Easter vigil
Sign in to saveliturgy held in Christian churches
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- Easter
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- day in year for periodic occurrence
- Holy Saturday
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A Catholic priest in front of the Easter fire while altar servers hold a Paschal candle, which is to be lit from the fire.
The Easter Vigil, also known as the Paschal Vigil, the Great Vigil of Easter, or Holy Saturday at the Easter Vigil in the Holy Night of Easter, is a liturgy held in traditional Christian churches as the first official celebration of the Resurrection of Jesus. Historically, it is during this liturgy that people are baptized and that adult catechumens are received into full communion with the Church. It is held in the hours of darkness between sunset on Holy Saturday and sunrise on Easter Day – most commonly in the evening of Holy Saturday or midnight – and is the first celebration of Easter, days traditionally being considered to begin at sunset.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Easter vigil” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.