Easter
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Summary
Easter is a moveable feast[1]. Easter draws 22,069 Wikipedia views per month (moveable feast category, ranking #2 of 3).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: Christian holy day[3]
- Follows: Holy Saturday[4], Easter − 1 day[5]
- Followed by: Easter Monday[6], Second Sunday of Easter[7], Easter + 1 day[8]
- Part of: Holy Week[9]
- Commons category: Easter[10]
- Said to be the same as: Easter Sunday[11]
- Has part(s): virvonta[12]
- Commemorates: Resurrection of Jesus[13]
- Day in year for periodic occurrence: March 22[14], April 25[15], date of Easter[16]
- Foods traditionally associated: easter egg[17]
- Topic's main category: Category:Easter[18]
- Commons gallery: Easter[19]
- Depicted by: Manuscript Illumination with Scenes of Easter in an Initial A, from an Antiphonary[20]
- Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[21], Pauly–Wissowa[22], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[23], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[24], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[25], Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[26], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[27], Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[28], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[29], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[30], The Catholic Encyclopedia[31], The New Student's Reference Work[32]
- Stack Exchange tag: https://christianity.stackexchange.com/tags/easter[33]
- Day of week: Sunday[34]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[35], Wiki Loves Popular Culture Brazil - Traditions, rituals and oral expressions[36]
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Influence
Things named for Easter include Florida[37], an U.S. state[38], in United States[39], founded in 1845[40], headquartered in Tallahassee[41]; Easter Island[42], an island[43], in Chile[44]; Easter Monday[45], a Christian holy day[46]; Easter vigil[47]; paskha[48]; Monte Pascoal[49], a mountain[50], in Brazil[51]; Patriarchal Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ[52], a Catholic cathedral[53], in Ukraine[54], founded in 2002[55]; and Hakodate Orthodox Church[56], an Eastern Orthodox church building[57], in Japan[58], founded in 1860[59].
Why It Matters
Easter has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[60] Easter is known by 129 alternative names across languages and contexts.[61]
Entities named for Easter include Florida[37], an U.S. state[38], in United States[39], founded in 1845[40], headquartered in Tallahassee[41]; Easter Island[42], an island[43], in Chile[44]; Easter Monday[45], a Christian holy day[46]; Easter vigil[47]; paskha[48]; and Monte Pascoal[49], a mountain[50], in Brazil[51].