Happy Easter to all Christians

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Enjoy the day! I am planning to go to an early service and then have dinner with my family.
 
And happy easter to you and all here. Im going to Mass tonight!!!
 
Happy Easter to you and everyone else. I will be at our Easter Vigil service tonight, which is one of my favorites of the year. Incense and all. Have a blessed weekend!
 
May Christ become a Risen Presence daily in your lives and hearts and not just one day a year.
 
Happy Easter to all my fellow CAF’ers … !!!

~ Are you guys going to wish us “Eastern Orthodox” a Happy Easter on Sunday, May 5, 2013…???

Inquiring minds want to know…!!! 😛
 
Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us. Alleluia! Alleluia!

Thine be the Glory,
Risen, Conquering Son,
Endless is the Victory,
Thou o’er death hast won!
 
jakasaki said:
Happy Easter to all my fellow CAF’ers … !!!

~ Are you guys going to wish us “Eastern Orthodox” a Happy Easter on Sunday, May 5, 2013…???

Inquiring minds want to know…!!! 😛
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Why do Orthodox not celebrate Easter at the same time other Christians do? Not meaning to put you down, I just don’t understand why there is a difference in the dates.🙂
 
A blessed Easter to all.
Christ is risen! He is risen indeed! Alleluia!!
 
jakasaki said:
Happy Easter to all my fellow CAF’ers … !!!

~ Are you guys going to wish us “Eastern Orthodox” a Happy Easter on Sunday, May 5, 2013…???

Inquiring minds want to know…!!! 😛
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My first thought too, lol. “All?”

But Happy Easter to everyone celebrating tomorrow.
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Why do Orthodox not celebrate Easter at the same time other Christians do? Not meaning to put you down, I just don’t understand why there is a difference in the dates.🙂
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It’s a bunch of reasons. The date for Pascha (what we call Easter) is on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the Vernal Equinox (this is the same in the West, I believe). The universal date accepted as the day of the Vernal Equinox is March 21st. However, we use the Julian calendar when calculating Pascha - the calendar used before the Gregorian one the rest of the world uses, which is 13 days behind the Gregorian now. As such March 21st on the Julian Calendar is the day the rest of the world calls April 3rd. So Pascha can’t come before April 3rd. Once we get to April 3rd we have to wait for the next full moon after that date, and then we have to wait for the first Sunday following that moon.

That’s not even the entirety of it. There are cycles of some sort involved too which differ from East and West, and avoiding celebrating on the same day as the Jewish Passover, etc. etc.
 
jakasaki said:
Happy Easter to all my fellow CAF’ers … !!!

~ Are you guys going to wish us “Eastern Orthodox” a Happy Easter on Sunday, May 5, 2013…???

Inquiring minds want to know…!!! 😛
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Sorry, didn’t mean to leave you out.
 
Rawb said:
My first thought too, lol. “All?”

But Happy Easter to everyone celebrating tomorrow.

It’s a bunch of reasons. The date for Pascha (what we call Easter) is on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the Vernal Equinox (this is the same in the West, I believe). The universal date accepted as the day of the Vernal Equinox is March 21st. However, we use the Julian calendar when calculating Pascha - the calendar used before the Gregorian one the rest of the world uses, which is 13 days behind the Gregorian now. As such March 21st on the Julian Calendar is the day the rest of the world calls April 3rd. So Pascha can’t come before April 3rd. Once we get to April 3rd we have to wait for the next full moon after that date, and then we have to wait for the first Sunday following that moon.

That’s not even the entirety of it. There are cycles of some sort involved too which differ from East and West, and avoiding celebrating on the same day as the Jewish Passover, etc. etc.
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Thanks! Happy Easter whenever you observe it!🙂 At least this way you can get Easter stuff at Clearance Sale prices!😃
 
Alleluia, Christ is risen!! :extrahappy:

Have a wonderful and blessed Easter, everyone!
 
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