Pasquale Pasquale Pasquale is a masculine Italian given name and a surname mainly found in southern Italy. It is a cognate of the French name Pascal, the Spanish Pascual, the Portuguese Pascoal and the Catalan Pasqual. Pasquale derives from the Latin "paschalis" or "pashalis", which means "relating to Easter", from Latin "pascha" ("Easter"), Greek "Πάσχα", Aramaic "pasḥā", in turn from the Hebrew "פֶּסַח", which means "to be born on, or to be associated with, Passover day". Since the Hebrew holiday Passover coincides closely with the later Christian holiday of Easter, the Latin word came to be used for both occasions. The
Easter Fire candle is lit, the community ceremoniously enters the dark church chanting "Lumen Christi" and "Deo gratias". The present-day rite normally follows the 1955 liturgical reforms of Pope Pius XII and the "Summorum Pontificum" of 2007. While the Old Catholic rite deviates only in a few points, traditional Protestant (Lutheran) celebrations excluded fire blessings. According to the Eastern Orthodox tradition of the Holy Fire, worshippers light candles from the Paschal trikirion during service at Saturday Midnight, while the troparion is sung. On Holy Saturday or Easter Sunday, in rare occasions also on Easter Monday, large fires are lit at dusk in