Season of Easter in the Church Year - Pilgrim Lutheran Church

This year we celebrated perhaps one of the strangest and most unconventional Easter Sunday's in most of our lifetimes. However you and your family found ways to celebrate from home, Easter is not over! In fact, in the liturgical church year, the fifty days that make up the Season of Easter have just begun. This season includes three great feasts that we celebrate: the Feast of the Resurrection, the Feast of the Ascension, and the Feast of Pentecost. Along with the everyday faith resources here on our website, we pray you can use the resources we place here to better understand this season and that the joy of Christ's victory over death can be your's now and always.

Liturgical Color: White

"Color. Color is everywhere. Color is God's way of filling his world with beauty and giving pleasure to those who live in this colorful world. Christians, for centuries, have used color in divine worship to emphasize the redemptive action of God through his Son."

"White is the color of purity and completeness. The theme for the “great fifty days” of Easter is supported by the use of white. This color, used primarily during these Sundays, assists in bearing the message that “though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be white as snow.” Christ's triumph from the grave on Resurrection day is the cause for our rejoicing. His purity before his Father becomes our purity. White reinforces that message of joy."

*Quotations taken from "The Colors of the Liturgical Seasons" by Rev. Douglas K. Escue

To learn more about the colors of the church year, read Rev. Escue's full article here.