In most years, Orthodox Easter follows Western Easter by one or more weeks. To determine the Orthodox Easter Sunday date, it is first necessary to find the Julian Easter Sunday date, then to add the number of days which have been "skipped" in the Gregorian calendar.
This procedure is a dramatic and accurate simplification of the official procedure used to calculate Easter Sunday dates, as described in Christian Prayer Books. Paschal Full Moon dates are copied directly from these Books. It was produced in by Ronald W. It requires just one division on a calculator, and three simple additions. If you're looking further into the future, click here to see another Table A for years to A.
The result is March 21, A. For example, year gave us a PFM date of March 21, and step 2 gave us a total result of 6. This accurate procedure applies to Orthodox churches, which always base their calculations on the Julian calendar and the "19 PFM dates" table. It applies from the year A. This is the current situation in These instructions show the procedure for years to A. However, this simple method continues indefinitely, because the Julian calendar always has a February 29 date in every fourth year.
The result is April 5, For example, year gave us a PFM date of April 5, and step 2 gave us a total result of 9. This date is the Julian calendar Orthodox Easter Sunday date for year If the year itself is also Julian e. April 3 in is their Orthodox Easter Sunday date for that year. For example, English Easter Sunday date for A. The Gregorian calendar omits certain February 29 dates to keep its dates aligned with the seasons and position of Earth in relation to the Sun.
To convert the Julian date to the Gregorian date, it is necessary to add the number of days shown in Table F. Easter is a moveable holiday meaning that its date varies from year to year. In Western churches, like the Roman Catholic Church, which use the Gregorian calendar , the earliest possible date is March 22, while the latest is April However, these are very rare — the next time Easter falls on April 25 is in the year , and the next time the date is March 22 will be in the year The most common date between the year and is April Eastern churches, including the Eastern Orthodox Church, use the Julian calendar , therefore the date usually differs from the Gregorian calendar, even though the dates are computed in a similar way.
The date of Easter is determined as the first Sunday after the Paschal full moon falling on or next after the spring equinox March 21 — a fixed date not the real, astronomical equinox. The Paschal full moon refers to the 14th day of the ecclesiastical lunar month and not the real, astronomical Full Moon, and its date is determined from tables.
However, most often the two dates coincide, and between the year and there are only 18 differences between the dates calculated using the two methods. A well-known method of calculating the date of Easter was given by Carl Friedrich Gauss, however a simpler method was described by Jean Meeus in [1]. The first Christians followed the biblical Hebrew calendar and timed the observance of Easter in relation to the date of the Jewish Passover. Passover was celebrated by the Israelites to commemorate their deliverance from the slavery in Egypt.
The Passover meal was eaten at sunset on the 14th day of Nisan Aviv. Jesus was crucified on the 14th and rose from the dead some time before sunrise on the 16th day of Nisan. Because the Jews got away from the biblical Hebrew calendar in AD and further in AD , and because the Christians wanted the date to be independent of the Jewish calendar, the First Council of Nicaea AD established the independent and uniform calculation of the Easter date. In many countries, Easter is a public holiday , and as it always falls on Sunday, some countries also have Easter Monday as a public holiday, including Australia, Germany and Ireland.
Although, Easter is the most important Christian holiday it is not as popular as Christmas. It joins two important events of which the first is profoundly sad and dramatic while the other is just the opposite. Yukon Heritage Day Yukon. Commonwealth Day. Patrick's Day. Good Friday. Easter Sunday. Mother's Day. Victoria Day Many regions. Father's Day. Canada Day. Natal Day Nova Scotia. New Brunswick Day New Brunswick. British Columbia Day British Columbia. Labour Day. Thanksgiving Day Many regions.
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