Easter

=== Western Christianity ===
The Easter festival is kept in many different ways among Western Christians. The traditional, [[liturgy|liturgical]] observation of Easter, as practised among Roman Catholics, [[Lutheran]]s,<ref>[http://www.liturgybytlw.com/Lent/VigNotes.html Notes for the Easter Vigil] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211121112654/https://www.liturgybytlw.com/Lent/VigNotes.html |date=21 November 2021 }}, website of Lutheran pastor Weitzel</ref> and some [[Anglican]]s begins on the night of [[Holy Saturday]] with the [[Easter Vigil]] which follows an ancient liturgy involving symbols of light, candles and water and numerous readings form the Old and New Testament.<ref>[https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/activities/view.cfm?id=1043 Catholic Activity: Easter Vigil] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210915231610/https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/activities/view.cfm?id=1043 |date=15 September 2021 }}, entry on catholicculture.org</ref>

Services continue on Easter Sunday and in a number of countries on [[Easter Monday]]. In parishes of the [[Moravian Church]], as well as some other denominations such as the [[Methodist Church]]es, there is a tradition of Easter [[sunrise service]]s,<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/sunrise-celebration-easter-service/2012/04/08/gIQA6ExV4S_gallery.html?noredirect=on Easter observed at Sunrise Celebration] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191225181405/https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/sunrise-celebration-easter-service/2012/04/08/gIQA6ExV4S_gallery.html?noredirect=on |date=25 December 2019 }}, report of Washington Post April 2012</ref> often starting in [[God's Acre|cemeteries]]<ref>[https://www.courant.com/community/pomfret/hc-pt-pomfret-easter-service-a-tradition-0407-20160404-story.html Sunrise Service At Abington Cemetery Is An Easter Tradition] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124005037/https://www.courant.com/community/pomfret/hc-pt-pomfret-easter-service-a-tradition-0407-20160404-story.html |date=24 January 2021 }}, report of Hartford Courant newspaper of 4 April 2016</ref> in remembrance of the biblical narrative in the Gospels, or other places in the open where the sunrise is visible.<ref>{{cite web |title=Easter sunrise services: A celebration of resurrection |url=https://www.umc.org/en/content/easter-sunrise-services-a-celebration-of-resurrection |website=The United Methodist Church |access-date=4 April 2021 |date=5 April 2019 |archive-date=23 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211223103139/https://www.umc.org/en/content/easter-sunrise-services-a-celebration-of-resurrection |url-status=live }}</ref>

In some traditions, Easter services typically begin with the [[Paschal greeting]]: "Christ is risen!" The response is: "He is risen indeed. Alleluia!"<ref>{{cite web |title=The Easter Liturgy |url=https://www.churchofengland.org/prayer-and-worship/worship-texts-and-resources/common-worship/churchs-year/times-and-seasons-6 |website=The Church of England |access-date=4 April 2021 |archive-date=19 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019145516/https://www.churchofengland.org/prayer-and-worship/worship-texts-and-resources/common-worship/churchs-year/times-and-seasons-6 |url-status=live }}</ref>