What day is Easter this year? When does Lent start? Find out with the Easter Countdown, get dates for Easter 2023, 2024 and 2025. Learn more about Easter and Lent. Easter, also called Resurrection Day and Pascha, is a Christian holiday celebrating Jesus Christ returning from the dead. Christians believe that it is the holiest day in the year. Easter - Harbinger of New Life and Hope Easter is for Christians what a heart is to our body. Though the glitz, glamour, and gaiety of Christmas give it a higher popular rating, the essence of Christianity lies in Easter. The Resurrection of Jesus Christ is the foundation of Christianity and this is what Easter is all about. Pentecost Easter services conclude 40 days after Easter on Ascension Day. Originally a Jewish festival, the "feast of weeks", Pentecost was a secondary agricultural festival in the spring. Pente meaning 50, it began on the sundown of the 49th day after Passover.
