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the2ofus
Joined: 13/02/2008
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Message Posted:
10/03/2008 13:08 | | Join or Login to Reply | Message 1 of 4 in Discussion |
| Easter this year is: Sunday March 23, 2008 As you may know, Easter is always
the 1st Sunday after the 1st 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. Here are 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. 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 day earlier! Here are the facts: 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!). 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!
So....... This is an EARLY Happy Easter! |
orangekazzie
Joined: 31/07/2007
Posts: 1091
Message Posted:
10/03/2008 18:30 | | Join or Login to Reply | Message 2 of 4 in Discussion |
| I read somewhere that because Easter is early they have changed St Patrick's Day to the 15 March from 17 March. As Easter is a week after St Patrick's day can someone tell me why they felt the need to change the date?
Karen |
Dancer
Joined: 11/05/2007
Posts: 35
Message Posted:
10/03/2008 20:58 | | Join or Login to Reply | Message 3 of 4 in Discussion |
| Hi Karen
The reason St. Patrick's Day is being celebrated on 15th March is the 17 March follows into holy week in the catholic church calendar, therefore, that is the reason for the change?
Anne |
orangekazzie
Joined: 31/07/2007
Posts: 1091
Message Posted:
10/03/2008 21:38 | | Join or Login to Reply | Message 4 of 4 in Discussion |
| Hi Anne
Thank you. It didn't make sense to me but now you've explained it I understand why.
Cheers
Karen |
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