How or whom determines the rotating Easter holiday?

This year, Easter is March 23rd. Some years it is in mid April. Who determijnes which day Easter is celibrated?
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Easter is the first Sunday after the first full moon after the first day of Spring. Sounds confusing, doesn't it? Here's how it works. First you have to have the first day of Spring. That is always March 20th. Then you have to have a full moon. This year that is March 21st. The following Sunday is Easter.

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Ah. Interesting question. Most Christian festivals and holidays are placed depending on moon & season cycles. Christmas always falls near the Summer/Winter solstice (depending on your hemisphere), and likewise Easter always falls near the Equinox. The placements are also dependant on moon cycles, but I am not sure of the specifics in that area. Think of it as a pagan twist on Christian celebrations. ...Is that really a good thing?

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Yellowgirl

The pope stupid

Joe

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Mary P

It's the first Sunday after the first full moon after the Spring Equinox. This year, the full moon is pretty much right after the Equinox, so Easter is very early. This formula is used by the Catholic Church, who adopted the Pagan holiday to make the new religion more palatable to converts who flatly refused to give up their festivals (ditto Halloween and Christmas).

An ecclesiastical council did, in the 4th century. Easter is - the first Sunday after the first full moon after March 20.

oxymandia

The Easter Bunny...duh

David W

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