Easter Sunday 2027
About this event
Easter Sunday is the principal festival of the Christian year celebrating the resurrection of Jesus, accompanied worldwide by family dinners, Easter egg hunts, and spring festivities.
Interesting facts about Easter Sunday 2027
Easter's date is computed from astronomy: the first Sunday following the first ecclesiastical full moon on or after the vernal equinox.
The Easter Bunny legend originated in Germany in the 1600s with 'Oschter Haws', an egg-laying hare.
The White House Easter Egg Roll in Washington, D.C. has taken place on the South Lawn since 1878.
Pysanky is the traditional Ukrainian art of creating intricately patterned and wax-dyed Easter eggs.
More than 500 million marshmallow Peeps and 90 million chocolate bunnies are produced each Easter season.
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