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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.

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• Acts 12:4

  And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people.

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