Sunday 12 April
The Resurrection — the Feast of Feasts, on which the whole year turns. Christ is risen from the dead.
Πάσχα & Pascha
Easter 2026
The resurrection, the oldest and greatest feast. The Orthodox call it Pascha, often on a different date.
In 2026 it falls on Sunday 5 April in Catholic and Protestant practice, and on Sunday 12 April in Orthodox practice.
The date
In each branch
Sunday 5 April
The Resurrection of the Lord — the greatest solemnity of the year, and the feast every other date is counted from.
Sunday 5 April
The resurrection of Christ — the feast on which the whole year turns.
The season
The days around it
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Sunday 29 March · Catholic
Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord
The entry into Jerusalem, with palms and with the reading of the Passion. Holy Week begins.
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Sunday 29 March · Protestant
Palm Sunday
The entry into Jerusalem, and the beginning of Holy Week.
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Friday 3 April · Catholic
Good Friday
The Celebration of the Passion of the Lord. A day of fasting and abstinence, and no Mass is offered — today or tomorrow, until the Vigil.
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Friday 3 April · Protestant
Good Friday
The crucifixion. Kept as a fast, in silence and mourning.
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Sunday 5 April · Orthodox
Entry into Jerusalem
Palm Sunday. A Great Feast — fish, wine and oil are allowed even in the Fast.
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Friday 10 April · Orthodox
Great and Holy Friday
The Crucifixion. The strictest fast of the year, kept with the Lamentations at the tomb.
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Sunday 12 April · Catholic
Divine Mercy Sunday
The Second Sunday of Easter, given this name in 2000 at the request of the revelations to St Faustina.
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Sunday 19 April · Orthodox
Thomas Sunday
Antipascha. The Bright Week closes and the Octoechos begins its cycle.
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