What is the difference between Greek Orthodox Easter and Roman Catholic Easter?

Answer 1

The Orthodox Church uses the old Julian calendar to calculate Easter, whereas the Roman Catholics and Protestants use the new Gregorian calendar. Previously, they all used the same Julian calendar, until Pope Gregory XIII changed it (and named the new calendar after himself) in 1582. This means that Easter for Roman Catholics and Protestants can often take place before the Jewish passover, which is chronologically inaccurate, whereas Orthodox Easter is always after the Jewish passover, which is the historically accurate sequence of events.

Answer 2

It is Greek orthodox regardless of where in Greece you reside whether you are Athenian or Thessalian or Macedonian, Epirotian or Thracian orthodox etc. The foreign church of the Former Yugoslav Republic to the north of Greece, while a Christian church is a schismatic church and not recognized by the ecumenical patriarchy of Constantinople as part of the orthodox church.

Answer 3

Roman Catholic AnswerThere is NO difference. The Macedonian Greek Catholics are Roman Catholics ever bit as much as Latin Rite Catholics are. The Latin Rite is much bigger, and more familiar to those of us in the west but they are equal in the Church.