Easter Monday is the day after Easter Sunday and is celebrated as a holiday in some cultures, mostly Christians, mostly Roman Catholics and Eastern Orthodox cultures. Easter Monday on the Catholic liturgical calendar the second day of the octave of Easter.
Previously, the post-Easter festivities involved a week, a secular party, but this was reduced to one day of 19 th century. The events are the egg-rolling contests, and predominantly Roman Catholic countries, dousing other people with water, which traditionally had been holy water blessed the day before at Easter Sunday Mass and carried home to bless the house and food.
In the Orthodox Church and Eastern Catholic Churches which follow the Byzantine Rite, Easter Monday is called Bright Monday or Monday and renovation is the second day of the week brilliant. Services are exactly the same as at Easter (Semana Santa), except that the hymns of the Octoechos in two tones. It is usual to have a Crucession (procession led by a cross) or after the Easter Matins and Divine Liturgy after Easter. Usually, a day to visit family and friends. Easter Monday is the day we celebrate the feast of St. George in the years in the San Jorge (April 23) falls during Holy Week and Easter Sunday.
Previously, the post-Easter festivities involved a week, a secular party, but this was reduced to one day of 19 th century. The events are the egg-rolling contests, and predominantly Roman Catholic countries, dousing other people with water, which traditionally had been holy water blessed the day before at Easter Sunday Mass and carried home to bless the house and food.
In the Orthodox Church and Eastern Catholic Churches which follow the Byzantine Rite, Easter Monday is called Bright Monday or Monday and renovation is the second day of the week brilliant. Services are exactly the same as at Easter (Semana Santa), except that the hymns of the Octoechos in two tones. It is usual to have a Crucession (procession led by a cross) or after the Easter Matins and Divine Liturgy after Easter. Usually, a day to visit family and friends. Easter Monday is the day we celebrate the feast of St. George in the years in the San Jorge (April 23) falls during Holy Week and Easter Sunday.
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