Editing Liturgical year (section)

====Eastertide====
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[[Easter]] is the celebration of [[Death and resurrection of Jesus|Jesus' Resurrection]]. The date of Easter varies from year to year, according to a lunar-calendar dating system (see [[computus]] for details). In the Roman Rite, the Easter season extends from the [[Easter Vigil]] through [[Pentecost]] Sunday. In the pre-1970 form of the rite, this season includes also the [[Octave (liturgical)|Octave]] of Pentecost, so Eastertide lasts until [[None (liturgy)|None]] of the following Saturday.

In the Roman Rite, the [[Easter octave]] allows no other feasts to be celebrated or commemorated during it; a solemnity, such as the Annunciation, falling within it is transferred to the following Monday. If Easter Sunday or Easter Monday falls on April 25, the Greater Litanies, which in the pre-1970 form of the Roman Rite are on that day, are transferred to the following Tuesday.<ref>[http://www.maternalheart.org/library/1962rubrics.pdf 1960 Code of Rubrics], 80</ref>

By a decree of May 5, 2000, the Second Sunday of Easter (the Sunday after Easter Day itself), is known also in the Roman Rite as the [[Feast of the Divine Mercy]].<ref>[http://www.osv.com/tabid/7631/itemid/5968/Feast-of-the-Divine-Mercy.aspx Our Sunday Visitor: Feast of the Divine Mercy]{{Dead link|date=February 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

[[Ascension of Jesus Christ|Ascension]] Thursday, which celebrates the return of Jesus to heaven following his resurrection, is the fortieth day of Easter, but, in places where it is not observed as a [[Holy Day of Obligation]], the post-1969 form of the Roman rite transfers it to the following Sunday.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.scborromeo.org/litcal.htm|title=Saint Charles Borromeo Catholic Church of Picayune, MS - General Norms for the Liturgical Year and the Calendar|website=www.scborromeo.org|access-date=August 7, 2008|archive-date=September 25, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140925094626/http://www.scborromeo.org/litcal.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>

[[Pentecost]] is the fiftieth and last day of the Easter season. It celebrates the sending of the [[Holy Spirit in Christianity|Holy Spirit]] to the [[Apostles in the New Testament|Apostles]], which traditionally marks the birth of the Church, see also [[Apostolic Age]].

''Liturgical colour'': white, but red on the feast of Pentecost.