Second Sunday of Easter

Second Sunday of Easter
Observed byChristians
ObservancesChurch services
DateSunday after Easter Sunday
2023 date
  • April 16 (Western)
  • April 23 (Eastern)
2024 date
  • April 7 (Western)
  • May 12 (Eastern)
2025 date
  • April 27 (Western)
  • April 27 (Eastern)
2026 date
  • April 12 (Western)
  • April 19 (Eastern)

The Second Sunday of Easter is the eighth day of the Christian season of Eastertide, and the seventh after Easter Sunday.[1] It is known by various names, including Divine Mercy Sunday,[2][3] the Octave Day of Easter, White Sunday[a] (Latin: Dominica in albis), Quasimodo Sunday, Bright Sunday and Low Sunday.[1][4] In Eastern Christianity, it is known as Antipascha, New Sunday, and Thomas Sunday.

  1. ^ a b Gramenz, Stefan (6 April 2021). "Eastertide Lections". The Lutheran Missal.
  2. ^ "Divine Mercy Sunday | USCCB". www.usccb.org. Retrieved 2023-05-06.
  3. ^ "30 April 2000, Canonization of Sr. Mary Faustina Kowalska | John Paul II". www.vatican.va. Retrieved 2023-05-06.
  4. ^ Alston, George Cyprian (1913). "Low Sunday" . In Herbermann, Charles (ed.). Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.


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