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Easter 2025: Know the date, history and significance of Easter Sunday; how it is celebrated to when does Lent end

Easter 2025: After Christians observe Good Friday, the Easter celebrations occur. It is the most important festival in the Christian calendar, as it celebrates Jesus's rising from the dead, three days ...
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When is Lent 2025 over? When is Easter Day? What date is Easter 2026? How dates are determined

As Christians near the end of the 40-day-long Lenten observance, it means Easter Day is almost here. During Easter, some may attend church and celebrate their belief in Jesus Christ's resurrection, ...
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Why the date of Easter remains divisive four centuries later

This Sunday will mark a special moment for Christians, as the Catholic and Orthodox churches celebrate Jesus’ resurrection on the same day. The rare alignment of the churches, which have been divided ...
NBC New York

Four centuries later, Easter's date remains divisive. Some church leaders want that to change

For more than 400 years, Catholic and Orthodox churches have used different ways to determine the date of Easter. But this Sunday will mark a special moment for Christians, as the churches celebrate ...
Religion News Service

Rare same Easter date brings Western, Eastern churches together. Can it be permanent?

ISTANBUL (RNS) — 'The fact that we are celebrating together, it's of course, a joy because it is something which is reminding us that we are all the same,' said the Rev. Luca Refatti, an Italian-born ...