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Happy Easter from Karin and Lingh
I have always loved Easter – its a great family day and a time of celebration. I am not one to be big on celebrating my birthday but this year I couldn’t help but notice that Easter and my birthday were on the same date. I have always known that Easter fluctuated according to some complex calculation and could be as early as March and as late as late April but I don’t ever recall Easter being on my birthday. So a fellow birthdayman did some research online to understand how the Easter date was chosen each year.The calculation for Easter Sunday is the first Sunday after the first full moon after the equinox – i.e. March 21st.So the latest a full moon could occur after the 21st of March would be 28 days later – that would be the 18th of April. If that were a Sunday then the first Sunday after that would be the 25th which is the latest possible date for Easter. So April 24th is almost the latest Easter can ever be. On the other extreme. If the first full moon was the 21st and that was a Saturday then Easter could be as early as March 22nd.The last time Easter was on April 24th was 1859 and it won’t happen again until 2095. Those of us born on the 24th of April still maintain our objective of living to 100 but as optimistic as we remain we do not hold out hope of reaching 133 so…..let it be said that Easter and my birthday occurring on the same day is truly a once in a lifetime occurrence.Happy Easter to you all.How the Easter Date is Determined
The Easter date is set around the time of the vernal, or spring, equinox, when the length of day and night is nearly equal in every part of the world. Easter Sunday celebrates the resurrection of Jesus, according to Christian belief.Setting the Easter DateTwice a year, around March 21 and September 23, the sun shines directly on the equator and the length of day and night are nearly equal everywhere in the world. These two days are known as the vernal (or spring) equinox and the autumnal equinox.The vernal equinox also coincides with Easter and the holidays that are related to it. They are moveable feasts that do not fall on a fixed date in the Gregorian or Julian calendars. The dates of many Christian holidays depend on the Easter date. Some of these holidays include Palm Sunday, Holy or Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Ascension Day and Pentecost (also called Whitsunday).In the New Testament of the Bible, Jesus’ death and resurrection occurred around the time of the Jewish Passover, which was celebrated on the first full moon following the vernal equinox. Early sources showed that this soon led to Christians around the world celebrating Easter on different dates. At the end of the second century, some churches celebrated Easter on the day of the Passover, while others celebrated it on the following Sunday.In 325CE the Council of Nicaea established that Easter would be held on the first Sunday after the first full moon occurring on or after the vernal equinox. From that point forward, the Easter date depended on the ecclesiastical approximation of March 21 for the vernal equinox. Easter is delayed one week if the full moon is on Sunday, which decreases the chances of it falling on the same day as the Jewish Passover. The council’s ruling is contrary to the Quartodecimans, a group of Christians who celebrated Easter on the day of the full moon, 14 days into the month.Comparative calendars
Although the Council of Nicaea established the Easter date for churches around the world, not all Christian churches observe Easter according the Gregorian calendar. Some churches still observe Easter under the Julian calendar.The Gregorian calendar was created because the Julian calendar was slightly too long. With the Julian calendar, the equinox date moved towards the earlier dates of March and further away from the Easter. Therefore, the introduction of the Gregorian calendar allowed for a realignment with the equinox.According to the Gregorian calendar, Easter falls on a Sunday between March 22 and April 25 from 1753 to 2400. In the Julian calendar, used by some eastern or Orthodox churches, Easter also falls on a Sunday from March 22 to April 25, which in the Gregorian calendar are from April 3 to May 10 from 1753 to 2400.In 2008 Easter Sunday falls on March 23 in the Gregorian calendar and on April 27 in the Julian calendar, when converted to the Gregorian date. In 2007 Easter fell on the same date (April 8) in both calendars when the Julian date was converted to the Gregorian date. This happens in some years, such as 2004, 2010 and 2011.Table 1, below, shows the earliest Easter dates in both the Gregorian and Julian Calendars from 1753 up until the year 2400. The Julian calendar dates are converted to the dates shown in the Gregorian calendar.Table 1. Earliest Easter Dates from 1753 to 2400.
in the Gregorian Calendar
(Dates Converted to Gregorian Calendar Dates)Table 2. Latest Easter Dates from 1753 to 2400
in the Gregorian Calendar
(Dates Converted to Gregorian Calendar Dates)Proposed Easter Date Reforms
There have been a number of suggested reforms for the Easter date. For example, in 1997 the World Council of Churches proposed a reform of the Easter calculation to replace an equation-based method of calculating Easter with direct astronomical observation. This would have solved the Easter date difference between churches that observe the Gregorian calendar and those that observe the Julian calendar. The reform was proposed to be implemented in 2001, but it is not yet adopted.Another example of a proposed reform occurred in the United Kingdom, where the Easter Act 1928 was established to allow the Easter date to be fixed as the first Sunday after the second Saturday in April. However, this law was not implemented, although it remains on the UK Statute Law Database.Easter 2008 was the Earliest in nearly 100 Years
For the first time in nearly 100 years Easter arrived at its earliest on Sunday, March 23 in 2008. The last time Easter Sunday fell on March 23 was in 1913. However, Easter can occur earlier than March 23. The earliest Easter ever recorded in the Gregorian calendar from 1753 onwards was on March 22, both in 1761 and 1818.The next time Easter occurs on March 23 will not be until 2160, and a March 22 Easter will not happen until the year 2285.Date of Easter
Dates for Easter
1982–2022
In Gregorian datesYear Western Eastern 1982 April 11 April 18 1983 April 3 May 8 1984 April 22 1985 April 7 April 14 1986 March 30 May 4 1987 April 19 1988 April 3 April 10 1989 March 26 April 30 1990 April 15 1991 March 31 April 7 1992 April 19 April 26 1993 April 11 April 18 1994 April 3 May 1 1995 April 16 April 23 1996 April 7 April 14 1997 March 30 April 27 1998 April 12 April 19 1999 April 4 April 11 2000 April 23 April 30 2001 April 15 2002 March 31 May 5 2003 April 20 April 27 2004 April 11 2005 March 27 May 1 2006 April 16 April 23 2007 April 8 2008 March 23 April 27 2009 April 12 April 19 2010 April 4 2011 April 24 2012 April 8 April 15 2013 March 31 May 5 2014 April 20 2015 April 5 April 12 2016 March 27 May 1 2017 April 16 2018 April 1 April 8 2019 April 21 April 28 2020 April 12 April 19 2021 April 4 May 2 2022 April 17 April 24 Easter and the holidays that are related to it are moveable feasts, in that they do not fall on a fixed date in the Gregorian or Julian calendars (both of which follow the cycle of the sun and the seasons). Instead, the date for Easter is determined on a lunisolar calendar similar to the Hebrew calendar. The First Council of Nicaea (325) established the date of Easter as the first Sunday after the full moon (the Paschal Full Moon) following the northern hemisphere’svernal equinox.[31] Ecclesiastically, the equinox is reckoned to be on March 21 (even though the equinox occurs, astronomically speaking, on March 20 in most years), and the “Full Moon” is not necessarily the astronomically correct date.In Western Christianity, using the Gregorian calendar, Easter always falls on a Sunday between March 22 and April 25, inclusively.[32] The following day,Easter Monday, is a legal holiday in many countries with predominantly Christian traditions.
