Easter

Easter is held on the first Sunday after the first full moon occurring on or after the the northern hemisphere's spring equinox which is on the 21st of March. Easter is delayed by 1 week if the full moon is on Sunday. Easter can only be between the 22nd of March and the 25th of April. The first full moon after the 21st of March in 2014 was on Tuesday the 15th of April. The following Sunday was the 20th of April, and so that was Easter Sunday in 2014.

Palm Sunday is the Sunday before Easter Sunday. Having said this, for Palm Sunday to have fallen on April 12th, it would mean that Easter would have fallen on April 19th of the same year.

According to records, the last time Easter Sunday fell on April 19th and Palm Sunday fell on April 12th was in 1992.

Here are a few of the dates I have found where Palm Sunday would have fallen on April 12th.

1908

1981

1987

1992

and the next date being 2071.

I have to add a bit more information on here, this is very interesting to me, I've started back in 1700 all the way up until the year 2299, and found these dates of Easter Sunday falling on April 19th, thus Palm Sunday being on the 12th.

1767

1772

1778

1829

1835

1840

1908

1981

1987

1992

2071

2076

2082

2133

2139

2144

2201

2207

2212

2291

2296

The day your question was asked, April 24 2011, was Easter Sunday.

Easter Sunday has fallen on April 7th in the following years - 1765, 1822, 1833, 1844, 1901, 1912, 1985 and 1996. Easter Sunday is due to fall on this date again in the year 2075.

Easter eggs can be eaten at any time of the year.

However, traditionally, it is suggested that you begin to eat Easter eggs on Easter Sunday and continue to eat eggs until all have been consumed.

He watched Jesus die & felt sorry for the people who respected him so he started passing gifts out to those people. Soon the date got a name as a holiday. The bunny got out at that date every year.So that's how it got it's name. I think...

When Noah had to put 2 of each animal on the ark he forgot about the red bunnies and the white bunnies. As you know when you mix reds and whites in the laundry you get pink.....so when the flood came the rabbit fish burrowed under the around and laid eggs. Every year the red rabbits from underground lay eggs and the white rabbits return to their origins to take the red bunny eggs. That is where the Easter bunny gets his eggs. The short answer...... south Africa somewhere.

Easter falls on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the spring equinox. The equinox is march 20th and the first full moon after that is march 21st, which is a Friday. Easter falls on Sunday the 23rd. The latest Easter could be is if the moon is full one day before the equinox and the equinox happens to be monday. The next full moon would be about 27 days after the equinox. Easter then fall in or around the 24th.

In 1940 Easter Sunday was on the 24th of March.

Today in the US. MARCH 23. 2008 A.K.A Easter

Almost nothing. The Easter egg symbolizes new life (or something of the sort) Someone just started the Easter Bunny trend for the fun of it. Jesus Christ died on the cross and three days later resurrected into Heaven and THAT is what Easter is REALLY about.

If your Mother is deceased, then you wear a white corsage.

Yes! It is open on Easter Sundays and you can enjoy/participate in an Easter Egg hunt. Source(s): http://411newyork.org/forum/

Easter starts on Easter and ends fifty days later. It ends on Pentecost on June 12. Most Christians celebrate Easter for all fifty days between Easter and Pentecost after fasting and praying for the forty days of lent.

Western Easter is in March, but Orthodox Easter is in April this year (2008). The Easter date is determined by four main factors. The first two have been established by Apostolic canon, making them binding, and the last two have been established by church tradition. The West no longer keeps the requirement for Easter to be after the Jewish Passover (see point No. 2 below), and that is why Western Christians had their Easter on 23 March this year. The Easter date is set according to the Julian or Old Calendar and this date must be: 1) after the Vernal (Spring) Equinox, and 2) after the Jewish Passover, and 3) with the first full moon in Spring, and 4) on a Sunday after 21 March. So Orthodox Easter in 2008 is on 27 April.  

Passover is celebrated as a memorial of the Hebrews liberty from Egyptian slavery. It reminds every Hebrew of the day when the Angel of the Lord killed every first born of all the Egyptians starting from Pharaoh to the first born of the beast that lived in the land of Egypt. The Angel of God spared the first born of the Hebrews when He saw the sign of the blood on the lintel and on the two side posts of their homes; the Angel passed over their homes that had the sign of the blood and did not smite the Hebrews' first born. This was the very day when Jesus Christ was crucified as He is the symbol of the first born whom God was pleased to offer Him as a ransom for forgiveness of sin for all mankind not for the Jews alone. Easter is celebrated on Sunday that follows the Hebrews Passover which is the day in which Christ resurrected from the the dead.

The day before Easter is simply Easter Saturday. The day before that is Good Friday.

Good Friday is not a federal holiday, so yes banks are open on Good Friday.

It's called Pâques, which incidentally is the same name used for the Jewish holiday of Passover.

to heaven... duh.

Actually, point of clarification. Catholics believe He descended into Hell, and raised up the souls of those deserving saints who were trapped there until His resurrection, and they were resurrected with Him. Part of the Nicene Creed, the Apostles' Creed, and long understood in the faith. This is partly why He was so longed for, because that is how He defeated death. They go further to state this naturally included His stepfather, Saint Joseph, whom He loved, who then entered into Heaven ahead of Him. Jesus appeared on Earth for another 40 days to individual witnesses, the apostles, others of His followers, even crowds of people, until He Ascended bodily into Heaven. Eventually the Holy Family was reunited in Heaven with the Assumption of Holy Mary, His mother, at the age of 72, now reigning as Queen of Heaven.

Understand, "saints" are everyone in Heaven, whether famous, or not. The famous saints go through a long process of first beautification, then sainthood, and have to have performed miracles on Earth. Martyrs die for the faith.

The word Easter is not seen in the Bible. It could be a pagan term. The importance is Jesus Christ rose again from the Death (on Easter Sunday).

Jesus Christ broke the power of death (the sting of death) and gave a HOPE Permanent to all those who have the fear of death.

Jesus Christ defeated the only Arch Enemy of mankind the Satan/Devil through His resurrection.

On that day Jesus Christ (the only begotten Son of God) became the First Begotten from the dead. Thus All those who believe in Him became the children (brothers of Jesus Christ) of God.

if Jesus did not resurrect, Christianity would be a joke in the world of today

Well i don't really know what they do for the grown ups but

for little kids they lift them up and bump their kids head on the floor

lightly for good luck.

That is all i know and im doin a report on Ireland and its not that easy!