Editing Holy Saturday (section)

===Western traditions===

In Western traditions, the day is usually called '''Holy Saturday''', although in the [[Moravian Church]], the day is referred to as the '''Great Sabbath''' and in the [[Anglican Communion]], the [[Book of Common Prayer]] refers to the day as '''Easter Even'''.<ref name="Walker2014">{{cite web |last1=Walker |first1=Donna |title=Moravians celebrate the Great Sabbath |url=https://lancasteronline.com/features/faith_values/moravians-celebrate-the-great-sabbath/article_005fe2ea-c659-11e3-b807-0017a43b2370.html |publisher=LancasterOnline |access-date=11 April 2020 |language=en |date=19 April 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Easter Even |url=https://www.churchofengland.org/prayer-and-worship/worship-texts-and-resources/book-common-prayer/collects-epistles-and-gospels-31 |website=The Church of England |access-date=15 November 2021}}</ref> 

Although the term [[Easter Saturday]] is usually applied to the Saturday in [[Easter week]],<ref>{{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=25 April 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Confusing Easter Dates |url=http://www.litcom.net.au/liturgy_lines/displayarticle.php?llid=356 |publisher=The Liturgical Commission of the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Brisbane]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119132926/http://www.litcom.net.au/liturgy_lines/displayarticle.php?llid=356 |archive-date=19 January 2012 }}</ref> in English-speaking countries it is sometimes erronouesly applied to Holy Saturday,<ref>{{cite web |title=Avoiding Holy Saturday |url=https://www.methodist.org.uk/for-churches/resources/articles/avoiding-holy-saturday/ |publisher=[[Methodist Church of Great Britain]] |access-date=19 April 2025 |language=en |date=2008 |quote=The teacher and writer Alan Lewis used to talk of workshops that he’d led on the theme of Easter. The trouble was, he said, that groups were happy to talk about Good Friday but then they wanted to jump forward to Easter Day as quickly as possible. That long hiatus of Holy Saturday (often referred to, incorrectly, as "Easter Saturday"), when Jesus lies alone in a borrowed tomb, was to be avoided.}}</ref> with the term even being present in legislation in the Australian states of [[New South Wales]] and [[Queensland]],<ref>{{cite Legislation AU|NSW|act|pha2010163|Public Holidays Act 2010|4}}, {{cite Legislation AU|Qld|act|ira2016242/sch5.html|Industrial Relations Act 2016}} Schedule 5, definition "public holiday".</ref> and by Australian government agencies.<ref>Australian Government, [http://www.australia.gov.au/topics/australian-facts-and-figures/public-holidays Public holidays] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150104013240/http://www.australia.gov.au/topics/australian-facts-and-figures/public-holidays |date=4 January 2015 }}</ref> In the Catholic tradition, the [[Blessed Virgin Mary]] is honored on this day under the title [[Our Lady of Solitude]], referring to her grief at the death of her son.