday]], [[Maundy Thursday]], [[Good Friday]], and [[Holy Saturday]] which lead up to Easter; and [[Ascension]], [[Pentecost]], [[Trinity Sunday]], and [[Corpus Christi (feast)|Corpus Christi]] which follow it.
}}
'''{{PAGENAME}}''', the '''Sunday of the Resurrection''', or '''Resurrection Day''', is the most important religious [[feast]] of the [[Christianity|Christian]] [[liturgical year]], observed at some point between late March and late April each year (early April to early May in [[Eastern Christianity]]). It celebrates the [[resurrection of Jesus]], which his followers believe occurred on the third day after his death by [[crucifixion]] some time in the period AD 27 to 33 (see [[Good Friday]]).
''Easter'' also refers to the season of the church year, lasting for fifty days, from Easter Sunday through [[Pentecost]]; and, in the [[Roman Catholic Church]], to the eight-day feast beginning on Easter Day called the [[Octave (liturgical)|Octave of Easter]].