Easter.......Passover.

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:type: ?Questions: How does the church decide when Easter will be if not for following the schedule of Passover??????? And also: Why would Easter Sunday not always be the Sunday after Passover?????? :smilewinkgrin: thanks for your help.............rosmaria

 

[donnA]

http://users.sa.chariot.net.au/~gmarts/easter.htm

Easter, being the festival of the http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-60230/topic?idxStructId=499816&typeId=13Resurrection, had to depend on the dating of the Crucifixion, which occurred three days earlier and just before the Jewish http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-60230/topic?idxStructId=445894&typeId=13Passover. The Passover was celebrated on the 14th day of Nisan, the first month in the Jewish religious year—that is, the lunar month the 14th day of which falls on or next after the vernal equinox. The Christian churches in the eastern Mediterranean area celebrated Easter on the 14th of Nisan on whatever day of the week it might fall, but the rest of Christendom adopted a more elaborate reckoning to ensure that it was celebrated on a Sunday in the Passover week. .......

more here,,,,http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-60230/calendar

 

[robycop3]

I think when Christians first started observing Easter seriously, they wanted to be sure it never would fall on the same day as the first day of Passover.

 

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That really helped........

http://users.sa.chariot.net.au/~gmarts/easter.htm



more here,,,,http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-60230/calendar

:wavey: Thank you, Donna A. , I appreciate the info....... :thumbs: rosamaria.....