Octave of Easter
The octave of Easter indicates, in the catholic liturgical Calendrier, the eight days which follow Pascale festival, of Sunday of Easter at Sunday of Quasimodo.
During this Octave, the mass is celebrated the every day with the prayers of the Easter Day. The repetition of the same prayers and the same songs is used to recall that the Résurrection is prolonged beyond the Pascale festival.
Drawing its origin in the Old Testament with the Festival from the Gate vaults, it was introduced by the emperor Constantin into the Christian liturgy.
Égérie described in its Voyage as she was lived at the 4th century with Jerusalem: “ (…) during the Octave, all this pump and this decoration are spread in all the holy places. (…) During all this Octave, the every day, it is same decoration and the same pump (…) The monks of the place, complete, continue to take care until the day by saying anthems and antiennes. (…) Because of the solemnity and pump of these days, innumerable crowd gathers everywhere, not only monks, but also of the laymen, men and women. ”
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