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The Octave of Easter is the eight-day period, or octave, that begins on Easter Sunday and ends with Second Sunday of Easter.^[1] It marks the beginning of Eastertide. The first seven of these eight days are also collectively known as Easter Week.

Days in the octave

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Liturgical celebration

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Roman Rite

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In the Ordinary Form of the Roman Rite, Easter is one of two solemnities with 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 solemnities.^[2] The paschal sequence 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: Matthew 28:8–15
Tuesday: John 20:11–18
Wednesday: Luke 24:13–35
Thursday: Luke 24:35–48
Friday: John 21:1–14
Saturday: Mark 16:9–15

Lutheran

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The Octave of Easter is celebrated with daily Mass. The Lutheran Missal states:^[3]

The Octave of Easter forms a cohesive thematic unit with the two following weeks. The Gospel for Quasimodogeniti, the First Sunday after Easter, recounts the appearance of Our Lord to the apostles in the locked upper room, together with Thomas’ confession.^[3]

References

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^ Kosloski, Philip (April 24, 2019). "What Is the Octave of Easter?". Aleteia. Archived from the original on November 7, 2020. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
^ "Universal Norms on the Liturgical Year and the Calendar". The Roman Missal (3rd ed.). New Jersey: Catholic Book Publishing. 2011. p. 96.
^ ^a ^b Gramenz, Stefan (6 April 2021). "Eastertide Lections". The Lutheran Missal.

Easter and its cycle

Lent

Pre-Lent

Septuagesima Sexagesima Quinquagesima
Carnival (Shrovetide)	Shrove Monday Shrove Tuesday Mardi Gras Holy Face of Jesus Fastelavn Maslenitsa

Lent proper

Passiontide

Music

Holy Week

Palm Sunday

Triumphal entry into Jerusalem

Ferias

Triduum

Tenebrae

Maundy Thursday

Good Friday

Holy Saturday

Harrowing of Hell Święconka
Easter Vigil	Paschal candle Holy Fire Lumen Christi Exsultet Artos Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults

Traditions

Burning of Judas Processions
By location	Colombia Popayán Guatemala Italy Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto Ruvo di Puglia Malta Mexico Taxco Philippines Portugal Braga Spain Cuenca Málaga Salamanca San Cristóbal de La Laguna Santa Cruz de La Palma Seville Valladolid Viveiro Zamora

Easter

Day

Resurrection of Jesus Art Myrrhbearers Road to Emmaus Paschal Homily Sunrise service
Date	List of dates Calculation

Season

Liturgical features

Octave

Bright Week	Easter Sunday Easter Monday Śmigus-dyngus Easter whip Easter Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
Second Sunday of Easter Doubting Thomas Divine Mercy Sunday

Ascensiontide

Traditions

Easter eggs

Dance Decorating in Slavic culture Rolling Hunt Osterbrunnen Tapping Tree Tossing
By country	Croatia Poland Ukraine

By country

Pre-Christian

Ēostre

Music

Easter Oratorio I Will Mention the Loving-kindnesses Russian Easter Festival Overture Salzburg Easter Festival
Liturgical	Regina caeli Troparion Victimae paschali laudes
Cantatas	Bleib bei uns, denn es will Abend werden, BWV 6 Christ lag in Todes Banden, BWV 4 Der Friede sei mit dir, BWV 158 Der Himmel lacht! Die Erde jubilieret, BWV 31 Ein Herz, das seinen Jesum lebend weiß, BWV 134 Erfreut euch, ihr Herzen, BWV 66 Ich lebe, mein Herze, zu deinem Ergötzen, BWV 145
Hymns	Christ the Lord Is Risen Today Jesus Christ Is Risen Today O filii et filiae The Strife is O'er, the Battle Done
Choral music	Surrexit a mortuis

Film and TV

Pentecost

Season

Octave	Pentecost Sunday Whitsun Whit Monday Whit Tuesday Ember days Feast of Christ the Priest Trinity Sunday
Feast of Corpus Christi Feast of the Sacred Heart

Liturgical year of the Catholic Church

Ordinary Form of the Roman Rite of the Latin Church (1969 Calendar)

Advent	Sundays 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Immaculate Conception December 17 to 23
Christmas Season	Christmas Midnight Mass Holy Family Mary, Mother of God Epiphany Baptism of the Lord
Ordinary Time	Presentation of the Lord
Lent	Ash Wednesday Sundays 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Saint Joseph Annunciation Palm Sunday Holy Week
Paschal Triduum	Holy Thursday Chrism Mass Mass of the Lord's Supper Good Friday Holy Saturday Easter Vigil
Easter Season	Easter Sunday Octave Sundays 2nd Divine Mercy Sunday 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th Ascension Pentecost
Ordinary Time	Trinity Sunday Corpus Christi Sacred Heart Visitation Nativity of John the Baptist Saints Peter and Paul Transfiguration Assumption Nativity of Mary Exaltation of the Cross All Saints' Day All Souls' Day Presentation of Mary Christ the King

Tridentine Mass of the Roman Rite of the Latin Church (1960 Calendar)

Pre-Lent	Septuagesima Sexagesima Quinquagesima
Lent	Ash Wednesday Sundays 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Spring Ember Days Saint Joseph Annunciation
Passiontide	Passion Sunday Palm Sunday^P Holy Week^P