What was the date of Easter last year?

Who decides what date Easter will be as it changes by about 2 or 3 weeks every year ?

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    Easter is celebrated on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the Spring equinox - the Paschal Full Moon. This may occur any time from March 21 to April 18, inclusive. So, the date of Easter is anywhere from March 22 to April 25, again inclusive.

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I'm not sure, plus I can't remember if Jesus seeing his shadow means a longer winter or an earlier spring...

John H

one of the easter bunnies, not sure which one

Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocleti

easter is the first full moon after spring......

gabriel f

as the last supper was a Passover meal Easter is linked to Passover and the Jewish calendar is a lunar one which is why Easter is at a different time every year.

Look up Whitby Abbey, Yorkshire. around 644 AD the Synod of Whitby. King Oswy decided in favour of the Roman over the Celtic calculation for Easter. We have been lumbered with it ever since. Yes it is a symbol of rebirth.....or it is the end of 40 days and 40 nights of LENT (when we are supposed to give up something we love the most for that period). In the past folk gave up eggs, (mean feat when your only source of protien was egg),

courgette

i've always heard it was the first Sunday after the forth full moon of the year. but when i think about it logically, it must have to be decided by what day Passover is, b/c Jesus was arrested at Passover (the "Lord's Supper" was a Passover meal)

Allyn

My comment: whoever set it up this way had no consideration for modern people. If Easter were a set Sunday, those wanting to go on holiday could have it the same every year. --That Cheeky Lad

Charles-CeeJay_UK_ USA/CheekyLad

The month changes after a year from the last Easter it the next Easter!

Marie d

Because this event originally took place at the time of Passover, it stays with it. Passover is determined by moon phases. I can't remember if it's full moon or new moon. That is why it changes each year. Good Friday, evening is the start of Jewish Passover and Easter Sunday is the morning they discovered Jesus had risen from the grave. I was taught this all my life.

gigglings

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