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Easter
Easter is the oldest and most important feast of the Christian faith, commemorating the rising of Jesus Christ from the dead on the third day after his death on the cross. It is also called Resurrection Sunday.
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- EastertideFeasts & Seasons
Eastertide is the season of the church year that celebrates the resurrection of Jesus Christ during the roughly fifty days from Easter to Pentecost. It is also called the Easter season.
- Easter VigilWorship & Rites
The Easter Vigil is a service held on the night of Holy Saturday, the day before Easter, in anticipation of the resurrection of Christ. It proceeds through the Service of Light, the Liturgy of the Word, the Liturgy of Baptism, and the Liturgy of the Eucharist, and it is especially valued in liturgical traditions such as the Catholic, Anglican, and Lutheran churches.
- Easter ControversyHistory
The Easter controversy is a dispute within the church, dating back to the second century, over when Easter should be observed. The term encompasses the Quartodeciman controversy in Asia Minor, the decision of the Council of Nicaea, and the calendar differences between the Western and Eastern churches.
- Eastern Orthodox ChurchDenominations
The Eastern Orthodox Church is one of the three major traditions of Christianity, alongside Catholicism and Protestantism. It is a communion of Eastern churches that take the tradition of the early church and the decisions of the seven ecumenical councils as their standard of faith. It is also commonly called the Orthodox Church.
- Joint Easter ServiceWorship & Rites
A joint Easter service is a worship service held on Easter at which multiple denominations and churches gather together, often at dawn. In Korea, the first such service is reported to have been held in 1947 on Namsan in Seoul.
- Paschal CandleWorship & Rites
The Paschal candle is a large candle lit at Easter whose light represents Christ risen in victory over death. It is used chiefly in churches of liturgical traditions, such as the Catholic and Anglican churches, and some Protestant churches also use it.
- Church of Almighty GodHeresies & Cults
The Church of Almighty God (全能神教會) is a religious group that originated in China in the early 1990s. It is also known as "Eastern Lightning" or Quannengshen ("Almighty God sect"). The group believes that a Chinese woman is the returned Christ, and several Korean denominations have formally declared it heretical.
- Byzantine EmpireHistory
The Byzantine Empire is the name later given to the Eastern Roman Empire, which had Constantinople as its capital and endured until 1453. Early ecumenical councils were held there, and the Orthodox tradition developed within it.
- TriduumFeasts & Seasons
The Triduum is a season of the church year that, from the evening of Maundy Thursday to the evening of Easter Sunday, commemorates as one continuous whole the Last Supper of Jesus Christ, his passion and death, his burial, and his resurrection.
- Holy SaturdayFeasts & Seasons
Holy Saturday is the Saturday of Holy Week, the day between Good Friday and Easter on which the church remembers that Jesus Christ lay in the tomb.
- Dead SeaBible
The Dead Sea is a salt lake in eastern Palestine into which the Jordan River flows. The Old Testament calls it the "Salt Sea," the "Sea of the Arabah," and the "Eastern Sea." It is known as the lowest lake on the earth's surface.
- Salt SeaBible
The Salt Sea is the biblical name for the lake into which the Jordan River flows, known today as the Dead Sea. In the Old Testament it appears as a place name marking the eastern boundary of the land of Canaan.
- CenchreaeBible
Cenchreae was the eastern port of Corinth in New Testament times. Paul had his hair cut there because of a vow (Acts 18:18), and it was home to the church that Phoebe served (Romans 16:1).
- Holy WeekFeasts & Seasons
Holy Week is the week immediately preceding Easter, a period that commemorates Jesus Christ's entry into Jerusalem, his suffering, and his death on the cross. Korean Protestants commonly call it Passion Week, while Catholics and Anglicans in Korea generally call it Holy Week.
- Palm SundayFeasts & Seasons
Palm Sunday is the Sunday immediately before Easter. It commemorates the occasion when crowds carrying palm branches welcomed Jesus Christ as he entered Jerusalem. Holy Week begins on this day.
- Maundy ThursdayFeasts & Seasons
Maundy Thursday is the Thursday immediately before Easter. A Holy Week observance, it commemorates the Last Supper that Jesus shared with his disciples, at which he instituted the Lord's Supper and washed the disciples' feet.
- CanaanBible
Canaan is the land lying between the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River. It is the "Promised Land" that God pledged to give to Abraham and his descendants, and it is the principal setting of Old Testament Israel's history.
- PhilippiBible
Philippi was a Roman colony in eastern ancient Macedonia. The apostle Paul preached the gospel and founded a church there during his second missionary journey, and the city is the setting of Acts 16 and the Epistle to the Philippians.
- NeapolisBible
Neapolis was a port city on the eastern coast of Macedonia. It was the first place Paul and his companions reached after sailing from Troas, before they went on to Philippi (Acts 16:11).