Re: OTP Interesting, about Easter

Read this a couple weeks ago and it explains that it's the,
Paschul Full Moon -- (determined from historical tables,
and has no correspondence to lunar events).
http://christianity.about.com/od/faqhelpdesk/qt/whyeasterchange.htm
I'm just going to Google for the date each year! :)


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Easter

Do you realizehow early Easter is this year? As you may know, Easter
is
always the 1st Sunday after the1st full moon after the Spring Equinox
(which is March 20). This dating of Easter is based on the lunar
calendar
that Hebrew people used to identify Passover, which is why it moves
around
on our Roman calendar.

Found out a couple of things you might be interested in! Based on
the
above, Easter can actually be one day earlier (March 22) but that is
pretty
rare.

Here's the interesting info. This year is the earliest Easter any of
us
will ever see the rest of our lives! And only the most elderly of our
population have ever seen it this early (95 years old or above!). And
none
of us have ever, or will ever, see it a dy earlier! Here's the facts:

1) The next time Easter will be this early (March 23) will be the
year
2228 (220 years from now). The last time it was this early was 1913 (so
if
you're 95 or older, you are the only ones that were around for that!).

2) The next time it will be a day earlier, March 22, will be in the
year 2285 (277 years from now). The last time it was on March 22 was
1818.
So, no one alive today has or will ever see it any earlier than this
year!




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