Therefore, the civil date of Easter depends upon which tables - Gregorian or pre-Gregorian - are used. The western Roman Catholic and Protestent Christian churches use the Gregorian tables; many eastern Orthodox Christian churches use the older tables based on the Julian Calendar.
There are some anomalies in certain years, but generally it works as outlined. Ray Parnell, Lincoln UK It was decided by clerics in the middle ages I think that Good Friday should be the friday nearest the first full moon after vernal equinox after the pubs have shut.
Check it up in an almanac G. Baker, S. Ockendon U. K The date of Easter is dependent on the date of the Jewish festival of Passover, the Bible says that Jesus was crucified x number of days after Passover which has a floating date. Because the year of the crucifixion isn't known it isn't possible to establish a specific date for the resurrection so Easter happens x amount of days after passover. As I understand it Easter falls on the first Sunday after the third full moon since Christmas.
You might also want to give some credit to J. Derrick Brown, London England The date of easter in the western churches falls on the first sunday after the first full moon after the spring equinox. This has been the way since the middle ages. The eastern churches follow something of the same method but as they follwed the julian rather than the gregorian calender for much longer the dates are allways offset by a week or two.
This year, Easter is on Sunday, April 4, The holiday coincides with the vernal equinox, which welcomes spring in the northern hemisphere. All of the celebrations leading up to Easter also change dates. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. BrianAJackson Getty Images.
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And why is it on April 4, , this year, which is earlier than last year and the year before? The holiday, which celebrates Christ's return from the grave following his crucifixion, can occur on any Sunday between March 22 and April Easter's exact date varies so much because it actually depends on the moon. The holiday is set to coincide with the first Sunday after the Paschal Full Moon, the first full moon after the vernal equinox.
So why does Easter come after the Paschal Full Moon? Early Christians wanted Easter to coincide with Passover, because Christ's death and resurrection happened after the Jewish holiday, writes Christian minister Mary Fairchild on LearnReligions. Because the Jewish calendar is tied to solar and lunar cycles, the dates of Passover and Easter fluctuate each year.
But since this shifts from year to year, most people follow the calendrical spring equinox, which is reckoned as March On the Gregorian calendar the one that we use , Easter is the first Sunday after the Paschal full moon, which is the first full moon on or after March Easter thus always falls between March 22 and April To find Ash Wednesday, you start with the date of Easter Sunday, back up six weeks that gives you the first Sunday of Lent , and then back up four more days: Ash Wednesday is the Wednesday before the first Sunday of Lent.
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