{{Short description|Western Christianity celebration}} {{about|the eight-day celebration in Western Christianity|the octave day (the last of the eight days)|Second Sunday of Easter|the similar period in Eastern Christianity|Bright Week}} {{redirect|Easter Week|the week before Easter|Holy Week}} {{redirect|Easter Thursday|the Thursday before Easter|Maundy Thursday}} {{multiple image | direction = horizontal | width = 250 | image1 = Nicenska trosbekännelsen Kungsholms kyrka Annandag påsk 2.jpg | image2 = Orant Kungsholms kyrka Annandag påsk.jpg | footer = The celebration of Easter Monday [[Mass (liturgy)|Mass]] by [[Lutheranism|Evangelical-Lutheran]] priests at [[Kungsholm Church]], part of the [[Diocese of Stockholm (Church of Sweden)|Diocese of Stockholm]] in the [[Church of Sweden]].}} The '''Octave of Easter''' is the eight-day period, or [[Octave (liturgy)|octave]], that begins on [[Easter Sunday]] and ends with [[Second Sunday of Easter]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://aleteia.org/2019/04/24/what-is-the-octave-of-easter/|title=What Is the Octave of Easter?|first=Philip|last=Kosloski|date=April 24, 2019|website=[[Aleteia]]|access-date=January 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201107224441/https://aleteia.org/2019/04/24/what-is-the-octave-of-easter/|archive-date=November 7, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> It marks the beginning of [[Eastertide]]. The first seven of these eight days are also collectively known as '''Easter Week'''.
== Days in the octave == # [[Easter|Easter Sunday]] # {{No selflink|Easter Monday}} # {{No selflink|Easter Tuesday}} # {{No selflink|Easter Wednesday}} # {{No selflink|Easter Thursday}} # {{No selflink|Easter Friday}} # {{No selflink|Easter Saturday}} # [[Second Sunday of Easter]]
== Liturgical celebration ==
=== Roman Rite === In the [[Ordinary Form of the Roman Rite]], Easter is one of two [[solemnity|solemnities]] with [[octave (liturgy)|octaves]]; the other is [[Christmas]]. The days of the octave are given the second-highest rank in the calendar (second only to the [[Paschal Triduum]] and Easter itself), ranking even above normal [[Solemnity|solemnities]].<ref>{{cite book|title= [[The Roman Missal]]|edition=3rd|year=2011|chapter=Universal Norms on the Liturgical Year and the Calendar|page=96|publisher=Catholic Book Publishing|publication-place=New Jersey}}</ref> The paschal [[Sequence (musical form)|sequence]] {{lang|la|[[Victimae paschali laudes]]}} may be sung before the gospel reading on each of these days.
The Gospel readings for each of middle days within the octave are taken from the various Scriptural accounts of the [[Resurrection of Jesus]]. * Monday: {{Bibleverse|Matthew|28:8-15|NABRE}} * Tuesday: {{Bibleverse|John|20:11-18|NABRE}} * Wednesday: {{Bibleverse|Luke|24:13-35|NABRE}} * Thursday: {{Bibleverse|Luke|24:35-48|NABRE}} * Friday: {{Bibleverse|John|21:1-14|NABRE}} * Saturday: {{Bibleverse|Mark|16:9-15|NABRE}}
=== Lutheran === The Octave of Easter is celebrated with daily [[Mass (liturgy)#Lutheranism|Mass]]. ''The [[Lutheran Missal]]'' states:<ref name="Gramenz2021">{{cite web |last1=Gramenz |first1=Stefan |title=Eastertide Lections |url=https://lutheranmissal.home.blog/2021/04/06/eastertide-lections/ |publisher=The Lutheran Missal |language=en |date=6 April 2021}}</ref> {{quotation|The Octave of Easter forms a cohesive thematic unit with the two following weeks. The Gospel for {{langr|la|[[Quasimodogeniti]]}}, the First Sunday after Easter, recounts the appearance of Our Lord to the apostles in the locked upper room, together with [[Doubting Thomas|Thomas’ confession]].<ref name="Gramenz2021"/>}}
== References == {{reflist}}
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