Eastertide
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Eastertide or Paschaltide is a festal season in the liturgical year of Christianity that focuses on celebrating the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. Preceded by Lent, it begins on Easter Day, which initi
Resurrection – Descent into Hell, 17th century image from Disna, National Art Museum
Easter lilies, a symbol of the resurrection of Jesus, adorn the chancel of a Lutheran church in Baltimore
Bright Week procession (Russian Orthodox Old-Rite Church in Guslitsa)
Nicenska trosbekännelsen Kungsholms kyrka Annandag påsk 2
Second Sunday of Easter
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The Second Sunday of Easter is the eighth day of the Christian season of Eastertide, and the seventh after Easter Sunday. It is known by various names, including Divine Mercy Sunday, the Octave Day of
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…own peculiar titles. The Second Sunday of Easter is also known in Western Christianity as Divine Mercy Sunday, the Octave Day of Easter, White Sunday, Quasimodo Sunday, and Low Sunday. In Eastern Christianity, this day is known as Antipascha, New Sunday (or Renewal Sunday), and Thomas Sunday. Traditionally, the Third…
An Evangelical-Lutheran priest of the Church of Sweden celebrates the Mass ad orientem at Gustaf Adolf Evangelical-Lutheran Church (Stockholm) on the Second Sunday of Easter.
The Incredulity of Saint Thomas by Caravaggio.
The sequence Laudes Salvatori voce modulemur supplici (in Codex Einsidlensis 121), from whose initial word the term "Low Sunday" may derive.
Divine Mercy by Eugene Kazimierowski (1934)