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Summary
- Latter-day Saints celebrate Easter on the same Sunday as most other Christian churches.
- Their Easter service is a sacrament meeting with talks on the Atonement and Resurrection of Jesus Christ, Easter hymns, often a choir, and the sacrament of bread and water.
- The church holds no Ash Wednesday, Lent, Maundy Thursday or Good Friday services, but encourages members to study the events of Holy Week at home.
- In 2026 the First Presidency asked congregations to hold a one-hour sacrament meeting on Palm Sunday.
- Latter-day Saints teach a bodily resurrection of Christ and the universal resurrection of all people, and read the Book of Mormon’s account of Christ’s visit to the Americas at Easter.
- Chapels display no cross; Easter eggs and bunnies are allowed but carry no religious significance for the church.
Bibliography (Click to show)
- “Easter,” Topics and Questions (2023), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/gospel-topics/easter?lang=eng
- “Easter,” The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Easter 2026 page). https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/welcome/easter?lang=eng
- “First Presidency announces 1-hour sacrament meeting to commemorate Palm Sunday in 2026,” Church News, January 22, 2026. https://www.thechurchnews.com/leaders/2026/01/22/first-presidency-announces-palm-sunday-one-hour-sacrament-meeting/
- “What is Palm Sunday and why does it matter to Latter-day Saints?” Church News, March 2023, republished by Newsroom. https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/what-is-palm-sunday-and-why-does-it-matter-to-latter-day-saints
- “What is Good Friday and what does it mean to Latter-day Saints?” Church News, republished by Newsroom. https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/what-is-good-friday-and-what-does-it-mean-to-latter-day-saints
- “Latter-day Saints and Easter: A broadened focus on the faith’s centuries-old doctrine,” Deseret News, April 3, 2026. https://www.deseret.com/faith/2026/04/03/latter-day-saints-focus-on-easter/
- “Cross,” Topics and Questions (2025), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/gospel-topics/cross?lang=eng
- Gordon B. Hinckley, “The Symbol of Our Faith,” Ensign, April 2005. https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/2005/04/the-symbol-of-our-faith?lang=eng
- “Church Unveils New Symbol Emphasizing Centrality of Jesus Christ,” Newsroom, April 2020. https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/new-symbol-church-of-jesus-christ
- Book of Mormon, Alma 11:44; 3 Nephi 11:14–15. Doctrine and Covenants 109 (heading); 110:4 and heading. https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures?lang=eng
- Bible quotations from the King James Version: Luke 24:39; 1 Corinthians 15:22.
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