Paschal Tide is a Western Christian term for the fifty days from Easter Sunday to Pentecost. In Eastern Christianity, this period is referred to as the Pentecostarion.
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“The morning breaks; the steeds in their stalls
Stamp and neigh, as the hostler calls;
The day returns, but nevermore
Returns the traveler to the shore,
And the tide rises, the tide falls.”
—Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1809–1882)