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When is Orthodox Easter? How is the date calculated?

How is the date of Easter calculated?

  • Since Easter falls on a different day every year, I was wondering how the date is decided upon. If someone could answer this for me, I'd appreciate it.

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    This year Easter is on 12th April. Easter is called a moveable feast because the date of Easter changes every year. Easter Sunday can fall on any date from 22 March to 25 April. The reason for this variation in the date of Easter is based on the lunar calendar (moon) rather than our more well-known solar one. Easter always falls on the first Sunday following the full Moon (the Paschal Full Moon) after 21 March. If the Full Moon falls on a Sunday then Easter is the next Sunday. The Easter Season begins on Easter Day and lasts 50 days, ending on Pentecost.

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Easter Sunday is always the First Sunday after the Full Moon which happens upon, or next after the vernal equinox, 21st March . The Book of Common Prayer" (Anglican),(ISBN 0-521-50232-2) has a full table of all the Christian feasts. Below are the dates to 2020AD. 12 April 2009 4 April 2010 24 April 2011 8 April 2012 31 March 2013 20 April 2014 5 April 2015 27 March 2016 16 April 2017 1 April 2018 21 April 2019 12 April 2020 The Book of Common Prayer gives all the dates to 2105AD The earliest Easter Day can be is 22 nd March And the latest is 25 April.

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Its on my birthday, April 12th ^_^

Lucy

2+2

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