Easter Sunday

On Sunday, March 28, 2027, Easter Sunday celebrates the resurrection of Jesus on the third day after his crucifixion. It is the greatest festival of the Christian church year, a joyful day of hope and redemption that brings Lent to its close.

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Roots: Easter's date was fixed by the Council of Nicaea in AD 325: the first Sunday after the first full moon on or after the spring equinox of March 21.
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3 ways to celebrate

AT CHURCH

Attend an Easter Service

Begin the day in worship, hearing the resurrection proclaimed and singing the joyful hymns of Easter morning with your community.

AT HOME

Welcome the Morning

Rise early and greet Easter morning in quiet gratitude for the hope of the resurrection.

AT THE TABLE

Share an Easter Meal

Gather family and friends around the table to share a meal in the joy of the day, giving thanks together after the long fast of Lent.

Plan ahead

Easter Sunday is observed on March 28 every year. Here is where it lands for the next ten years, handy for planners, marketers and party people.

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Fast facts

Easter can fall as early as March 22 or as late as April 25.

The white lily, the symbol of the resurrection, is the special flower of Easter.

The story

Easter is the greatest festival of the Christian church year. It celebrates the resurrection of Jesus on the third day after his crucifixion, and it brings Lent, the long season of prayer, fasting, and penance before it, to its close in joy and redemption.

Read the full story

The way Easter's date is set goes back to AD 325, when the Council of Nicaea fixed the rule tying it to the spring full moon. Easter falls on the first Sunday after the first full moon on or after the vernal equinox of March 21, which is why it can come as early as March 22 or as late as April 25.

Easter is closely tied to the Jewish festival of Passover. In many European languages, Easter is still called by a form of the word Pasch, derived from Pesach, the Hebrew name for Passover.

The season has its gentle folk customs, too. Painted eggs and the Easter rabbit are rooted in older symbols of new life and spring, and the white lily, the symbol of the resurrection, fills churches as the special flower of Easter.