Easter / Passover
LORD’S SUPPER
RESURRECTION CELEBRATION
Saturday April 20, 2019
10.30 am
John 20: 13-14 “They have taken my Lord away,” she said, “and I don’t know where they have put him.” 14 At this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not realize that it was Jesus.
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Inhabiting the Christian Year: Easter
This is part 7 of a series of posts exploring the Western Christian year (liturgical calendar). For other posts in the series, click a number: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8.
So far in this series, we've looked at Advent, Christmas, Epiphany, Lent and Holy Week. The first three constitute the cycle of light and Lent begins the cycle of life, which continues with Holy Week, Easter and Pentecost. In this post, we'll look at Easter---the celebration of our Lord's resurrection.
According to Bobby Gross in Living the Christian Year, Easter is both a day (Easter Sunday, sometimes called Resurrection Sunday) and a season (sometimes called Eastertide) lasting 50 days:
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According to Bobby Gross in Living the Christian Year, Easter is both a day (Easter Sunday, sometimes called Resurrection Sunday) and a season (sometimes called Eastertide) lasting 50 days: