Third Sunday of Easter

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The Third Sunday of Easter is a celebration in the Christian liturgical calendar that continues the Easter season’s focus on the risen Christ and his post-resurrection appearances.

All labels observed (4)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian holy day
Sunday observance
liturgical feast
associatedWith Paschal mystery
belongsToLiturgicalCycle Liturgical Year A
Liturgical Year B
linked to: Year B

Liturgical Year C
celebratedAfter Octave of Easter
celebratedBy Anglican Communion
Eastern Orthodox Church
Lutheran churches
linked to: Lutheranism

Methodist churches
Reformed churches
Roman Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism
celebratedWith Eucharist
linked to: Holy Eucharist

Liturgy of the Word
commemorates resurrection of Jesus
dateDeterminedBy date of Easter
emphasizes Scripture fulfillment in Christ
witness of the apostles
encourages renewal of baptismal promises
focusesOn post-resurrection appearances of Jesus
risen Christ
linked to: Christ of faith
follows Second Sunday of Easter
hasAlternativeName Misericordia Sunday
linked to: Divine Mercy Sunday

Second Sunday after Easter
Third Sunday after Easter
Third Sunday of Eastertide
hasGospelReadingTradition appearance of Jesus to the disciples at Emmaus
appearance of Jesus to the disciples by the Sea of Tiberias
hasLiturgicalColor white
hasRankInRomanRite Sunday in the Octave and Season of Easter
linked to: Octave of Easter
hasTheme encounter with the risen Lord
faith in the resurrection
joy of the resurrection
hasVariableDate true
isMoveableFeast true
isRelativeTo Easter Sunday
linked to: Easter
languageOfName English
linkedTo Pentecost (as part of Eastertide journey)
linked to: Pentecost
liturgicalSeasonLengthContext Easter season of fifty days
namedFrom Easter
observedIn Eastern Christianity
Western Christianity
occursDuring Eastertide
occursOn Sunday
partOf Easter season
linked to: Easter Week
precedes Fourth Sunday of Easter

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Great Fifty Days includesFeast Third Sunday of Easter
Thomas Sunday isBefore Third Sunday of Pascha
linked to: Third Sunday of Easter
Fourth Sunday of Easter occursAfter Third Sunday of Easter
Third Sunday of Easter hasAlternativeName Third Sunday of Eastertide
linked to: Third Sunday of Easter
Third Sunday of Easter hasAlternativeName Third Sunday after Easter
linked to: Third Sunday of Easter