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Old English: Ēostre; Greek: Πάσχα, Paskha; Aramaic: פֶּסחא‎ Pasḥa; from Hebrew: פֶּסַח‎ Pesaḥ)[1] is a Christian feast and holiday celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ on the third day after his crucifixion at Calvary as described in the New Testament.[2][3] Easter is preceded by Lent, a forty-day period of fasting, prayer, and penance. The last week of Lent is called Holy Week, and it contains the days of the Easter Triduum, including Maundy Thursday, commemorating Maundy and the Last Supper,[4][5] as well as Good Friday, commemorating the crucifixion and death of Jesus.[6] Easter is followed by a fifty-day period called Eastertide or the Easter Season, ending with Pentecost Sunday. The festival is referred to in English by a variety of different names including Easter Day, Easter Sunday,[7] Resurrection Day and Resurrection Sunday.

1. 1 Etymology

1. 1.1 2nd Century
1. 1.2 English and German
2. 1.3 Semitic, Romance, Celtic and other Germanic languages
3. 1.4 Slavic languages
4. 1.5 Finno-Ugric languages
5. 2 Theological significance
6. 3 In the early Church
1. 3.1 Second-century controversy
2. 3.2 Third/fourth-century controversy and Council
7. 4 Date
1. 4.1 Computations
2. 4.2 Relationship to date of Passover
3. 4.3 Reform of the date
8. 5 Position in the church year
1. 5.1 Western Christianity
2. 5.2 Eastern Christianity
9. 6 Religious observance
1. 6.1 Western Christianity
2. 6.2 Eastern Christianity
10. 7 Non-observing Christian groups
11. 8 Easter celebrations around the world
1. 8.1 United States & Canada
2. 8.2 Scandinavia
12. 9 See also
13. 10 References
14. 11 External links
1. 11.1 Liturgical