Editing Holy Saturday (section)

{{Short description|Saturday before Easter Sunday}}
{{Distinguish|Easter Saturday}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}}
{{Infobox holiday
|holiday_name = Holy Saturday
|type = christian
|image = Cristo yacente Gregorio Fernandez.jpg
|imagesize = 250px
|caption = Statue of Christ in the tomb by [[Gregorio Fernández]]. ([[Monastery]] of [[Saint Joachim|San Joaquín]] y [[Saint Anne|Santa Ana]], [[Valladolid]])
|official_name = Holy Saturday
|nickname = Easter Eve, Black Saturday
|observedby = Christians
|litcolor =
|longtype = Religious
|significance = Memory of the day [[Jesus Christ]]'s body lay in the [[Church of the Holy Sepulchre|tomb]] and the [[Harrowing of Hell]]
|date = Day after Good Friday
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|duration = 1 day
|frequency = annual
|observances =
|relatedto = [[Easter]]
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'''Holy Saturday''' ({{langx|la|Sabbatum Sanctum}}), also known as '''Great and Holy Saturday''', '''Low Saturday''', the '''Great Sabbath''', '''Hallelujah Saturday''', '''Saturday of the Glory,''' '''Easter Eve''',<ref name=":0">{{cite web|title=Public Report on Audience Complaints and Comments, April–June 2006|url=http://about.abc.net.au/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/AudienceCommentsAndComplaintsReportApr-Jun2006.pdf|publisher=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]|access-date=4 May 2013}}</ref> '''Joyous Saturday''', '''the Saturday of Light''',  '''Good Saturday''', or '''Black Saturday''',<ref name=":0" /> among other names, is the final day of [[Holy Week]], between [[Good Friday]] and [[Easter|Easter Sunday]], and when Christians prepare for the Christian feast of [[Easter]].<ref name="Steenwyk"/><ref name="Home"/>

The day commemorates the [[Harrowing of Hell]] while [[Jesus|Jesus Christ]]'s body lay in the [[Holy Sepulchre|tomb]]. Christians of the Catholic, Lutheran, and Anglican denominations begin the celebration of the [[Easter Vigil]] service on Holy Saturday, which provides a transition to the season of [[Eastertide]]; in the [[Moravian Church|Moravian Christian]] tradition, graves are decorated with flowers during the day of Holy Saturday and the celebration of the [[sunrise service]] starts before dawn on Easter Sunday.<ref name="Steenwyk">{{cite web |last1=Steenwyk |first1=Carrie |title=Easter Vigil |url=https://www.reformedworship.org/article/december-2005/easter-vigil |publisher=[[Christian Reformed Church in North America]] |access-date=3 April 2021 |language=English|quote=The Easter Vigil, also referred to as the Paschal Vigil or the First Service of Easter, is held either on the Saturday evening before Easter or very early Easter morning.}}</ref><ref name="Home"/> Congregations of the [[Reformed Christianity|Reformed]] and [[Methodist]] denominations may hold either the Easter Vigil or an Easter Sunday sunrise service.<ref name="Iovino2016">{{cite web |last1=Iovino |first1=Joseph |title=Easter sunrise services: A celebration of resurrection|url=https://www.umc.org/en/content/easter-sunrise-services-a-celebration-of-resurrection |publisher=[[The United Methodist Church]] |access-date=19 April 2025 |language=en |date=18 March 2016}}</ref>