Easter is about the Resurrection of Jesus after he died on Good Friday. We celebrate Easter by giving each other chocolate eggs ( the egg symbolises new life ).
Easter varies each year as it is based on the cycle of the moon.
The civil version of the Julian calendar is based on the su, and so it is solar. However, the Julian calendar includes an undated lunar calendar that allows it to calculate when Easter is, so it is lunisolar.
No. Easter is the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox (it's actually a little weirder even than that). It can occasionally fall in March. (If your ecclesiastical calendar is based on the Julian calendar... for example, if you're Greek Orthodox... it can fall in what the civil calendar considers to be May.)
Easter is not on the same day every year because it is based on the lunar calendar, which differs from the solar calendar used for most other holidays. Easter falls on the first Sunday after the first full moon following the vernal equinox, which can vary each year.
Christmas and Christmas Eve. Easter is not based on the gregorian calendar.
Easter is not celebrated on the same day every year because it is based on the lunar calendar, which differs from the solar calendar used for most other holidays. The date of Easter is determined by the first full moon after the vernal equinox, which can vary each year.
Greek Orthodox Easter 1950 fell on April 9 in the Julian calendar.
Easter is an annual and movable feast based on the lunar calendar. So it can never be more than one year from the last one
Every calendar that shows Easter
That time of year when Easter is celebrated by Christians.Easter is a moveable feast in the Christian calendar. Easter can fall in March or April because it is calculated using a lunar calendar
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Easter is celebrated on different days each year because it is based on the lunar calendar, which is different from the solar calendar that most people use. The date of Easter is determined by the first full moon after the vernal equinox, which can vary from year to year. This is why Easter falls on different dates, usually between March 22 and April 25.