When Is Easter 2022?
Catholic Easter Sunday in 2022 was on Sunday, April 17th. Orthodox Easter Sunday in 2022 was celebrated 7 days later, on Sunday, April 24th. Usually people go to Church on Easter Sunday to join the community in celebrating the Easter Holiday and then Easter dinner with the family.
April 17th, 2022
Every year Easter Sunday is celebrated on the first Sunday following the ecclesiastical full moon. This occurs on or soonest after 21 March (in some years the calculations is varied).
Most Christians including Roman Catholic, Anglican Communion and Protestant Churches refer to the week before Easter as “Holy Week” that also contains the days of the Easter Triduum.
Alternative Names for Easter Sunday
Easter Sunday has alternative names and many times also being called Easter Day and Resurrection Day. This is because of the day when Jesus Resurrected following him being crucified on Friday.
What is closed on Easter Sunday
Easter Sunday is a religious holiday and as such there is it is normal that corporates and businesses such as Banks, Offices, USPS, Government, Universities, Colleges, Schools and more are closed.
What is Open on Easter Sunday
While most companies and businesses are closed on Easter Sunday, parks, malls and retail shops are open for the people to enjoy with their families.
Why Do We Celebrate Easter
Easter is one of the most important holiday within the Christians Holidays. We celebrate Easter Sunday because of Jesus Christ rosing from being dead after he was burried at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
Find Out When Easter Sunday Is In Other Years
Easter Vigil – When is Easter Vigil 2022?
In the year 2022 Easter Vigil will be on Saturday
April 16th
Easter Vigil, also called the Great Vigil of Easter, is a liturgy held in traditional Christian churches, on the Saturday before Easter Sunday, as the first official starting of the celebration of the Resurrection of Jesus.
The Easter Vigil marks the end of Lent, where practitioners had spent the last 40 days giving up something in reverence of Christ’s sacrifice. It marks a transition from dark into light, despair to hope, spiritual emptiness to spiritual newness. It is the celebration of Christ’s resurrection and the redemptive gift He has given the world.
Although celebrated Holy Saturday evening, it is the dramatic Easter vigil liturgy that marks the beginning of Easter.
Easter Activities
Easter Coloring Pages
http://krokotak.com/2012/11/easter-coloring-pages/
Easter Pancake Day Traditions
https://blog.english-heritage.org.uk/pancake-day-traditions/
Easter Egg Hunting Table
https://homeiswheretheboatis.net/2016/03/21/hopping-down-the-bunny-trail-and-easter-egg-hunt-table/
How to Make a Bunny Pinata
https://lovelyindeed.com/how-to-make-a-bunny-pinata/
Painted Eggs Cartoon Gifts
https://designmom.com/the-perfect-gift-easy-painted-egg-cartons/
Easter Experiments for Kids
https://lemonlimeadventures.com/top-10-peeps-experiments-for-kids/
Easter Egg Hunts for Kids
https://blog.cstx.gov/2019/03/20/festive-easter-egg-hunts-arent-just-for-kids-anymore/
Easter Recipes
Deviled Eggs Recipes Tips
https://www.oxo.com/blog/cooking-and-baking/deviled-eggs-recipe-tips/
Carrot Dip Easter Breadbasket
https://pizzazzerie.com/holidays/bunny-carrot-dip-easter-bread-basket/
Best of Easter Baking
https://blog.ocado.com/food/the-best-of-easter-baking/
Recipe Bunny Tail Treats
https://pizzazzerie.com/holidays/recipe-bunny-tail-treats/comment-page-3/
DIY Salt Dough Eggs
Easter Basket Kandy
Easter History
Evidence Easter Scientists List
http://www.veritas.org/evidence-easter-scientists-list/
Orthodox After Passover
Easter Holidays
https://www.edreams.com/blog/easter-holidays/
Easter Egg Challenge by The Holderness Family