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This year the Greek Orthodox Easter is on the same Sunday as the Catholic Easter: 20 April 2014
The first thing everyone asks is why is Easter celebrated on a different date each year and why is the Catholic Easter often on another Sunday then the Orthodox? My first reply is actually a question. "Do you want the short explanation or the long story?"
The short version is that Easter is celebrated on the first Sunday, after the first Full Moon, after the Vernal Equinox. The date of the Vernal Equinox is fixed. With the New Calendar that the Catholics use it is on the 21st of March and with the old calendar it is thirteen days later. When the first Full Moon after both those dates is the same one, then Easter is celebrated all over the world on the same Sunday.
Confused? Let me know in the comments below: what you want to know next!
This year the Greek Orthodox Easter is on the same Sunday as the Catholic Easter: 20 April 2014
The first thing everyone asks is why is Easter celebrated on a different date each year and why is the Catholic Easter often on another Sunday then the Orthodox? My first reply is actually a question. "Do you want the short explanation or the long story?"
The short version is that Easter is celebrated on the first Sunday, after the first Full Moon, after the Vernal Equinox. The date of the Vernal Equinox is fixed. With the New Calendar that the Catholics use it is on the 21st of March and with the old calendar it is thirteen days later. When the first Full Moon after both those dates is the same one, then Easter is celebrated all over the world on the same Sunday.
Confused? Let me know in the comments below: what you want to know next!
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