When is Easter?
The date of Easter 2011 is Sunday 24 April 2011 (Western Christianity)
The date of Easter 2011 is Sunday 24 April 2011 (Eastern Orthodox Christianity)
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When is Easter?
Easter is a moveable feast meaning that the date of Easter Sunday is different every year.
The date of Easter typically falls between late March and late April (Western Christianity) and early April to early May (Eastern Orthodox Christianity). The date of Easter is set on a lunisolar calendar, which follows the cycle of the moon.
Easter is an important season in the church year. Easter signals the end of Lent, forty days of fasting, prayer and penitance.
The Easter season, also known as Eastertide, lasts for fifty days from Easter to Pentecost.
Easter Activities
Stuck for things to do over Easter? Have a go at one of our great ideas for keeping the kids (and the young at heart) amused this Easter.
Make an Easter bonnet.
Design and send an Easter card.
Take part in an egg rolling competition.
Dress up as pirates to search out your booty in an Easter egg hunt.
Decorate your house and garden with painted eggs.