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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Arthritis / March 2008OTP Interesting, about Easter
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! actually, the spring equinox is March 21st, not the 20th. It IS accurate that the 22nd is the earliest Easter can be and 1913 IS the last time is was March 23. I'll take on faith (pun intended) all the other dates. Our chart only covers the years 1900-2089. The Book of Common Prayer of the Episcopal Church has tables for finding Easter and other moveable feast days, as well as the rules for how to calculate Easter for any year, including those not in the chart. I'm not in the mood to be calculatin' right now, but I can tell you from personal experience that those charts can be downright fascinating for a young'un caught in a seemingly interminable church service!  SignatureNann remove the Gator cheer to email me Simply the thing I am shall make me live --- William Shakespeare > Easter >> [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] >> So, no one alive today has or will ever see it any earlier than this >> year! This year will be interesting. St Patrick's day, as we all know is March 17th. Only that in Monday of Holy Week, so for purposes of the Catholic Church, it is being celebrated on March 15th. (per my eldest grandson, and verified on Fox news) If I know my Irish, they will celebrate for the entire week ending on March 17, and only quit the if all the beer and corn beef are gone. I thought Nann was right on the equinox being March 21st, not the 20th. My mother drilled the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox into me as a child and I've taught that to all my children. Also took pride in knowing the first day of spring, summer, winter, and fall. But then I noticed my calendar has March 20 marked as the first day of spring. I'm thinking it is very likely right. Equinox is when it is, not a specific date, and wouldn't leap year and February 29th have some effect on the actual moment of equinox? (Who also spent my fair amount of time reading the stuff in front and back of the bible as well as the church hymnal when the service was putting me to sleep) Jo > actually, the spring equinox is March 21st, not the 20th. It IS accurate > that the 22nd is the earliest Easter can be and 1913 IS the last time is [quoted text clipped - 43 lines] >>> So, no one alive today has or will ever see it any earlier than this >>> year! 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! :) > Easter >> [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] >> So, no one alive today has or will ever see it any earlier than this >> year!
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