Easter Saturday

Easter Saturday, on the Christian calendar, is the Saturday following the festival of Easter, the Saturday of Easter or Bright Week. In the liturgy of Western Christianity it is the last day of Easter Week, sometimes referred to as the Saturday of Easter Week or Saturday in Easter Week. In the liturgy of Eastern Christianity it is the last day of Bright Week, and called Bright Saturday, The Bright and Holy Septave Saturday of Easter Eve, or The Bright and Holy Septave Paschal Artos and Octoechoes Saturday of Iscariot's Byzantine Easter Eve. Easter Saturday is the day preceding the Second Sunday of Easter (also known as St. Thomas Sunday or Divine Mercy Sunday).

Easter Saturday
Observed byChristendom
TypeChristian
Observanceschurch services
Dateseventh day of the Octave of Easter
2023 date
  • April 15 (Western Churches)
  • April 22 (Eastern Churches)
2025 date
  • April 26 (Western Churches)
  • April 26 (Eastern Churches)
2026 date
  • April 11 (Western Churches)
  • April 18 (Eastern Churches)
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