The Easter cycle is the sequence of the seasons and days in the Christian liturgical year which are pegged to the date of Easter, either before or after it. In any given calendar year, the timing of events within the Easter cycle is dependent on the calculation of the date of Easter itself.

Western Christianity

The following liturgical seasons and days, celebrated by various traditions within Western Christianity, are celebrated a fixed amount of time either before or after the day of Easter.

Easter cycle

Pre-Lent

Septuagesima

Sexagesima

Quinquagesima

Lent

Ash Wednesday

Ember Days of Lent

Laetare Sunday

Passiontide

Passion Sunday

Holy Week

Palm Sunday

Holy Monday

Holy Tuesday

Holy Wednesday

Triduum

Holy Thursday (Chrism Mass / Mass of the Lord's Supper) Good Friday Holy Saturday Easter Vigil Easter Eastertide Octave of Easter Easter Monday Easter Tuesday Easter Wednesday Easter Thursday Easter Friday Easter Saturday Second Sunday of Easter (Divine Mercy Sunday) Third Sunday of Easter Fourth Sunday of Easter Fifth Sunday of Easter Sixth Sunday of Easter Minor Rogation Days Ascensiontide Feast of the Ascension Seventh Sunday of Easter Pentecost (Whitsun) Pentecost Season Octave of Pentecost Whit Monday Whit Tuesday Ember Days of Pentecost Trinity Sunday Feast of Corpus Christi Feast of Christ the Priest Feast of the Sacred Heart Feast of the Immaculate Heart

Easter cycle

References

Easter liturgy

Easter cycle