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===Eastern traditions=== '''Eastern Orthodoxy''' In [[Eastern Orthodoxy]] this day, known as '''Holy and Great Saturday''', is also called '''The Great [[Biblical Sabbath|Sabbath]]''' since it is on this day that [[Jesus|Christ]] "rested" physically in the [[Church of the Holy Sepulchre|tomb]]. But it is also believed that it was on this day he performed in spirit the [[Harrowing of Hell]] and raised up to [[Paradise]], having liberated those who had been held captive. '''Oriental Orthodoxy''' In the [[Coptic Orthodox Church|Coptic]], [[Ethiopian Orthodox Church|Ethiopian]] and [[Eritrean Orthodox Church|Eritrean]] Orthodox Churches, this day is known as '''Joyous Saturday''', otherwise known as the night of light and joy.<ref>{{cite book|author=Michael Keene|title=The Christian Experience|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cOuxmzwcA_sC&pg=PA112|year=1995|publisher=Nelson Thornes|isbn=978-0-7487-2188-7|page=112}}</ref> It is known as the '''Saturday of Good Tidings''' or '''Gospel Saturday''' in the [[Syriac Orthodox Church|Syriac]] Church, which is also a day where Syriac Christians remember their departed.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bible Readings For Gospel Saturday (Saturday of Good Tidings), Lectionary for Passion Week, Lectionary for Holy Week, Lectionary of the Syrian Orthodox Church, Lectionary of The Syriac Orthodox Church, Lectionary of the Jacobite Syrian Church, Lectionary|url=http://www.malankaraworld.com/Library/Lectionary/Lec_passion-Holy-saturday.htm|access-date=2021-03-30|website=malankaraworld.com}}</ref> '''Syriac Christianity''' In the [[Syriac Christianity|Syriac Christian tradition]], this day is known as ܫܲܒܬ݂ܵܐ ܕܢܘܼܗܪܵܐ ''šábbṯā d-núhrā'' or the '''Saturday of Light'''.
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