Easter Saturday

For the Saturday before Easter Sunday, see Holy Saturday.
Easter Saturday
Observed byChristendom
TypeChristian
Observanceschurch services
Dateseventh day of Eastertide
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)
Russian Orthodox icon of the Resurrection, by Dionisius, 15th century (State Russian Museum, Saint Petersburg)

Easter Saturday, on the Christian calendar, is the seventh day of Eastertide, being the Saturday of Easter or Bright Week. In the kalendar 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. It is the seventh day in the Octave of Easter too.[1] 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).[2]

  1. ^ Gramenz, Stefan (6 April 2021). "Eastertide Lections". The Lutheran Missal.
  2. ^ Divine Mercy Sunday