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Easter isn’t over: Why Christians celebrate for 50 days
CHVN radio 95.1FM ^ | April 21, 2025 | staff

Posted on 04/21/2025 3:03:52 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege

When most people hear "Easter," they think of a single Sunday filled with lilies, hymns, and maybe a few chocolate eggs. But in the Church's liturgical calendar, Easter is far more than just a day—it's a whole season. In fact, Easter lasts for 50 days!

That’s right—Easter is a season, not just a Sunday.

Easter Sunday kicks off a 50-day celebration known as Eastertide or the Great Fifty Days, which runs from Easter Sunday to Pentecost Sunday. This season is meant to be a joyful, ongoing reflection on the resurrection of Jesus Christ and what it means for the world.

In the same way that Lent gives us 40 days to prepare through prayer, fasting, and reflection, Easter gives us 50 days to rejoice, feast, and live into the hope of resurrection.

The number 50 has deep roots in scripture and tradition. In the Jewish calendar, Shavuot (or Pentecost) comes 50 days after Passover and celebrates the giving of the Law on Mount Sinai. Christians see Pentecost as the day when the Holy Spirit descended upon the apostles, empowering them to go out and share the good news.

The 50 days of Easter mirror this journey—from the empty tomb to the fire of Pentecost. It’s a season that moves us from awe to action.

…Watch for light—Make space to notice signs of resurrection and new life in your daily routine…

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TOPICS: Theology; Worship
KEYWORDS: bible; easter; eastertide; holidays; jesus; pentecost; resurrection; theology
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1 posted on 04/21/2025 3:03:52 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
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To: CondoleezzaProtege
Easter isn’t over: Why Christians CATHOLICS celebrate for 50 days

Fixed it

2 posted on 04/21/2025 3:24:37 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Nobody elected Elon Musk? Well nobody elected the Deep State either.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Queers celebrate for a whole month.


3 posted on 04/21/2025 3:26:57 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: CondoleezzaProtege
If your Gospel ends with Jesus … you might be lacking something:

Rom 8:9: “those who have not the Spirit have not Christ"

Sadly, many Protestant churches leave out the working of the Holy Spirit

John 16:7:

”But very truly I tell you, it is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you.”

4 posted on 04/21/2025 3:36:56 PM PDT by 11th_VA
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To: Responsibility2nd

Responsibility2nd, the celebration of 50 days Eastertide is also celebrated in
1. The Assyrian church
2. The Oriental Orthodox churches (Coptc, Ethiopian, Armenian, Syriac)
3. The Eastern Orthodox d
4. The Lutheran churches
5. The Anglican churches.

Seeing as how the majority of Christians today celebrate,
and all Christians before 1500 celebrated it, you should ask yourself why your interpretation of Christianity does not.

The answer us simple: the forms of Evangelical, Pentecostal etc Christianity are incomplete.


5 posted on 04/21/2025 3:46:40 PM PDT by Cronos
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To: Cronos

I disagree. And the list of religions you posted are but thinly veiled variations of the Catholic Church.

And thanks for posting. Your comments reinforce the fact that there are differences between Catholics and Christians.


6 posted on 04/21/2025 3:53:44 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Nobody elected Elon Musk? Well nobody elected the Deep State either.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

And in continuation to my theme above that you should consider joining the Catholic ir Orthodox church, I would point out that the early Christian’s all had Eastertide from the 2nd century at least:

Irenaeus of Lyons (c. 180 CE): In Against Heresies, Irenaeus defends the resurrection and links it to the renewal of creation, framing Eastertide as a season of cosmic restoration

Athanasius of Alexandria (c. 328 CE): His Festal Letters provide detailed instructions for observing Easter and the subsequent 50 days, emphasizing fasting’s end, communal joy, and preparation for Pentecost

Eastertide was a time for initiating new Christians. The Apostolic Tradition (attributed to Hippolytus, c. 215 CE) describes the Paschal vigil’s baptismal rites, followed by catechetical instruction during the 50 days.

The Resurrection accounts (e.g., Matthew 28, Mark 16, Luke 24, John 20-21) and post-Resurrection appearances of Jesus (e.g., Acts 1:3, where Jesus appears for 40 days) establish the extended celebration of the Resurrection. Paul’s writings, particularly 1 Corinthians 15, emphasize the Resurrection as central to Christian faith, calling it the “firstfruits” of salvation (1 Cor 15:20-23). The Acts of the Apostles highlights the apostles’ preaching during the post-Resurrection period, culminating in Pentecost (Acts 2), which frames the Eastertide season.

Early texts suggest that Eastertide was marked by:
- Extended celebrations with daily liturgies and alleluias.
- The prohibition of fasting, as the season was one of feasting and joy (Athanasius, Festal Letters).
- Readings from Acts and the Gospel Resurrection narratives

Now you must ask yourself why the particular tradition you attend has forgotten this period of praise for the Lord


7 posted on 04/21/2025 3:57:33 PM PDT by Cronos
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

2 Corinthians 5 17
Therefore if anyone is in Christ [that is, grafted in, joined to Him by faith in Him as Savior], he is a new creature [reborn and renewed by the Holy Spirit]; the old things [the previous moral and spiritual condition] have passed away. Behold, new things have come [because spiritual awakening brings a new life].

My Easter celebration has been non-stop since September 12, 1973.


8 posted on 04/21/2025 4:00:07 PM PDT by Prov1322 (Enjoy my wife's incredible artwork at www.watercolorARTwork.com! (This space no longer for rent))
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To: Responsibility2nd

You can disagree, but the facts are
1. The majority of Christianity TODAY, celebrate Eastertide
2. This includes Protestant groups like the Lutherans and Anglicans
3. Prior to the 1600s ALL Christians celebrated Eastertide

You say “thinly veiled variations of Catholicism “. You do realize that the Assyrian church was separated from the Catholi-Orthodox church in 240 AD when the Sassanid empire was formed cutting off the eastern Persian-eastwards church from the west.


9 posted on 04/21/2025 4:01:15 PM PDT by Cronos
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To: Cronos

Good post, Cronos.


10 posted on 04/21/2025 4:02:04 PM PDT by Trump_Triumphant (“They recognized Him in the breaking of the Bread”)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Considering that this belief is shared by the majority of Christianity TODAY and ALL Christians prior to 1600s, Catholicism IS complete Christianity and the Evangelical/Pentecostal traditions are incomplete modernist ideas of Christianity.

To be fully Christian is yo be Catholic/Orthodox/Oriental Orthodox/Assyrian


11 posted on 04/21/2025 4:03:26 PM PDT by Cronos
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To: Trump_Triumphant; Responsibility2nd

No worries, trump triumphant. Responsibility 2nd is reading Christian writings from the 1st to the 16th century and would find that to be completely Christian is yo be Catholic or Orthodox.

To worship the Lord in ,mind, body and soul.


12 posted on 04/21/2025 4:05:41 PM PDT by Cronos
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To: Cronos

Yes, Orthodox, Episcopal, and Lutheran also celebrate Pentecost, but Lutherans, etc. don’t make as big a deal of it as Catholics.


13 posted on 04/21/2025 4:10:59 PM PDT by xxqqzz
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To: Cronos

First of all, one does not join the church. One is added to it.

Secondly, Easter is not mentioned in the Bible.

Thirdly, The Man Made Catholic traditions speak of are arbitrary.

Next, thanks for bringing up the Council of Nicea (325). Not only is this the first time the tradition of “Eastertide” mentioned, it also is the starting date of the Roman Catholic Church.


14 posted on 04/21/2025 4:11:47 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Nobody elected Elon Musk? Well nobody elected the Deep State either.)
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To: Cronos

As you make the distinction that Catholics are not Christians, and you drag the Protestants in the mix; it must occur to you that Evangelicals are neither Catholic or Protestant.

We trace our faith back to the Bible, not councils and traditions.


15 posted on 04/21/2025 4:14:56 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Nobody elected Elon Musk? Well nobody elected the Deep State either.)
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To: Cronos

You keep making the point that Protestants and Evangelicals are not Christian.

I simply use the traditions of the RCC that Catholics claim to be Catholic first and therefore that makes them Christian.

Now you can understand why I agree with your traditions that Catholics and all the sub group of Catholics are not Christians at all.


16 posted on 04/21/2025 4:19:31 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Nobody elected Elon Musk? Well nobody elected the Deep State either.)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Easter isn’t over until all of the chocolate bunnies and eggs are gone. ;-D


17 posted on 04/21/2025 4:25:29 PM PDT by GingisK
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To: Responsibility2nd

The Apostles of the faith were Jewish and nevervstiped being Jews, Peter was the Apostle to the Jews. The question in the begining was wether Gentiles could even be saved.


18 posted on 04/21/2025 5:05:10 PM PDT by cowboyusa
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To: Cronos

I was a member of a Lutheran church for 8 years.

One of the biggest in CA.

They never once mentioned this.


19 posted on 04/21/2025 5:18:58 PM PDT by SoConPubbie (Trump has all the right enemies, DeSantis has all the wrong friends.)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

I’d suggest that Christians should be celebrating....all the time.


20 posted on 04/21/2025 6:26:55 PM PDT by ealgeone
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