What is the Easter celebration?

Most Christians will celebrate Easter on Sunday, March 31, 2024. Orthodox Christians celebrate Easter on May 5, 2024. Many religious holidays like Easter are known as “movable feasts,” which means they are not fixed dates on the calendar, but are celebrated in accordance with the lunisolar calendar. Easter occurs on the first Sunday after the Paschal Full Moon, which is the first full moon of spring, according to the Farmer’s Almanac. Easter occurs shortly after the vernal equinox.

Easter is a central holy day of Christianity and commemorates the Resurrection of Jesus three days after His death by crucifixion. Jesus’s resurrection is an awe-inspiring component of Easter. Prior to Easter, on what is now known as Good Friday, Jesus sacrificed Himself for all humankind and redeemed the public from sin through His death on the cross. Sacrifice, death and resurrection are key tenets of what developed into the Christian faith and set it apart from other religions, including Judaism, with which Christianity shares many components.