--- description: It's Easter this Sunday whether you live in the United States or a little bit East-er. title: Rejoice! East Meets West for a Joint Celebration of Christ’s Resurrection image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt404259e5aea88859/69868b7535ba6f5053c01972/time-a-easter-1404191.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Rejoice! East Meets West for a Joint Celebration of Christ's Resurrection by [Harry Swartout](/author/harry-swartout/) ## Harry Swartout Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 18, 2014 7:30 PM CUT  Faithful carry a Jesus icon in the Easter procession, April 19, 2014 in Alzira, Spain. Faithful carry a Jesus icon in the Easter procession, April 19, 2014 in Alzira, Spain.Salva Garrigues—Demotix/Corbis by [Harry Swartout](/author/harry-swartout/) ## Harry Swartout Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 18, 2014 7:30 PM CUT Both Western and Eastern Catholics (who operate on separate calendars) will celebrate Jesus’ resurrection on April 20th this year. The alignment of the two holidays only happens once every few years, which has some worshipers calling for a consensus on the day to foster Christian unity. One thing the two sides do agree on however, is the confusion about the Easter Bunny’s origins. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/68485/easter-april-20-catholic-calendar/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/68485/easter-april-20-catholic-calendar/"},"headline":"Rejoice! East Meets West for a Joint Celebration of Christ's Resurrection","datePublished":"2014-04-18T19:30:30.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T07:23:15.316Z","description":"It's Easter this Sunday whether you live in the United States or a little bit East-er.","url":"https://time.com/68485/easter-april-20-catholic-calendar/","keywords":["Jesus","Christians","Easter","Western"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt404259e5aea88859/69868b7535ba6f5053c01972/time-a-easter-1404191.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Harry Swartout","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/harry-swartout/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt404259e5aea88859/69868b7535ba6f5053c01972/time-a-easter-1404191.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Good Friday Parade during Holy Week in Alzira, Spain","caption":"Good Friday Parade during Holy Week in Alzira, Spain","creditText":"Salva Garrigues—Demotix/Corbis","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/68485/easter-april-20-catholic-calendar/","name":"Rejoice! East Meets West for a Joint Celebration of Christ's Resurrection"}}]}] ```