Easter Week
Holy Week alternative
Easter Week is the week beginning with Easter Sunday, encompassing the days that follow the holiday.
In Christian tradition, it marks the continuation of Easter celebrations through the following Saturday.
Some use the term interchangeably with Holy Week, the week *before* Easter, though this risks confusion: The church held special services throughout Easter Week.
- Palm SundayChristian observance before Easter
- religious processionsCeremonial walks of faith
- pilgrimage routesPaths to sacred destinations
- musical performancesLive presentations of music
- sunrise serviceEaster dawn religious ceremony
Holy Communion · springtime festivals · chocolate eggs · Resurrection · folk traditions · candlelit vigil · Eucharist · Hope · Grace · open-air markets · traditional crafts · Maundy Thursday · Last Supper · Stations of the Cross · crown of thorns · cultural heritage · family gathering · chrism
- holy daysholy day, Christmas Eve, sabbath day, Christmas, Epiphany
Easter WeekAdvent
Christmas preparatory season
Holy Week · Lent · Christmas season · Christmastide · Good Friday
Easter, week, weeks, weekly, biweekly, midweek, weekday, weekdays, weekend