EWTN News explains: When does Easter officially end?
The Easter season spans 50 days, beginning on Easter Sunday and concluding with the feast of Pentecost. The first eight days of the season are known as the Easter octave, where each day is celebrated as a solemnity of the Lord. The season includes the Ascension of Christ, which occurs on the 40th day, and is characterized by the singing of the 'Alleluia' as a period of joy and exultation. The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops identifies Easter as the most significant liturgical time, commemorating the victory of Jesus over sin and death.
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Easter’s liturgical season lasts fifty days, concluding on Pentecost
Yes—that statement is faithful to Catholic liturgical teaching.
In the Roman Rite, the period called “Easter Time” lasts fifty days, beginning on Easter Sunday and continuing until Pentecost Sunday, which is the conclusion of the season.
The Church even describes these days as forming one prolonged celebration:
The Sundays within this fifty-day period are counted as follows: after Easter Sunday, the Church refers to them as the Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Sundays of Easter—because the Easter season itself is treated as continuing from Easter Sunday onward.
Additionally, the first eight days are the Octave of Easter, celebrated with special solemnity (as “Solemnities of the Lord”).
The season does not merely end with a new feast that is unrelated to Easter. Rather, Pentecost completes the Easter mystery by commemorating:
This is why Easter Time is understood theologically as a single unfolding of the paschal mystery—resurrection and its Spirit-given outpouring—culminating at Pentecost.
So, Easter’s liturgical season lasts fifty days and concludes on Pentecost Sunday—with the whole period understood as one continuous celebration of the paschal mystery, prolonged until the Church’s Pentecost fulfillment.