Easter Sunday 2026 falls on April 5, and here are some biblical events.
EASTER SUNDAY 2026 – This is the most important week in Catholicism, and here are some biblical events on this day.
Observed on April 3, 2026, is Good Friday. This marks the fifth day of Holy Week. This is a sacred time calling the people for deeper reflection and spiritual renewal. The people are invited to deeply immerse themselves in the story of Jesus from His arrival in Jerusalem to His suffering, death, and ultimately His resurrection. Each day carries a message about love, sacrifice, humility, and hope.
- Palm Sunday, Jesus triumphantly enters Jerusalem
- Monday of Holy Week, Jesus clears out the temple with a whip
- Tuesday of Holy Week, Jesus is anointed with oil at Bethany and preaches on the Mount of Olives
- Spy Wednesday, Jesus is betrayed by Judas
- Holy Thursday, Jesus celebrates the Last Supper, prays in the Garden of Gethsemane, and is arrested
- Good Friday, Jesus is sentenced to death, scourged, beaten, crucified, and dies on the Cross
- Holy Saturday, Jesus is buried in the tomb and descends into hell
- Easter Sunday, Jesus rises from the dead
Easter Sunday
Jesus’ victory over the grave defines this day. After dying on the cross, He rose again, and through His resurrection, Easter celebrates God’s triumph over death and the beginning of a new creation.
The disciples did not fully understand what Jesus meant when He said He would suffer, die, and rise again on the third day.
The Pharisees and other religious leaders also failed to grasp His message, but they were concerned enough about His prediction that they placed guards at His tomb.
On Sunday, Mary Magdalene and some of Jesus’ disciples went to the tomb. They discovered that the stone had been rolled away and that Jesus’ body was no longer there. Later that day, Jesus appeared to Mary and the disciples, and over the next forty days, He was seen by many others.
Through these encounters, His followers came to understand that God had raised Him from the dead—a truth Christians call the Resurrection.
Mary did not immediately recognize Jesus, and so are the others when the resurrected Jesus appeared before them.
Jesus then entrusts His disciples with a mission—to proclaim the good news of forgiveness to those who believe and to declare judgment for those who turn away. In doing so, He sends them into the world just as the Father had sent Him, giving them both purpose and authority.
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