Why Easter is always on a different date and always on a Sunday!
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Let me start by wishing you all a warm and happy Easter!
Easter is one of those celebrations that confuse the living freggles from my eyes! It's always on a different date and because of that, I ask about 34 times when we will celebrate it! It's always on a Sunday though but still... Anyways, I wanted to know why so, I did some reading and stuff. Because I have nothing better to do ya know!
Let's hopperdiehop like an Easter bunny into history! We have to go all the way back to the day Jesus died. He died during the Jewish Easter, Pesach, this is the festival where the Jews commemorate the exodus from Egypt and it is always done on the same date! The Christian form of Easter commemorates the resurrection of Jesus and that was initially celebrated on the same day as the Jewish celebrations.
But, and here we go....A lot of Christians started to nag that it would be easier to celebrate Easter on a Sunday! Duh!!! If it would be the same date on a Sunday I would have agreed, anyways, that's not what this post is about! So, like everything else that has anything to do with the church and religion, they had to discuss this first and with that, I mean that they give or take fought over this change for only 300 years! Rather quick right? Anyhowsss...
In the year 325 A.D, they finally made a choice and they could clap their hands together at the Council of Nicaea! They decided that from that day forward Easter would be celebrated on the first Sunday after the first full moon in Spring! Yupp makes things much easier! Anyways, have a look at it! The Easter dates follow the full moons. And that's why Easter is celebrated at its earliest on 23 of March and never later than the 25th of April. But at least its always on a Sunday! ((Blinks))
Now that I got this off my chest, I think it's time for me to hop into life with my amazing new bunny ears! Which I bought give or take 2 months too soon but the moon smiled, it was full two days ago!
Happy Easter!
