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{{Short description|Day after Easter Sunday}}
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[[File:21.4.14 Lamacaes 1 Easter Monday Parade 070 (13983298816).jpg|thumb|Easter Monday in Portugal]]
'''Easter Monday''' is the second day of [[Eastertide]] and a public holiday in more than 50 predominantly [[Christianity|Christian]] countries. In [[Western Christianity]] it marks the second day of the [[Octave of Easter]]; in [[Eastern Christianity]] it marks the second day of [[Bright Week]].

== Religious observances ==
=== Eastern Christianity ===
{{Main|Bright Week}}
[[File:BrightTuesdayProcessionAtSergievPosad.BlessingWithHolyWater.jpeg|right|thumb|Blessing with holy water during an Eastern Orthodox Bright Week procession in Russia]]
In the [[Eastern Orthodox Church]] and [[Byzantine Rite]] [[Eastern Catholic Churches|Catholic Churches]], this day is called "Bright Monday" or "Renewal Monday". The services, as in the rest of Bright Week, are quite different from during the rest of the year and are similar to the services on Pascha (Easter Sunday) and include an outdoor [[Procession#Outdoors|procession]] after the [[Divine Liturgy]]. While this is prescribed for all days of Bright Week, often they are only celebrated on Monday and maybe a couple of other days in parish churches, especially in non-Orthodox countries.

Should the calendar date for the [[feast day]] of a major saint (e.g. [[St. George|Saint George]] on April 23, or the patron saint of a church) or one's [[name day]] fall within [[Holy Week]] and Pascha itself, the feast is transferred to Easter Monday.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.holytrinitymission.org/books/english/liturgics_averky_e.htm#_Toc104768207|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726153144/http://www.holytrinitymission.org/books/english/liturgics_averky_e.htm |title=Part IV|archive-date=26 July 2011|website=www.holytrinitymission.org|access-date=30 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|year=1907 |script-title=ru:Тvпико́нъ сіесть уста́въ |trans-title=The Typicon which is the Order |publisher=Сvнодальная тvпографiя |publication-place=Moscow |page=468 }} (Title here transliterated into Russian; actually in Church Slavonic)</ref>

=== Western Christianity ===
In Western Christianity, Easter Monday is the second day of Eastertide, as well as the second day in the [[Octave of Easter]].<ref name="Gramenz2021"/>

In the [[Lutheran Church]]es, the Gospel for Easter Monday concerns the [[Road to Emmaus appearance]].<ref name="Gramenz2021">{{cite web |last1=Gramenz |first1=Stefan |title=Eastertide Lections |url=https://lutheranmissal.home.blog/2021/04/06/eastertide-lections/ |publisher=The Lutheran Missal |language=en |date=6 April 2021}}</ref>

== National observances ==
=== Australia ===
In Australia, Easter Monday is a public holiday.<ref>{{cite web |title=Public holidays |url=https://maps.finance.gov.au/pay-and-employment/leave-and-public-holidays/public-holidays |website=maps.finance.gov.au |access-date=11 June 2024}}</ref> Some people enjoy outdoor sporting events, such as the [[Oakbank Easter Racing Carnival]] in South Australia,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.theracessa.com.au/racing-club/oakbank|title=Oakbank {{!}}|website=www.theracessa.com.au|access-date=19 September 2019|archive-date=10 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190910233858/http://www.theracessa.com.au/racing-club/oakbank|url-status=dead}}</ref> and the [[Stawell Gift]] in Victoria,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.stawellgift.com/|title=Stawell Gift – Australia's richest footrace|website=www.stawellgift.com|access-date=19 September 2019}}</ref> as well as a traditional [[Australian Football League|AFL]] match between [[Geelong Cats]] and the [[Hawthorn Hawks]] at the MCG. Since 2014, The [[National Rugby League|NRL]] have held the [[Easter Monday match (NRL)]] between the [[Parramatta Eels]] and [[Wests Tigers]] match at [[Stadium Australia]].

=== Austria ===
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In Austria and Southern Germany, there is the traditional "[[Emmausgang]]", commemorating the walk of the [[Disciple (Christianity)|disciples]] to [[Emmaus]], to which Jesus followed them without being recognized.

=== Canada ===
Easter Monday ({{langx|fr|Le Lundi de Pâques}}) is the Monday immediately following Easter Sunday and is a statutory holiday for federal employees. Although not mandatory by federal regulation, some employers also give this day off to employees out of common practice. Additionally, this holiday succeeds Good Friday (the Friday preceding Easter), a mandatory holiday for all employees, giving those workers an extra-long weekend in March or April. An exception to this rule is in [[Quebec]], where employers must give either Good Friday or Easter Monday off to employees. Easter Weekend is the first provincial holiday after New Year's Day in provinces where Family Day, Islander Day, or Louis Riel Day are not observed.

=== Central Europe ===
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[[File:Lednica Górna Siuda Baba 2015-04-06 303a.jpg|thumb|Easter Monday in Poland]]
[[File:050319 Trhovy Stepanov Velikonocni vystava 01.JPG|thumb|Easter eggs from the Czech Republic]]
''[[Śmigus-dyngus]]'' (or ''lany poniedziałek'', Polish for ''Wet Monday'') is the name for Easter Monday in Poland and the diaspora. In the Czech Republic, it is called ''velikonoční pondělí'', in Slovakia ''veľkonočný pondelok'' and in Hungary ''Vízbevető''. All these [[Roman Catholicism|Catholic]] countries (and some others) practice the unique ancient custom on this day.<ref>{{cite web | last =Asiedu | first =Dita | title =Easter Monday Radio Prague special | work =Český rozhlas 7 | publisher =Radio Praha | date =12 April 2004 | url =http://www.radio.cz/en/section/talking/easter-monday-radio-prague-special | access-date =9 May 2009 }}</ref> Traditionally, boys and men pour a bucket of water or perfume on girls and women or spank their buttocks and legs with long thin twigs ([[pussy willow]]) or [[Easter whip|switches]] made from [[willow]], [[birch]] or decorated tree branches. A legend says that it keeps women healthy, beautiful, and fertile during the whole next year.

Another related custom, unique to Poland, is that of sprinkling bowls (garce) of ashes on people or houses, celebrated a few weeks earlier at the "półpoście". This custom is almost forgotten, but still practiced in the area around the borders of [[Masuria]] and [[Masovia]].

===Egypt===
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In Egypt, the ancient festival of '''[[Sham Ennessim|Sham Ennesim]]''' ({{langx|arz|شم النسيم}}, literally meaning "smelling of the breeze") is celebrated by the [[Coptic Orthodox Church]] (i.e. [[Eastern Christianity|Eastern]]) Easter Monday, though the festival dates back to [[Ancient Egypt]] times (about 2700 BC). It is an Egyptian national holiday. Traditional activities include painting  eggshells of boiled eggs, taking meals outdoors, and eating boiled eggs, lettuce, [[fesikh]] (pickled [[mullet (fish)]]) with lemon and scallion.

===Germany===
In Germany, people go out into the fields early in the morning and hold [[Easter egg]] races.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/germany/easter-monday|title=Easter Monday in Germany|website=www.timeanddate.com|access-date=30 May 2021}}</ref> For Roman Catholics, Easter Monday is also a [[Holy Day of Obligation]] in Germany.<ref>{{in lang|de}} [http://www.drs.de/fileadmin/Rechtsdoku/4/4/2/95_23_15.pdf Partikularnorm Nr. 15 der Deutschen Bischofskonferenz] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090325150400/http://www.drs.de/fileadmin/Rechtsdoku/4/4/2/95_23_15.pdf |date=25 March 2009 }}. Accessed 8 April 2009.</ref>

===Ireland===
In [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]] it is a day of remembrance for the men and women who died in the [[Easter Rising]], which began on Easter Monday 1916. Until 1966, there was a parade of veterans, past the headquarters of the [[Irish Republican Army]] at the General Post Office (GPO) on O'Connell Street, and a reading of the [[Proclamation of the Irish Republic]].

===Italy===
[[File:Fassinoro - Madonna dei Cignali.jpg|thumb|Easter Monday in [[Longone Sabino]], Italy]]

In Italy, Easter Monday is an official public holiday and is called “''Lunedì dell'Angelo”'' (“Monday of the Angel”), “''Lunedì in Albis''” or more commonly “''Pasquetta''”.  It is customary to hold a family picnic in the countryside or have barbecues with friends.

===New Zealand===
In New Zealand it is a National Public Holiday.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.govt.nz/browse/work/public-holidays-and-work/public-holidays-and-anniversary-dates/|title=Public holidays and anniversary dates|website=New Zealand Government|access-date=30 May 2021}}</ref> Schools often extend the weekend to the Tuesday to give students a 5-day break.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/parenting/102790317/why-is-easter-tuesday-a-school-holiday|title=Why is Easter Tuesday a school holiday?|date=3 April 2018|website=Stuff|access-date=30 May 2021}}</ref>

===Spain===
[[File:Mona de Pascua.JPG|thumb|Traditional [[Easter mona]]]]
In Spain, Easter Monday is an official public holiday in [[Catalonia]], the [[Land of Valencia]], the [[Balearic Islands]], [[Navarre]], the [[Basque Country (greater region)|Basque Country]], [[Cantabria]], the village of Galvez, and [[La Rioja (Spain)|La Rioja]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Resolución de 23 de octubre de 2023, de la Dirección General de Trabajo, por la que se publica la relación de fiestas laborales para el año 2024. |date=23 October 2023 |pages=141756–141760 |url=https://www.boe.es/diario_boe/txt.php?id=BOE-A-2023-22014 |access-date=1 April 2024}}</ref> In Catalonia, the Land of Valencia, and Murcia a feature of this day is a pastry called [[Easter mona]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Twenty things you didn't know about the Mona de Pasqua |url=https://www.barcelona.cat/culturapopular/en/noticia/infobarcelonaentwenty-things-you-didnt-know-about-the-mona-de-pasqua_491374 |website=Barcelona City Council|access-date=12 April 2020}}</ref> It is usually given by godparents to their godchildren, and it is traditional for families or groups of friends to gather for a trip somewhere, like the countryside, to eat the ''mona''.<ref>{{cite web |title=La mona de Pasqua |url=http://www.festes.org/noticia.php?id_noti=43 |website=Festes.org |language=ca |access-date=13 April 2020 |archive-date=12 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150412042542/http://www.festes.org/noticia.php?id_noti=43 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Netherlands===
In the Netherlands, Easter Monday is an official public holiday.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/netherlands/easter-monday|title=Easter Monday in the Netherlands|website=www.timeanddate.com|access-date=30 May 2021}}</ref> Apart from church services in some locations in the [[Bible Belt (Netherlands)|Dutch Bible Belt]], there are no widespread festivities or traditions (aside from visiting the "''meubelboulevard''") for the "Second Easter Day" ("''Tweede Paasdag''").

===United States===
[[File:Easter egg roll boys2.jpg|right|thumb|Two children enjoy treats during the annual [[Egg rolling|Easter egg roll]] at the [[White House]] lawn on Easter Monday, 1911]]
In the United States, Easter Monday is not a federal holiday<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/federal-holidays/|title=Federal Holidays|website=U.S. Office of Personnel Management|access-date=1 April 2024}}</ref> and there are few national observances apart from traditions such as the [[Egg rolling#United States|White House Easter egg roll]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/eastereggroll/|title=The White House Easter Egg Roll|language=en-US|via=[[NARA|National Archives]]|work=[[whitehouse.gov]]|access-date=19 September 2019}}</ref> On a local level, the day is informally observed in some areas, such as [[North Dakota]] and some cities in [[New York (state)|New York]], [[Michigan]], and [[Indiana]]. Easter Monday was a public holiday in [[North Carolina]] from 1935 to 1987 due to the early-20th-century tradition of state government workers taking the day off to attend the annual baseball game between [[North Carolina State University|North Carolina State College]] and [[Wake Forest University|Wake Forest College]].<ref>{{Cite book|isbn = 978-0786474523|title = The Easter Monday Baseball Game: North Carolina State and Wake Forest on the Diamond, 1899-1956|last1 = Peeler|first1 = Tim|date = 2 April 2013| publisher=McFarland }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.alumniblog.ncsu.edu/2010/03/19/looking-back-at-easter-monday-baseball/|title=NC State Alumni Association|access-date=21 April 2014|archive-date=14 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161214030415/https://www.alumniblog.ncsu.edu/2010/03/19/looking-back-at-easter-monday-baseball/|url-status=dead}}</ref>{{failed verification|date=May 2021}} [[Texas]] and [[Maryland]] schools often have holidays on [[Good Friday]] and Easter Monday. In some states and districts, public schools and universities close on Easter Monday, often as part of [[spring break]].

====Dyngus Day====
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Traditionally Polish areas of the United States observe Easter Monday as [[Śmigus-dyngus|Dyngus Day]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.Dyngusdaybuffalo.com/Dyngusdayusa.html |title=Dyngus Day USA |access-date=26 April 2011 |work=DyngusDay.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110409224135/http://www.dyngusdaybuffalo.com/dyngusdayusa.html |archive-date=9 April 2011  }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.Dyngusdaybuffalo.com/whatisDyngusday.html |title=What is Dyngus Day? |access-date=26 April 2011 |work=DyngusDay.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110429092714/http://www.dyngusdaybuffalo.com/whatisdyngusday.html |archive-date=29 April 2011  }}</ref> Dyngus Day celebrations are widespread and popular in [[Chicago]]; [[Cleveland]];<ref>{{cite news |first=Michael |last=Heaton |title=Come Out Next Monday {{sic|Ou|t|nolink=y}} for Cleveland's First Annual Dingus Day |url=http://www.cleveland.com/ministerofculture/index.ssf/2011/04/come_out_next_monday_out_for_c.html |work=[[The Plain Dealer]] |date=22 April 2011 |access-date=26 April 2011 }}</ref> [[Buffalo, New York]]; [[Wyandotte, Michigan|Wyandotte]] and [[Hamtramck, Michigan|Hamtramck]] in [[Michigan]]; [[South Bend, Indiana|South Bend]] and [[La Porte, Indiana|La Porte]] in [[Indiana]]; and [[Hanover, New Hampshire]].

===United Kingdom===
Only England, Wales and Northern Ireland observe Easter Monday as a [[public holidays in the United Kingdom|bank holiday]], with many large retailers being closed on Easter Monday.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/bank-holidays|title=UK Bank Holidays|website=gov.uk|access-date=10 April 2023}}</ref> It is not an official public holiday in Scotland, but might be locally observed, with large retailers being open; but with reduced opening hours.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/uk/easter-monday|title=Easter Monday in the United Kingdom|website=www.timeanddate.com|access-date=30 May 2021}}</ref>

===South Africa===
In South Africa, Easter Monday is the last day of the holy weekend. It is known as [[Family Day]] and is a public holiday. After this day, people return to work and children to school, so it is a day of rest.<ref name="PublicHolidays1994">{{cite web |date=1994-12-07 |title=Public Holidays Act, 1994 (36) |url=http://www.info.gov.za/acts/1994/a36-94.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060821071326/http://www.info.gov.za/acts/1994/a36-94.pdf |archive-date=2006-08-21 |access-date=2006-04-05}}</ref><ref name="About2006">{{cite web |date=2006-03-28 |title=About SA – Public Holidays |url=http://www.info.gov.za/aboutsa/holidays.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081101165214/http://www.info.gov.za/aboutsa/holidays.htm |archive-date=2008-11-01 |access-date=2006-04-05}}</ref>

===Ukraine===
In Ukraine, Easter Monday is celebrated. It is a public holiday. After this day, people return to work and children to school, so it is a day of rest.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/ukraine/easter-monday|title=Easter Monday in Ukraine|website=www.timeanddate.com|access-date=11 April 2023}}</ref>

==See also==

* {{annotated link|Bright Week}}
* {{annotated link|Octave of Easter}}

==References==
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==External links==
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*[http://polishplate.com/articles/Everything_you_should_know_about_Dingus_day-1.html Everything you should know about Dingus day] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150502165622/http://polishplate.com/articles/Everything_you_should_know_about_Dingus_day-1.html |date=2 May 2015 }}
*[https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5349324 2006 NPR Story on Dingus Day (audio file)]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060210213329/http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/eastmond.html Poland's Dingus Day, and other Easter Monday customs By Pip Wilson]
*[http://www.Dyngusdaybuffalo.com/ Dyngus Day Buffalo] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101013185229/http://www.dyngusdaybuffalo.com/ |date=13 October 2010 }}

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