The Octave of Easter, formerly know as Low Sunday (also known as White Sunday, St. Thomas Sunday, or Quasimodo Sunday) is the first Sunday after Easter. Since 1970, Low Sunday has been officially known as the Second Sunday of Easter (referring to the Easter season) in the Catholic Church. In 2000, it was designated Divine Mercy Sunday by Pope John Paul II. This article is about the Christian festival. ... The Feast of the Divine Mercy or Divine Mercy Sunday is the second Sunday of Easter (formerly designated Low Sunday), and dedicated to the devotion to the Divine Mercy promoted by St. ...

Origins of the names

Roman Catholic

Octave refers to both an eight-day feast or the eighth day of a feast. In the case of Easter, "Octave" refers to both the eight days and the eighth day. Octave in the liturgical sense is the eighth day following a major feast, particularly in the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox and Anglican liturgal calendars. ...

St. Thomas Sunday is so called because the Gospel reading always relates the story of "Doubting Thomas," in which Thomas the Apostle comes to believe in the Resurrection only after having placed his finger in the nail marks and his hand in the side of Jesus. In the Gospel accounts, this event takes place on the Sunday after the Resurrection. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Jude Thomas. ...

Divine Mercy Sunday is the culmination of the novena to the Divine Mercy of Jesus, a devotion given to St. Faustina and promoted by Pope John Paul II.

Prior to the 1970 Roman Missal, this day was called Low Sunday. It was sometimes said that the name derives from its relative unimportance compared to the solemnities of Easter Day, but it is more likely that "low" is a corruption of the Latin word Laudes, the first word of the Sequence of the day: "Laudes Salvatori voce modulemur supplici" (Let us sing praises to the Savior with humble voice). Laudes means "praises". It has been suggested that History of the Latin language be merged into this article or section. ... In Latin poetry, a sequence (Latin sequentia) is a poem written in a non-classical metre, often on a sacred Christian subject. ...

Traditionally, the newly baptised would receive baptismal gowns that would be worn until this day. Hence "White" and "Alb" Sunday, which is also the etymology of Whitsunday (Pentecost). To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

The name Quasimodo came from the Latin text of the traditional Introit for this day, which begins "Quasi modo geniti infantes..." ("As newborn babes...", from the First Epistle of Peter 2:2). Literally, quasi modo means "in the manner of [i.e. newborn babes]". The introit (Latin: introitus, entrance) is part of the opening of the celebration of the Mass. ... (Redirected from 1 Peter) In Christianity, the First Epistle of Peter is a book of the New Testament. ...

Eastern Orthodox

In the Eastern Orthodox Church, the first Sunday after Pascha (Easter) (hence also "Antipascha") is called Thomas Sunday, after the Gospel passage read that day which recounts the story of Christ appearing to St. Thomas in order to dispel his doubt about the Resurrection. Pentecost - The Birth of the Church The Eastern Orthodox Church (encompassing national Orthodox jurisdictions such as Greek Orthodox, Russian Orthodox, etc. ...

Literary Note

• Quasimodo, protagonist of the 1831 French novel The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo. He was found abandoned on the doorsteps of Notre Dame on the second Sunday of Easter and was named after this festival.